PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2013 ID-35981
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Convenor organised Open House with anti-copy right activists. After our intervention in the Academic Council.
meeting held on 26 April 2013, the AC also took a strong stand against photocopying restrictions..
· Opposing Surveillance and Installation of CCTVs: This year, the JNU administration showed.
unprecedented hyperactivity in purchasing and installing CCTVs in many parts of the campus, including at the.
Ad Block (where protests and hunger strikes take place) and in the Library. JNUSU vigilantly intervened, and.
strongly opposed all these moves. The Library Committee convenor also opposed the introduction of extremely.
expensive RfiD technology in the library..
· New Courses in SIS, SSS and Several Democratic Changes: It was only after the intervention of SIS.
JNUSU councillors that new courses were introduced in SIS and an important Research Methodology workshop.
was kick-started in the School. Following the intervention of JNUSU, the centre agreed to offer other non-.
language optionals for VH students in place of the mandatory language course, steps are being taken to set up a.
school and centre-level databases with details of students' research - research areas, publications, papers etc..
in SSS, ensuring More Optional Courses in SSS for BA students of SLL&CS, introduction of an MA Programme in.
the Centre for Philosophy..
· Removing Uncalled for Delay and Inconvenience in the Admission for PH students: This.
year, after the JNUSU-led movement in October-November 2012, student representation in the EOO was.
ensured for the first time. The DSF lists this as their achievement, remaining silent on the fact that DSF.
Councillors nominated by the JNUSU President as representatives in the EOO never showed up for the job. So,.
during the admission process, the EOO had no option but to contact the JNUSU Joint Secretary, who then.
worked as the JNUSU representative in the EOO. Through his efforts, a significant change in the admission.
procedure for physically challenged students was ensured this year. Till last year, PH students seeking admission.
in JNU had to first undergo a verification by a Medical Board in the JNU Health Centre. And since the concerned.
board in the Health Centre are available only after 4pm on set days, PH students had to wait for at least one.
extra day for taking admission. Thus, the JNUSU Joint Secretary (from AISA) intervened to ensure that PH.
students be given admission without delay based on their existing PH certificates from any government hospital.
and their JNU level verification can happen after admission. This considerable relief fails to find any mention in.
the DSF's self-claimed list of achievements (leaflet dated 30 Aug), except for a general mention of EOO.
representation. The fact is that the DSF and JNUSU President are clueless as to the real interventions made by.
the JNUSU representative from AISA in the EOO!.
· SPS Dormitory which started in August 2012 during the tenure of the last AISA-led JNUSU, has been steadily.
regularised with mess facilities for 150 residents at a reasonable rate of Rs 1965 per month. Also, to expand.
students' residential facilities, Mahanadi Hostel which earlier used to accommodate other JNU staff, is now.
being turned into an exclusively married research scholars' hostel..
· Functionalising of the Placement Cell: When after sustained struggle, the Career Counseling and.
Placement Bureau was operationalised this year, JNUSU President unilaterally nominated only the Councillors.
from his organisation in different Schools like SLL&CS, SIS and SSS as the JNUSU representatives in the.
Placement cell. However, after months it was evident that they gave no proposal nor took part in any in the.
functioning; so much so that the Chairperson had to contact other Office bearers to give new names of.
student representatives who would work. So subsequently SIS, SSS and SLL&CS Convenors were incorporated.
into the body. It was only then that the Placement Cell began to have proper meetings and JNUSU organized.
an Open House to put together inputs for its proper functioning, so that students can avail of the maximum.
possible benefits. The DSF's leaflet (dt 30 Aug) is silent even on the Placement Cell - to which only its own.
Councillors were nominated as JNUSU representatives! The fact they are unaware of the Placement Cell.
proceedings shows just how cut off the DSF's JNUSU representatives were from the actual functioning of the.
Union and the University. And then the DSF has the audacity to claim that it was AISA's Councillors who were.
'inactive'!.
· Workers' Rights: The JNUSU's Security, CDC and SSS Convenors (all from AISA) made repeated interventions.
against violations of workers' rights: exposing and correcting violations in ESI PF documents; non-issuing of pay.
slips; illegal deduction from security guards' salary in the name of uniforms; ensuring compensation to an.
injured worker; and payment of mandated wages. This required day-to-day visits to worksites, taking on corrupt.
contractor-administration nexus by several JNUSU Councillors from AISA and a team of student activists of the.
campus as well as concerned faculty members. These consistent struggles fixed the JNU administration's.
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2.
