PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2012 ID-64153
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» JNU administration has been forced to incorporate several of JNUSU's demands in JNU's proposal for utilisation ~ of the funds received under the 1ih Plan, for increasing MCM, for building more hostels, for better health care ~ facilities and for improving other infrastructural facilities. · a:a. .
» Improvements in hostel allotments: This year, because of JNUSU's protest and repeated interventions SC/STIPH students were alloted hostel accommodation within a day of applying. The discriminatory policy of hostel allotment for OBC students prevailing till last year (whereby they were allotted hostels after all the general category students) was also changed: OBC students in the reserved category and general category students were allotted hostels simultaneously. After JNUSU's intervention, old SPS building has been renovated and turned into a full-fledged dormitory for boys to address the immediate accommodation crisis. .
)> After three long years, JNU's Central Library procured around 3,700 new books. There have also been several changes and improvements in the library facilities, including renovation. digitisation and improved cataloguing. At the open house organised by JNUSU to discuss problems regarding the library, students directly raised several issues which were noted by the librarian, and this became a platform to articulate and build pressure for our demands. .
)> Again, for the first time in JNU, the JNUSU organised school-level brainstorming sessions with students and faculty, towards a broad academic rejuvenation in JNU. Before the BoS meetings, these brainstorming sessions.
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created a platform where common students (not just elected representatives) and faculty members could discuss serious academic issues in a transparent, non-hierarchical, democratic manner. Various issues, like the need to Introduce new courses, reasons for high drop-out rates, and the need to democratise the classroom atmosphere were brought up, and a broad consensus on these issues was painstakingly built. As a result, when JNUSU councillors brought up these issues in the BoS meetings, they were even supported by some faculty members, who saw merit in the students' arguments and demands. As a consequence, several new courses are in the process of being introduced. .
)> An open house on translation of basic academic texts was organised with experts in the area, towards addressing the language barrier in academics for the first time in JNU. .
Vigilance in the Admission process: As a result of JNUSU's timely interventions, the JNU administration released second lists this year, in order to fulfill reservations and the intake mandated by JNU's Academic Council. .
Fighting Administrative High-handedness and Attempts at Fee-hike and User Charges: Administrative attempts to impose fee hikes and user charges in Mahanadi and Yamuna were robustly resisted and pushed back. JNUSU also repeatedly intervened and protested against the authoritarian behavior of various hostel wardens in Yamuna, Koyna and Shipra and in a united struggle with the residents of Yamuna forced the exit of the Yamuna hostel warden. .
Towards ensuring workers' rights: JNUSU had to repeatedly intervene to ensure a range of demands. 16 safai karamcharis working with Garima were terminated by the administration; JNUSU immediately intervened and ensured that all of them were taken back. Moreover, JNUSU had to repeatedly intervene to ensure that arrears due to workers (from salary increments announced in April 2011 and November 2011) were paid to them. Contractors had .
been dilly-dallying these payments for months together, and JNUSU finally managed to ensure workers' arrears only a couple of months back. JNUSU has also raised the issue of legally mandated ESI/PF payments for all workers employed in JNU. .
Intervention with the UGC: JNUSU articulated these issues of social inclusion, democratisation of decision-making bodies, financial assistance and campus democracy at every possible forum. When the UGC sought participation and comments in a meeting on its document 'Guidelines for Students' Entitlements and Obligations', JNUSU was the only students union or students' body to provide a detailed critique, rebutting the underlying philosophy, as well as specific provisions of the UGC note. The document submitted by JNUSU, which articulated demands for enhanced financial assistance, translation of texts, democratic participation of students in decision-making bodies, and right to student union elections, became the rallying point for all student representatives from various national organisations who attended the meeting. This document, which has been unanimously endorsed by these student representatives, is now an established rejoinder to the UGC note .
prepared by various Vice Chancellors. .
Solidarity with students and peoples st..-uggles: JNUSU has ·never seen JNU as an island, far removed from the social and political realities of the world surrounding us. During April this year, when the students in two of Delhi's campuses (IP university and IGNOU) have been agitating against anti-student administrative policies the JNUSU representatives visited the two campuses regularly and participated in the struggle. JNUSU organized active support and solidarity to Rohingya refugees from Burma, to the workers of the Maruti plant in Manesar, to the struggling people in Koodamkulam, and against the recent racially motivated threats and attacks against people from the north..,east. JNUSU also collected relied funds for flood-hit people of Assam. .
Detailed Convenor reports, articulating all the initiatives taken up by JNUSU on a range of issues, both at the University and School/Centre levels, will be tabled in various Schools GBMs. JNUSU appeals to the student community to participate in large numbers in the GBMs and strengthen JNUSU's efforts towards greater social inclusion, democratization and students' rights. .
Sucheta Abhishek Kr. Yadav Ravi Prakash Mohd Firoz Ahmad President. JNUSU Vice-President, JNUSU Gen. Secy., JNUSU Jt. Secy., JNUSU .
