NAAC Lessons on How Not to Assess a Varsity

Shobhit Mahajan | 28 October 2024 | Hindustan Times

A week before the prospective groom’s family were to visit my uncle’s house to explore a match with his daughter, the preparations had started. The outside and the drawing room were quickly whitewashed, the furniture cleaned and polished, the flower pots in the garden got a fresh coat of geru (red ochre powder) and the crockery for the high tea was cleaned multiple times.

The best part though was the behaviour of my uncle in front of the groom’s family. He, who had a reputation in the family for being extremely stern and tyrannical, was uncharacteristically obsequious and servile. As a teenager, I found the whole thing quite amusing.

I was reminded of this episode recently during the visit of the NAAC team to our university….

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