PaRCha - JNU - AISA - 2014 ID-6649

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the crvciallegal battle. Various organisations ranging from Sfi,AISF to DSU have shown no interest in cortecting funds, or in contributing ln any constructl\le \;1ay to this struggle. .

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Enhancing the MCM amount: The MCM income cap has been Increased from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh during the past year, baste sustenance scholarships such as MCM should be raised to Rs. 3000. wrth the provision of periodic upgrading rn tune wrth the rising cost or living. .

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Enhancing Financial Assistance: After a sustained struggle in 201J, the Administration was forced to agree to creating a corpus fund for lump sum transfers to needy research scholars in the 4th and 5u. years of their research. More soholarships should be made available to research students and Students coming from deprived .

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backgrounds, with their duration covering the entire research period, to ensure that the non-fee costs or education that include books, xeroxes, field visrts. transport costs for visiting libraries and archives ou tsrde the campus. etc. can be taken care of. .

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Expanding the scope of fellowships for students from deprived backgrounds: Fellowships for OBC students, increase in the number or Maulana Az.ad national .

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Scrap the discriminatory CSAT pattern in the UPSC exam, and roll-back the exclusion of classical and foreign languages as optional subjects in the UPSC exam: These demands. pursued consistently by the JNUSU in the past year, have to be taken to their logical culmination. .

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Addressing the language barrier through establishment of a Translation Cell to provide translations of basic texts and through rejuvenation of the English training .

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Ensurlng.r~ghts and facilities for PH students: Completing the process of implementing a barrier-free campus. expansion and maintenance or the Helen Keller unit in the Central Library, expanding the provision of facilities wch as 3 wheeler scooties. increment of Reader's/escort allowance, more availability of scanners and e-text and scan-able reading materials, good JAWs reader in Hindi. upgradation and proper maintenance of Helen Kener unit in the fibrary, issuing Disability certificates in new format. representation in an relevant committees, surtable toilets in hostels at1d school buildings, and ensuring safety from dog bltes through a properly organized animal spaying .

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Alleviating educational deprivation and under-representation of minorities, in line with the recommendations of the Sachar Committee and Ranganath Commission. Five deprivation pomts for minority students in admissions be implemented. The scope or madarsa recognition also be expanded. .

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Reduction in Eligibility Criteria for OBC Students: The eligibility cr~eria for oec students have lo be reduced at various levels-BAJMA, M.Phil 1st year to M.Phil 2nd year, and also from M.Phil to Ph.D. .

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More Effective Schemes for Fulfilling Reservations: JNU as at1 institution, must devise mechanisms to ensure better rmplementation of legally mandated reservations -such as ensuring reservations in Direct PH.D, clubbing small centres together to ensure more social inclusion or SCI ST/PH students. SC/ST/PH/OBC reservation should be property implemented in hostel allotment including in the married researctt scholar hostel. Reservations, including OBC reservatlGn, must be implemented at all levels of .

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Strengthening GSCASH: Improving basic infrastructure. incorporating gender sensitisation as a mandatory lecture series/module to be conducted through each centre in the first semester itself. Moreover. in order to ensure that GSCASH's autonomy is safeguarded, it is necessary that GSCASH verdicts be made binding on the JNU administration. .

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More hostels: To address the massive hostel crisis. more new hostels need to be constructed and other .

accommodation provisions need to be explored immediately. The JNU administration has to be forced to keep its promises on deadlines and fund arrangement After a protracted struggle. the construction of Shipra-2 has started, Damodar rs now a functional hostel and .

several dormitories have been opened. Multiple problems faced by the Damodar residents have to be addressed without delay and th e construction of Shipra-2 must proceed fast. Students in dormitories must be provided with a!I baste fumtlure andfacilities. At the Academic Council meeting of 29 August 2014. the JNU VC communicated to the AC that funds for another new hostel will arrive within a month. Vigilant struggle has to kept up to ensure that the unique residential character of JNU is not compromised. .

Defeating repeated arbitrary and anti-student moves by the Dean of Students' Office with regard to hostel rules and undermining of IHA and an end to dilly-dallying on hostel allotment and provision of basic hostel facilities. .

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Optimal and efficient utilization of the online Web Portal for the central Placement Cell has to be ensured. so that students of various centres and Schools are kept informed of various research and career options available to them. .

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Fuctionalfzing the autonomous Open Access JNU Press. .

