India, April 15 -- US President Donald Trump's administration has frozen $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard, one of the world's finest educational institutes, after the university defied the government's demands over campus protests.

Apart from the $2.2 billion in grants, the White House has also reportedly frozen $60 million in contracts to Harvard University after the school said it would not comply with demands to curb campus activism.

"The Joint Task Force to combat anti-Semitism is announcing a freeze on $2.2 billion in multi-year grants and $60M in multi-year contract value to Harvard University," the US Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement.

In a letter to Harvard on Friday, President Donald Trump's administ...