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PaRCha - JNU - JNUSU - 2012 ID-64153
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» JNU administration has been forced to incorporate several of JNUSU's demands in JNU's proposal for utilisation ~ of the funds received under the 1ih Plan, for increasing MCM, for building more hostels, for better health care ~ facilities and for improving other infrastructural facilities. · a:a. .
» Improvements in hostel allotments: This year, because of JNUSU's protest and repeated interventions SC/STIPH students were alloted hostel accommodation within a day of applying. The discriminatory policy of hostel allotment for OBC students prevailing till last year (whereby they were allotted hostels after all the general category students) was also changed: OBC students in the reserved category and general category students were allotted hostels simultaneously. After JNUSU's intervention, old SPS building has been renovated and turned into a full-fledged dormitory for boys to address the immediate accommodation crisis. .
)> After three long years, JNU's Central Library procured around 3,700 new books. There have also been several changes and improvements in the library facilities, including renovation. digitisation and improved cataloguing. At the open house organised by JNUSU to discuss problems regarding the library, students directly raised several issues which were noted by the librarian, and this became a platform to articulate and build pressure for our demands. .
)> Again, for the first time in JNU, the JNUSU organised school-level brainstorming sessions with students and faculty, towards a broad academic rejuvenation in JNU. Before the BoS meetings, these brainstorming sessions.
.
created a platform where common students (not just elected representatives) and faculty members could discuss serious academic issues in a transparent, non-hierarchical, democratic manner. Various issues, like the need to Introduce new courses, reasons for high drop-out rates, and the need to democratise the classroom atmosphere were brought up, and a broad consensus on these issues was painstakingly built. As a result, when JNUSU councillors brought up these issues in the BoS meetings, they were even supported by some faculty members, who saw merit in the students' arguments and demands. As a consequence, several new courses are in the process of being introduced. .
)> An open house on translation of basic academic texts was organised with experts in the area, towards addressing the language barrier in academics for the first time in JNU. .
Vigilance in the Admission process: As a result of JNUSU's timely interventions, the JNU administration released second lists this year, in order to fulfill reservations and the intake mandated by JNU's Academic Council. .
Fighting Administrative High-handedness and Attempts at Fee-hike and User Charges: Administrative attempts to impose fee hikes and user charges in Mahanadi and Yamuna were robustly resisted and pushed back. JNUSU also repeatedly intervened and protested against the authoritarian behavior of various hostel wardens in Yamuna, Koyna and Shipra and in a united struggle with the residents of Yamuna forced the exit of the Yamuna hostel warden. .
Towards ensuring workers' rights: JNUSU had to repeatedly intervene to ensure a range of demands. 16 safai karamcharis working with Garima were terminated by the administration; JNUSU immediately intervened and ensured that all of them were taken back. Moreover, JNUSU had to repeatedly intervene to ensure that arrears due to workers (from salary increments announced in April 2011 and November 2011) were paid to them. Contractors had .
been dilly-dallying these payments for months together, and JNUSU finally managed to ensure workers' arrears only a couple of months back. JNUSU has also raised the issue of legally mandated ESI/PF payments for all workers employed in JNU. .
Intervention with the UGC: JNUSU articulated these issues of social inclusion, democratisation of decision-making bodies, financial assistance and campus democracy at every possible forum. When the UGC sought participation and comments in a meeting on its document 'Guidelines for Students' Entitlements and Obligations', JNUSU was the only students union or students' body to provide a detailed critique, rebutting the underlying philosophy, as well as specific provisions of the UGC note. The document submitted by JNUSU, which articulated demands for enhanced financial assistance, translation of texts, democratic participation of students in decision-making bodies, and right to student union elections, became the rallying point for all student representatives from various national organisations who attended the meeting. This document, which has been unanimously endorsed by these student representatives, is now an established rejoinder to the UGC note .
prepared by various Vice Chancellors. .
Solidarity with students and peoples st..-uggles: JNUSU has ·never seen JNU as an island, far removed from the social and political realities of the world surrounding us. During April this year, when the students in two of Delhi's campuses (IP university and IGNOU) have been agitating against anti-student administrative policies the JNUSU representatives visited the two campuses regularly and participated in the struggle. JNUSU organized active support and solidarity to Rohingya refugees from Burma, to the workers of the Maruti plant in Manesar, to the struggling people in Koodamkulam, and against the recent racially motivated threats and attacks against people from the north..,east. JNUSU also collected relied funds for flood-hit people of Assam. .
Detailed Convenor reports, articulating all the initiatives taken up by JNUSU on a range of issues, both at the University and School/Centre levels, will be tabled in various Schools GBMs. JNUSU appeals to the student community to participate in large numbers in the GBMs and strengthen JNUSU's efforts towards greater social inclusion, democratization and students' rights. .
Sucheta Abhishek Kr. Yadav Ravi Prakash Mohd Firoz Ahmad President. JNUSU Vice-President, JNUSU Gen. Secy., JNUSU Jt. Secy., JNUSU .
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