How Ashoka University's Award-Winning Trivedi Centre for Political Data Was Hollowed Out

Written By Academic Freedom

Devansh Mittal & Jyotsna Sidharth | 15 September 2023 | The Wire

On September 12, the scientific board of the Trivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD) – Ashoka University’s award-winning, internationally recognised platform for political research and data – decided to dissolve itself after alleging it was kept in the dark about major structural changes affecting the Centre’s leadership and functioning.

This is the latest in what The Edict has learned to be a slow, months-long drain on the Centre’s resources, leaving the institution as a shell of what it once was.

The TCPD is one of the most robust political data centres in the country and a popular resource for journalists covering elections in national and regional media.

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