Dr. Vikram Keshari Jena
Author at The Eastern Times
Dr. Vikram Keshari Jena is an academic, researcher, and public intellectual from Odisha. His work focuses on media, politics, development, public policy, and Indian knowledge traditions, with an emphasis on critical inquiry, social transformation, and interdisciplinary dialogue. He has authored numerous academic books and currently serves as the Founding Director of the Centre for Adivasi Research and Development (CARD), Odisha.
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Odisha’s Universities Must Produce Knowledge, Not Merely Distribute Degrees
Opinion · Updated at: Nov 6, 2026 · Priority 2
A university is supposed to be society’s most powerful instrument for producing knowledge, questioning authority, preparing citizens and shaping the future of civilisation.
End the VIP Culture Before It Ends the Meaning of Democracy
Opinion · Updated at: Nov 6, 2026 · Priority 6
Democracy begins with a simple moral principle: no citizen is inherently more important than another. Public office carries responsibility, authority and constitutional dignity,
The Opposition Failed to Understand the New Indian Youth
Opinion · Updated at: Nov 6, 2026 · Priority 10
Indian politics is witnessing a generational transformation that much of the opposition has failed to understand. Its problem is no longer merely electoral defeat; it is an intel
When Fear Becomes a Commodity: Terrorism, War and the Economics of Global Capital
Opinion · Updated at: Nov 6, 2026 · Priority 13
There is a disturbing possibility that the political economy of the twenty-first century cannot be understood merely through the language of democracy, security, terrorism and nat
What Does an Odia Mine Teach the Management School?
Opinion · Updated at: Oct 22, 2026
T here is something profoundly unsettling about a doctoral thesis that begins not in a boardroom, a stock exchange or a management classroom, but by following the trails of iron
When the State Itself Becomes Accountable: The NGT’s Warning to Odisha
Opinion · Updated at: Oct 10, 2026
There are some government orders that make news because of their financial consequences. There are others that deserve attention because they expose a deeper crisis in governance.
India Educates the World, But Why Can’t It Retain Its Best Minds?
Opinion · Updated at: Sep 25, 2026
India has never suffered from a shortage of intelligence. It has suffered from a shortage of institutions capable of converting intelligence into enduring national power. This di
India’s Democracy Has Outgrown Its Political Architecture
Opinion · Updated at: Sep 12, 2026
India is approaching another great constitutional moment, and the debate over delimitation should not be reduced to a quarrel between northern and southern states. At its heart l
Odisha@100: Will Our Universities Build Knowledge or Just Distribute Degrees?
Opinion · Updated at: Sep 7, 2026
T he recent high-level meeting of Vice-Chancellors, Registrars and PG Council Chairpersons of State Government Universities, under the chairmanship of Higher Education Minister S
80 Years of Independence: Why India Still Has No Shanghai, Paris or Tokyo?
Opinion · Updated at: Aug 31, 2026
India has completed nearly eight decades of independence, yet a difficult question continues to confront us: why has a country of our scale, intelligence, resources, civilisation
Why India Needs a Civil Service Revolution Before 2047
Opinion · Updated at: Aug 27, 2026
The greatest tragedy of a nation is not poverty. It is the normalization of institutional complacency. Civilizations decline not because they lack resources, but because their go
Vision 2047: India Needs Intellectual Power, Not Just Electoral Power
Opinion · Updated at: Aug 25, 2026
Every generation inherits two responsibilities from history. The first is to preserve the civilisation it receives. The second is to enlarge its intellectual horizons for those y