Politicised and polluted: Tribhuvan University, Nepal’s biggest academic institute, is sick of protests and padlocks

The central office of Tribhuvan University, Nepal’s oldest and biggest university, has been shut down for over two months now. The padlock, put up by the various student unions, is not close to being off as the dispute continues to escalate between the university officials and them.

Moreover, there are regular demonstrations. Student unions, teachers and staff of the Tribhuvan University have been protesting for their own selfish needs. They have nothing to do with academics or the betterment of the university. Despite that, none of them wants to budge as they want political appointments in various positions in the university.