CONTENTS: Acknowledgements, Introduction: What is the ‘Indian’ University?, PART ONE: STORIES OF A MAKING: 1. The Great Ancient Indian Universities: History or Myth?, 2. The Long Nineteenth Century: Caste and Collegiate Life in Colonial India, 3. Pre-Independence Youth Movements (1905–47): The Force of Religion and the Making of a Nationalist Student Subject, PART TWO: HISTORIES OF A RE-UN-MAKING: 4. Post-Independence University Planning (1947–86): The Ideology of Welfare, 5. Reaping Dividends on Discrimination: The Neoliberal ‘Turn’ to the Market (1986–2012), 6. Towards NEP 2020: The Age of the Platform University?, Conclusion: The Return to ‘Publicness’: A History for the University’s Futures, Index.