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Hello Jammu News at 6:25:00 PM 0


Kolkata, Aug 7  :  Jadavpur University has decided to provide accomodation to about 12 new admissions from Kashmir valley in its hostel immediately on a priority basis, Registrar Snehamanju Basu said Wednesday.

The decision has been taken post the abrogation of Article 370 and the passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019.

A university official said the move was prompted by a message from the West Bengal government on Tuesday to see that Kashmiri students do not face any hardships, financial or otherwise as their families may not be in a position to help them.

Telecom links in the Kashmir valley remains snapped due to the communication shutdown by the authorities to deter protests over the decision that seeks to redraw the map and future of the region, which has been at the centre of a protracted militancy movement.

Normally it takes one and half months for a first year student to get a university hostel accomodation.

Basu step was taken so that the students of the premier institute from Jammu and Kashmir do not face any questions if they put up as paying guests in private residences outside the university campus.

To a question, Basu said the university has not taken any decision on second or final year Kashmiri students living in rented or PG accomodation.

"However, if any senior Kashmiri student makes any request about shifting from PG to hostel accomodation, we will consider it," he said.

The Arts Faculty Students Union (AFSU) of the varsity, a Left-controlled union, has opened a helpline to come to the aid of Kashmiri students studying in the institution.

"We have put up the helpline number at the admission counter. Any Kashmiri student needing help can also approach us personally at the union office," an AFSU spokesman said.

The Vice-chancellor of state-run Rabindra Bharati University, Sabyasachi Basu Roy Choudhury said he has no official information about any Kashmiri student having enrolled in the university. "However, if there is confirmation about the presence of any Kashmiri student the institution will take all necessary measures to ensure his safety." 

Authorities of Visva-Bharati, a central university, could not tell immediately if there is any Kashmiri student in the institute.

Presidency University Registrar Debajyoti Konar said the institute does not have any Kashmiri student.

An IIT Kharagpur source said that the admission formalities of all first year students have been completed and the semester has begun but there is no update regarding any Kashmiri so far.

St Xavier's University and College in the city too does not have any student form Kashmir, a source in the institution said.                                                       [Agencies]
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Hello Jammu News at 4:26:00 PM 0

Kolkata, Jul 9: Jadavpur University Vice Chancellor Suranjan Das today met members of a students' union, observing hunger strike over the past three days in protest against the new admission procedure, and urged them to withdraw their stir.

Das insisted that it was his job to implement the orders of the university's executive council, the highest decision-making body of the institute, but he was "willing to look for a solution" keeping the interest of students in mind.

"So long I am occupying the VC's chair, I have to go by the decision taken by meeting of EC. What I feel about the issue at a personal level doesn't matter. However, I do have the interest of students in mind," he said.

Around 20 members of Arts Faculty Students' Union (AFSU) started a hunger strike on July 6, two days after the university announced that it would admit undergraduate students in English, comparative literature, Bengali, history, political science and philosophy on the basis of board marks, reversing its earlier decision to hold entrance tests.

Despite requests by Das, the union members today refused to call off their strike.

Somashree Choudhury, the chairperson of AFSU, said the indefinite strike by the 20 students of the arts faculty would continue till the time the authorities reconsider their decision.

"We heard what the VC said, but there was no assurance from his side. The turn of events over the admission issue in past couple of days has only harmed JU's reputation. This can be restored by bringing back the admission test," she said.

The VC, on his part, said he had met Governor K N Tripathi, who is also the Chancellor of the university, and efforts were being made to reach a middle-path, acceptable to all parties concerned.

Das, who was accompanied by Pro-VC Pradip Ghosh, said the university will take every step to monitor the health condition of the students, who had been sitting on hunger strike over the issue.

He also suggested them to use a room in the administrative building for their protest instead of camping out in the open, next to Aurobindo Bhavan.

Meanwhile, joining their colleagues from three other humanities streams, 12 teachers of the philosophy department today refused to lend a helping hand in the admission procedure.

In a letter sent to JU authorities, the teachers said, "We state that if our assistance in any form regarding BA admission of this year is solicited, we will be unable to cooperate unless the stake of teachers of the faculty of arts is reinstated by a written statement."

"If the administration does not involve the teachers in the admission test, then the teachers cannot be a part of the admission process in any way at all," they added.

Earlier, the faculty members from departments of English, comparative literature, and international relations had said that they prefer to stay out of the entire admission process.

A spokesperson of Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) said a letter has been sent to Tripathi to seek his appointment for discussing the modalities of the issue, but no response has arrived from Raj Bhavan so far.

The VC, too, has written to Tripathi with details of events unfolding at the university in the wake of the recent decision and subsequent agitation by the students, a university official told PTI.

On July 4, an hour after the decision to scrap entrance tests was announced, the students gheraoed the VC and other members of the executive council in protest.

The gherao, which lasted for 30 hours, was followed by JUTA ceasework, class boycott and indefinite fast by AFSU members. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 1:51:00 PM 0

Kolkata, Jul 6 : The Vice-Chancellor of Jadavpur University and other executive council members were allowed to leave the varsity late last night, following a 30-hour gherao by a section of a students' union in protest against the move to scrap admission tests for six humanities subjects.

"We allowed the VC and other EC members to leave at around 11.45 pm yesterday, but our sit-in before Aurobindo Bhavan, the main administrative building, will continue till the EC withdraws its decision to scrap the entrance tests," AFSU chairperson Somashree Choudhury told PTI today.

She, however, said AFSU will not obstruct the movement of anyone.

Choudhury said that AFSU and other student organisations in the varsity have called for a class boycott today to press for their demands.

"We had told the VC last night that we can take any drastic step after 24 hours, if the authorities did not re-introduce the admission tests, and announce a decision at the earliest.

"We have the moral support of the Jadavpur University Teachers' Association (JUTA) members and the non-teaching staff on the issue," she said.

The VC left the campus along with other senior varsity officials including the Registrar and Pro-VC, a JUTA spokesman said.

He said JUTA was observing a ceasework in the university today, taking exception to the EC decision to admit students to six humanities streams based on marks obtained in the board examinations.

"We are also participating in a three-hour sit-in demonstration before Aurobindo Bhavan today to voice our protest against this move, which may lower the academic standard of the JU arts faculty," the spokesman said.

Das and other executive committee members were gheraoed from 6 pm on July 4 after the EC announced it would admit undergraduate students in English, Comparative Literature, Bengali, History, Political Science and Philosophy only on the basis of marks, reversing its last week decision to hold entrance tests.

The VC had yesterday said he failed to understand the reason behind the students' protest.

"We have been confined in our offices for over 24 hours by a handful of students, who fail to understand that the decision to scrap the entrance test was taken by majority of the executive council members. I, as the VC, will have to abide by the decision," he had said.

JU Registrar Chiranjib Bhattacharya, after announcing the decision to scrap entrance tests, had told reporters yesterday that the council's move comes in the wake of "displeasure" among a section of teachers over its previous decision to involve external experts in the admission procedure.

"There was little possibility of conducting entrance tests after addressing the concerns of our teachers, given the little time we have in hand," Pro-VC Pradip Ghosh said.

"In view of the uncertainties faced by thousands of candidates, we decided to go by the marks criterion for this year," Ghosh added.

The English Department has also decided to join in the protest, and said none of the teachers will take part in the admission procedure.

Meanwhile, in a notification, the JU announced new admission dates to humanities streams on July 27, 28, 30 and 31.PTI

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