PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2004 ID-65416
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STUDENTS' FEDERATION OF INDIA .
ALL INDIA STUDENTS' FEDERATION .
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AN APJ>EAL TO THE STUDENTS OF SSS .
This year's JNUSU elections are being held in the backdrop of sharpening contradictions between US-led imperialism on .
Friends, .
one hand and popular resistance to it on the other. The criminal invasion and occupation of Iraq has completely exposed the been as much against the process of imperialist globalisation as against imperialism·s barbaric 'war without an end'. True to the1r predatory character of imperialism. In response, people across the world have come together in historic protest actions that have traditions. JNU students have been part of this worldwide anti-imperialist upsurge, taking part in unprecedented numbers 1n .
It is shameful that at this crucial juncture the BJP-Ied government in power in our country has taken its surrender to US-.
mobilisations within the campus and outside against the war on Iraq. .
imperialism to even more abject levels, going to the extent of offering our troops as mercenaries to defend the occupation of Iraq. .
At the same time, the RSS-BJP-VHP has intensified its efforts to disrupt the unity of the people through its communal campaigns. .
As the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections approach, the Sangh Giroh is raising the Ayodhya issue once again and the Prime .
.
Minister and Home Minister of our country have joined the VHP-Bajrang Oat in defying the law of the land and declaring that a .
temple would be built regardless of the Supreme Court's decision. In this campaign of hatred the RSS-BJP is resorting to a total .
.
m1suse of the state machinery-as the ASI's fradulent report on the excavations in Ayodhya arid the dropping of the charge-sheet .
.
against Advani show. .
.
Within the university. this increased aggressiveness of the Hindutva forces has been reflected in the activity of the ABVP. .
Over the past year the ABVP has not raised a single issue of students' concern and its representatives in the JNUSU have been .
completely inactive. Rather, it has devoted all its energies to creating communal divisions among the student community. Over the .
past couple of years the ABVP in JNU has indulged in unprecedented acts of violence and Jumpenism: taking out a march targeting .
students and faculty members from the minority community following the Godhra incident and in another instance attacking Yet, despite these attempts at disruption, the student community has carried forward its struggle against communalism students peacefully protesting against the presence of Ashok Singhal in JNU. .
One of the most significant achievements of the past year's struggles under the JNUSU banner was the starting of a university-run and the privatisation and saffronisation of education and has successfully fought the anti-student policies of the NOA government. .
mess in Mahi-Mandavi hostels. Though the UGC's ban on the recruitment of non-teaching staff continues, the long and ardous .
struggles of the student communitiy have forced the Administration to accept its responsibility of providing m~ss facilities. This is a .
remarkable reversal of the UGC's policy of privatising services within universities and a historic achievement of the students of .
The admission and fee structure of our university which the student community has steadfastly defended and initiatives JNU. like coaching classes for students from deprived sections have ensured that a large number of students from deprived sections .
. -have been able to secure admission to JNU and the SC/ST quota has been fulfilled for the past few years. The struggles of the past '~\.. year on the demand for financial and academic assistance to students from deprived sections has ensured the regularisation of.
-.
Many Centr~s of the university had been suffering from acute faculty shortage because of the inordinate delay by the HRO.~ subject-specific and English remedial classes and provision of appointment of non-JRF research scholars to teach these courses. ministry in appointing Visitor's nominees to the selection committees. As a result of the initiatives taken by the JNUSU the Ministry .
'J 1:J..
~ <U was forced to make the appointments and the process of faculty recruitment has restarted. .
Student struggles, including a strike, forced the Administration to award a major punishment to Mr. O.K. Tiwari, a faculty .
(J e member who had been found guilty of sexual harassment by GSCASH, and Mr. Oaili, a university employee. This has sent the 0 aJ message that no one can escape punishment for sexual harassment by using their position in the university hierarchy. Also, the .
The JNUSU Council of SSS worked together with the SFCs of different Centres to address issues at the School level:.
-·ra~ .r:~. long-standing demand for granting of statutory status to GSCASH has been met. fJ) A series of seminars, addressed by eminent social scientists and activists. under the theme of 'Another World is Possible' .
was organised to initiate discussions on issues of contemporary concern. .
Procurement of books in the library has been de:nocratised and students can give requisition for b0oks in the Centre .
'.
.
offices. .
.
Materials can now be Xeroxed from the CSSS 8SA library on requisition..
J':.
.f-J .
Cataloguing process has started in CPS SAP library and it will open shortly with Xeroxing facilities. .
·-~ Course lists of different centres were compiled and displayed to help students take courses from other disciplines .
.
.
Xerox shop and canteen were reopened in SSS II .
OUR AGENDA .
Grievance Redressal Committees: In a university like JNU which depends entirely on internal evaluation, institutional.
DEMOCRATISATION OF ACADEMIC FUNCTIONING mechanisms for redressing acadP,mic grievances are essential to guard against the victimisation of students. The present .
system for this is ifladequate, particularly since it places the responsibility of redressal solely on the Ad:ninistration and faculty .
membem while it is they themselves who are most likely to be the subject of complaints. We demand a complete overhaul of .
the grievance redressal mechanism to give it a democratic charar.ter and ensure adequate representation of the student .
Student Faculty Committees (~FCs): Centre-level SFCs composed of faculty members and elected student representatives.
community. are mo~tly defunct. We demand that SFC!i be revived in .
..
are a unique institution ofJNU. However, at present-these coq~mittees.
all the Centres and all academic matters, including the updating of.courses, be brought under their purview. .
, .
.
PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2004 ID-65416
.
STUDENTS' FEDERATION OF INDIA .
ALL INDIA STUDENTS' FEDERATION .
.
AN APJ>EAL TO THE STUDENTS OF SSS .
This year's JNUSU elections are being held in the backdrop of sharpening contradictions between US-led imperialism on .
Friends, .
one hand and popular resistance to it on the other. The criminal invasion and occupation of Iraq has completely exposed the been as much against the process of imperialist globalisation as against imperialism·s barbaric 'war without an end'. True to the1r predatory character of imperialism. In response, people across the world have come together in historic protest actions that have traditions. JNU students have been part of this worldwide anti-imperialist upsurge, taking part in unprecedented numbers 1n .
It is shameful that at this crucial juncture the BJP-Ied government in power in our country has taken its surrender to US-.
mobilisations within the campus and outside against the war on Iraq. .
imperialism to even more abject levels, going to the extent of offering our troops as mercenaries to defend the occupation of Iraq. .
At the same time, the RSS-BJP-VHP has intensified its efforts to disrupt the unity of the people through its communal campaigns. .
As the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections approach, the Sangh Giroh is raising the Ayodhya issue once again and the Prime .
.
Minister and Home Minister of our country have joined the VHP-Bajrang Oat in defying the law of the land and declaring that a .
temple would be built regardless of the Supreme Court's decision. In this campaign of hatred the RSS-BJP is resorting to a total .
.
m1suse of the state machinery-as the ASI's fradulent report on the excavations in Ayodhya arid the dropping of the charge-sheet .
.
against Advani show. .
.
Within the university. this increased aggressiveness of the Hindutva forces has been reflected in the activity of the ABVP. .
Over the past year the ABVP has not raised a single issue of students' concern and its representatives in the JNUSU have been .
completely inactive. Rather, it has devoted all its energies to creating communal divisions among the student community. Over the .
past couple of years the ABVP in JNU has indulged in unprecedented acts of violence and Jumpenism: taking out a march targeting .
students and faculty members from the minority community following the Godhra incident and in another instance attacking Yet, despite these attempts at disruption, the student community has carried forward its struggle against communalism students peacefully protesting against the presence of Ashok Singhal in JNU. .
One of the most significant achievements of the past year's struggles under the JNUSU banner was the starting of a university-run and the privatisation and saffronisation of education and has successfully fought the anti-student policies of the NOA government. .
mess in Mahi-Mandavi hostels. Though the UGC's ban on the recruitment of non-teaching staff continues, the long and ardous .
struggles of the student communitiy have forced the Administration to accept its responsibility of providing m~ss facilities. This is a .
remarkable reversal of the UGC's policy of privatising services within universities and a historic achievement of the students of .
The admission and fee structure of our university which the student community has steadfastly defended and initiatives JNU. like coaching classes for students from deprived sections have ensured that a large number of students from deprived sections .
. -have been able to secure admission to JNU and the SC/ST quota has been fulfilled for the past few years. The struggles of the past '~\.. year on the demand for financial and academic assistance to students from deprived sections has ensured the regularisation of.
-.
Many Centr~s of the university had been suffering from acute faculty shortage because of the inordinate delay by the HRO.~ subject-specific and English remedial classes and provision of appointment of non-JRF research scholars to teach these courses. ministry in appointing Visitor's nominees to the selection committees. As a result of the initiatives taken by the JNUSU the Ministry .
'J 1:J..
~ <U was forced to make the appointments and the process of faculty recruitment has restarted. .
Student struggles, including a strike, forced the Administration to award a major punishment to Mr. O.K. Tiwari, a faculty .
(J e member who had been found guilty of sexual harassment by GSCASH, and Mr. Oaili, a university employee. This has sent the 0 aJ message that no one can escape punishment for sexual harassment by using their position in the university hierarchy. Also, the .
The JNUSU Council of SSS worked together with the SFCs of different Centres to address issues at the School level:.
-·ra~ .r:~. long-standing demand for granting of statutory status to GSCASH has been met. fJ) A series of seminars, addressed by eminent social scientists and activists. under the theme of 'Another World is Possible' .
was organised to initiate discussions on issues of contemporary concern. .
Procurement of books in the library has been de:nocratised and students can give requisition for b0oks in the Centre .
'.
.
offices. .
.
Materials can now be Xeroxed from the CSSS 8SA library on requisition..
J':.
.f-J .
Cataloguing process has started in CPS SAP library and it will open shortly with Xeroxing facilities. .
·-~ Course lists of different centres were compiled and displayed to help students take courses from other disciplines .
.
.
Xerox shop and canteen were reopened in SSS II .
OUR AGENDA .
Grievance Redressal Committees: In a university like JNU which depends entirely on internal evaluation, institutional.
DEMOCRATISATION OF ACADEMIC FUNCTIONING mechanisms for redressing acadP,mic grievances are essential to guard against the victimisation of students. The present .
system for this is ifladequate, particularly since it places the responsibility of redressal solely on the Ad:ninistration and faculty .
membem while it is they themselves who are most likely to be the subject of complaints. We demand a complete overhaul of .
the grievance redressal mechanism to give it a democratic charar.ter and ensure adequate representation of the student .
Student Faculty Committees (~FCs): Centre-level SFCs composed of faculty members and elected student representatives.
community. are mo~tly defunct. We demand that SFC!i be revived in .
..
are a unique institution ofJNU. However, at present-these coq~mittees.
all the Centres and all academic matters, including the updating of.courses, be brought under their purview. .
, .
.