India, Sept. 30 -- Maharashtra's Higher and Technical Education minister Chandrakant Patil on Monday cautioned that repeated campus agitations and clashes were damaging Savitribai Phule Pune University's (SPPU's) global image and affecting its national rankings.

Speaking at the university's 126th convocation ceremony, held at the Swarajya Rakshak Dharmaveer Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Auditorium at Irawati Karve Social Science Complex, Patil said that frequent protests and abusive exchanges on campus discourage foreign students from seeking admission. "If we want to build an internationally recognised university, we must enhance academic standards. Repeated agitations create negative perceptions worldwide, which also affect rankings," h...