PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2008 ID-66376
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A ARLA i ~HRU UNI''ERSITY Sl'U .
NEW OELHI-110067 .
p aones: 287i 7676,2671 7557, 2670 474·1 .
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JNU U's Note On :1 Cm-cet· and Rcse:wch Guidance But·cau In JNU .
._,. 0 m~rs o.., wrtunities for studies and research in a mnltip:icity ?f.
As you are well wwa1e, JN(_J · I If , b" . ·t . d academic programmes are oflcrcd 111 .
. d" . ,. s A Wide range 0 su Jec s an , F l acadermc 1tl I·SCJP me.. ' r·(··e career options for students of JNU. or a l ong.
JNU . suoocsts a w1de sco. pe, o " utLll .
c .
111 ' an( oo . " f' cIt the need for a formal set up to h lp students to.
the stud1IS ent commu111t, y nas l lavel ~e, · rca 1 y avat·table infom1ation as well as guidance on future career nne rescarc 1.
rcltable and d"l . . .r . d k prospe ts.. 1~·111 no\v, tl11·s· lack of a formal set up has made 1t very difficul. · t 101 st· u cnts to rna 1 e full use of their potential. Therefore we need to set up_ and operatiOnalise a system to cxp ore .
and expand career options beyond J NU at the very earl1est. .
We have certain concerns regarding the natu re and mandate.of such a set up. To hegin with, the nomenclature of a "placement cell" is restrictive and not in ke ping with our holistic vision of expanding career horizons. As articulated in our Charter of Demands, JNUSU has always maintained that the student community needs a "Career an.Q_ Research Guidance Bureau" in JNU. In order to explore and expand career horizons, this bureau should establish Interfaces with different academic institutions, and also with industry and the service sectors. The degrees of interface with these different sectors and institutions will obviously differ.
from discipline to discipline. .
We must. not forget that the centlt:tl role of a university like JNU is to promote academics and rescat·ch. JNU's mandate is to ct·calc knowledge, to critically evaluate and pt·ovide fresh ideas, and 110/ just to impart and enhance skills as per the demands of immediate market needs. JNU therefore cannot be equated with professional institutions like IlTs and IlMs where placement cells are functioning. These institutions are designed to provide trained .
personnel for companies. The placement cells which are in vogue in the IITs and IIMs and other professional educational institutions merely facilitate recruitment of students into various IT financing, investment banking, and engineering companies. An unqualified obsession with such a model willy-nilly affect the cour>e-cuniculum as the students andf~c.ulty driven. by the immediacy of job purpose tend to ignore the long-term purpose andVISJOJ~ ot leammg. JNU as a university must not ignore and cautiously guard itself against this .
undes":'ble reverse Impact that run of the mill idea of placement cell may have on JNU JNUacadenuc stJ"Ucture anti purlJOse. Therefore the Career and Resea · h G ·d B . s S!lOuL Jd not b · ' rc ance ureau ·.
e designed on the same lines. ur 111 .
The aims and the vision of JNU are vastly broader and di r. . .
pro~esstonal msttturwns. The bureau in INU should be .fj ere~t from any techmcal and .
medtum-term goals of research knowled . . .. Ieflective of the long-term and .
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t d ' ge CJ catwn policy an 1 · ..
u ents should be encouraged in this direction a d ' a YSJS and poltcy making.sho~ld be made available. Tlis bureau thet'eforc, sl: adequate counsellwg towards this end available options in academics ·csca:ch insfh ~ I uld Ideally be an iniOnnation banJ, ofall ctors of tlc economy, so th~t tiJe studcn~ ~ . ons, stolarslips/fellowsbips and different lb r;;'"' e a~quii·ed in.JNV while choosing their :~;:p;iobest use of their knowledge and Jmpresswns of o-callcd luct-ative jobs in choosing th .ns and d~ not get pre-dictated by .
. eu-cours~s In any discipline. .