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PaRCha - JNU - AISA material - 2013 ID-35981
.
Convenor organised Open House with anti-copy right activists. After our intervention in the Academic Council.
meeting held on 26 April 2013, the AC also took a strong stand against photocopying restrictions..
· Opposing Surveillance and Installation of CCTVs: This year, the JNU administration showed.
unprecedented hyperactivity in purchasing and installing CCTVs in many parts of the campus, including at the.
Ad Block (where protests and hunger strikes take place) and in the Library. JNUSU vigilantly intervened, and.
strongly opposed all these moves. The Library Committee convenor also opposed the introduction of extremely.
expensive RfiD technology in the library..
· New Courses in SIS, SSS and Several Democratic Changes: It was only after the intervention of SIS.
JNUSU councillors that new courses were introduced in SIS and an important Research Methodology workshop.
was kick-started in the School. Following the intervention of JNUSU, the centre agreed to offer other non-.
language optionals for VH students in place of the mandatory language course, steps are being taken to set up a.
school and centre-level databases with details of students' research - research areas, publications, papers etc..
in SSS, ensuring More Optional Courses in SSS for BA students of SLL&CS, introduction of an MA Programme in.
the Centre for Philosophy..
· Removing Uncalled for Delay and Inconvenience in the Admission for PH students: This.
year, after the JNUSU-led movement in October-November 2012, student representation in the EOO was.
ensured for the first time. The DSF lists this as their achievement, remaining silent on the fact that DSF.
Councillors nominated by the JNUSU President as representatives in the EOO never showed up for the job. So,.
during the admission process, the EOO had no option but to contact the JNUSU Joint Secretary, who then.
worked as the JNUSU representative in the EOO. Through his efforts, a significant change in the admission.
procedure for physically challenged students was ensured this year. Till last year, PH students seeking admission.
in JNU had to first undergo a verification by a Medical Board in the JNU Health Centre. And since the concerned.
board in the Health Centre are available only after 4pm on set days, PH students had to wait for at least one.
extra day for taking admission. Thus, the JNUSU Joint Secretary (from AISA) intervened to ensure that PH.
students be given admission without delay based on their existing PH certificates from any government hospital.
and their JNU level verification can happen after admission. This considerable relief fails to find any mention in.
the DSF's self-claimed list of achievements (leaflet dated 30 Aug), except for a general mention of EOO.
representation. The fact is that the DSF and JNUSU President are clueless as to the real interventions made by.
the JNUSU representative from AISA in the EOO!.
· SPS Dormitory which started in August 2012 during the tenure of the last AISA-led JNUSU, has been steadily.
regularised with mess facilities for 150 residents at a reasonable rate of Rs 1965 per month. Also, to expand.
students' residential facilities, Mahanadi Hostel which earlier used to accommodate other JNU staff, is now.
being turned into an exclusively married research scholars' hostel..
· Functionalising of the Placement Cell: When after sustained struggle, the Career Counseling and.
Placement Bureau was operationalised this year, JNUSU President unilaterally nominated only the Councillors.
from his organisation in different Schools like SLL&CS, SIS and SSS as the JNUSU representatives in the.
Placement cell. However, after months it was evident that they gave no proposal nor took part in any in the.
functioning; so much so that the Chairperson had to contact other Office bearers to give new names of.
student representatives who would work. So subsequently SIS, SSS and SLL&CS Convenors were incorporated.
into the body. It was only then that the Placement Cell began to have proper meetings and JNUSU organized.
an Open House to put together inputs for its proper functioning, so that students can avail of the maximum.
possible benefits. The DSF's leaflet (dt 30 Aug) is silent even on the Placement Cell - to which only its own.
Councillors were nominated as JNUSU representatives! The fact they are unaware of the Placement Cell.
proceedings shows just how cut off the DSF's JNUSU representatives were from the actual functioning of the.
Union and the University. And then the DSF has the audacity to claim that it was AISA's Councillors who were.
'inactive'!.
· Workers' Rights: The JNUSU's Security, CDC and SSS Convenors (all from AISA) made repeated interventions.
against violations of workers' rights: exposing and correcting violations in ESI PF documents; non-issuing of pay.
slips; illegal deduction from security guards' salary in the name of uniforms; ensuring compensation to an.
injured worker; and payment of mandated wages. This required day-to-day visits to worksites, taking on corrupt.
contractor-administration nexus by several JNUSU Councillors from AISA and a team of student activists of the.
campus as well as concerned faculty members. These consistent struggles fixed the JNU administration's.
.
2.
..