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PaRCha - JNU - Letters to Administration - 2008 ID-66376
.
.
.
A ARLA i ~HRU UNI''ERSITY Sl'U .
NEW OELHI-110067 .
p aones: 287i 7676,2671 7557, 2670 474·1 .
.
JNU U's Note On :1 Cm-cet· and Rcse:wch Guidance But·cau In JNU .
._,. 0 m~rs o.., wrtunities for studies and research in a mnltip:icity ?f.
As you are well wwa1e, JN(_J · I If , b" . ·t . d academic programmes are oflcrcd 111 .
. d" . ,. s A Wide range 0 su Jec s an , F l acadermc 1tl I·SCJP me.. ' r·(··e career options for students of JNU. or a l ong.
JNU . suoocsts a w1de sco. pe, o " utLll .
c .
111 ' an( oo . " f' cIt the need for a formal set up to h lp students to.
the stud1IS ent commu111t, y nas l lavel ~e, · rca 1 y avat·table infom1ation as well as guidance on future career nne rescarc 1.
rcltable and d"l . . .r . d k prospe ts.. 1~·111 no\v, tl11·s· lack of a formal set up has made 1t very difficul. · t 101 st· u cnts to rna 1 e full use of their potential. Therefore we need to set up_ and operatiOnalise a system to cxp ore .
and expand career options beyond J NU at the very earl1est. .
We have certain concerns regarding the natu re and mandate.of such a set up. To hegin with, the nomenclature of a "placement cell" is restrictive and not in ke ping with our holistic vision of expanding career horizons. As articulated in our Charter of Demands, JNUSU has always maintained that the student community needs a "Career an.Q_ Research Guidance Bureau" in JNU. In order to explore and expand career horizons, this bureau should establish Interfaces with different academic institutions, and also with industry and the service sectors. The degrees of interface with these different sectors and institutions will obviously differ.
from discipline to discipline. .
We must. not forget that the centlt:tl role of a university like JNU is to promote academics and rescat·ch. JNU's mandate is to ct·calc knowledge, to critically evaluate and pt·ovide fresh ideas, and 110/ just to impart and enhance skills as per the demands of immediate market needs. JNU therefore cannot be equated with professional institutions like IlTs and IlMs where placement cells are functioning. These institutions are designed to provide trained .
personnel for companies. The placement cells which are in vogue in the IITs and IIMs and other professional educational institutions merely facilitate recruitment of students into various IT financing, investment banking, and engineering companies. An unqualified obsession with such a model willy-nilly affect the cour>e-cuniculum as the students andf~c.ulty driven. by the immediacy of job purpose tend to ignore the long-term purpose andVISJOJ~ ot leammg. JNU as a university must not ignore and cautiously guard itself against this .
undes":'ble reverse Impact that run of the mill idea of placement cell may have on JNU JNUacadenuc stJ"Ucture anti purlJOse. Therefore the Career and Resea · h G ·d B . s S!lOuL Jd not b · ' rc ance ureau ·.
e designed on the same lines. ur 111 .
The aims and the vision of JNU are vastly broader and di r. . .
pro~esstonal msttturwns. The bureau in INU should be .fj ere~t from any techmcal and .
medtum-term goals of research knowled . . .. Ieflective of the long-term and .
.
t d ' ge CJ catwn policy an 1 · ..
u ents should be encouraged in this direction a d ' a YSJS and poltcy making.sho~ld be made available. Tlis bureau thet'eforc, sl: adequate counsellwg towards this end available options in academics ·csca:ch insfh ~ I uld Ideally be an iniOnnation banJ, ofall ctors of tlc economy, so th~t tiJe studcn~ ~ . ons, stolarslips/fellowsbips and different lb r;;'"' e a~quii·ed in.JNV while choosing their :~;:p;iobest use of their knowledge and Jmpresswns of o-callcd luct-ative jobs in choosing th .ns and d~ not get pre-dictated by .
. eu-cours~s In any discipline. .
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.