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Ensuring better lnfrastructural Facilities by extending wi-fi facilities in residential areas and hostels, expansion of health centre facilities. 24x7 health centre equipped with wards, beds and adequate diagnostic facilities. expansion of sports facilities. Immediate installation of Sanitary pad dispensing machines in the academic complex and near women's hostels -all necessary approvals, tender selection and choice of location have already been accomplished due to the sustained efforts of lhe outgoing .

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Continuing upgradation ofthe Central library through better digilization facilities, subscription to more e-journals. more representation of students in book purchasing and library sub-committees. starting of video library th at has documentaries, lectures and films useful to an students especially those from languages and area studies. .

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Overhauling and upgradation of existing departmental libraries, opening of new departmental libraries. .

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Ensuring Paperless Administration: Removing bureaucratic red-tapism through a paperless administration, which will reduce the difficulties currently faced by students. .

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Improving Transport facilities through opening of busos .

withtn the campus and to Munirka and Metro Slation. .

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Expansion and Revltalisation of Sports Facilities: .

Upgrading and Maintenance of the Sports Stadium with .

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creation of an indoor stadium. a new Badminton Court. Common multi gym with instructor and proper equ;pments, Proper ground maintenance, repairing the roof of yoga centre, separate toilets for boys end girls, lnstal/atlon of water cooler and flood light. Creating a volley bellcourt in front ofMahi Mandavi, repair KV ground basket ball court. funds to repair hostel badminton courts and .

increase in hostel sports fund. Organising annual and inter-school. inter-hostel sports events with proper Instructor. appointing a ·Cricket instructor. T11e functioning or JNUMC end the overall functioning of the Sports office need to be .

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A 1 000 seater Auditorium for conferences, meetings and culural activities of students .

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Fighting arbitrary high prices In shops and canteens, maintaining CDC approved rates and quality; and defending JNU's socially inclusive shop-allotment policy. .

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Computer/ Laptop repairing shop in the campus to aqdress the massive inconvenience faced by the students. .

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Canara Bank branch Inside the campus for smoofh disbursal of RGNF/MANF fellowships .

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Campus De m ocrac y .

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The crucral struggle against the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations and restoration of JNUSU constitution has to be carried forward. .

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Democratising t.eacher-student relationships: The positive recommendations of the 10-member committee set up in the wake of the horrific 31 July incident should be implemented, including formation of Grievance Redressal Cells and research Supervisory committees in each centre/ school whose recommendations wiU be binding on the JNU and School administration. .

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Accountability of Teachers/Supervisors: Anonymous .

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feedback by students and a mechanism to ensure supervisors provide timely feedback to res7arch scholars working with them. .

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Scrapping of the 'Pink Form' currently required for availing of fellowships/scholarships, since it leaves the .doors open for harassment and viclimisation of research scholars by supervisors. .

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Democratising Science School functioning: Transparency in lab allotment, evaluation particularly in 98 cases. timely procurement of chemicals, books and disbursal of fellowships has to be ensured. .

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Expanding student representation in the ACfBoS, removal of undemocratic grade point criteria and representation of Equal Opportunity Office in the.Academic Council. .

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Ensuring and defending mandatory wages and r1ghts of the workers on campus. .

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Reforestation and Revitalizing the Environment Task Force .

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School Leve l Agenda.

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New MA /M.Phil programmes should be introduced in SSS. 1n centres such as the North East studies programme. Women's Studies Programme. in the Centre for Studies in Discrimination and Exclusion, Informal Sector and Labour Studies. .

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New courses on gender sensltisalion should be mandatorily introduced which will include weekly lectures. along with regular film screening and plays related to gender. .

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A School-level magazine(journal should be started .

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Expansion of photocopYJng facilities in CHSIDSA library, and also in documentation centres of various centres such as CSRD, CSSS and CPS. These library timings be extended. .

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Locker facilities for CSRD students for elabomte study materials {books. maps and other accessorills) .

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Starting regular School and cenlfe-level Research Methodology workshops in SSS. .

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Ensuring nexibility in deadlines for submitting tutonals and assignments, especially in CHS. .

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An E-notice Board must be started in tn~ School, informing students of all academic schedules and ctlanges 11\ereof, administrative notices, upcoming seminars and events etc. .

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Reinvigorating SFCs, Grievance Redressal mechanisms lo address tTurdles faced by students and research scholars .

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A common room, with access to journals and TV etc. 24x7 Reading rooms in all centres in SSS. .

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Hygiene and sanitation in the School buildings. .

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Ensuring more and functional Water coolers ln. SSS. .

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Renovation of wiring and plug poinrs arm of the bathrooms in both the old SSS buildings. .

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Arbitrary, anu-studenf regulations and changes in academiC policy must be scrapped. Discriminatory eligibility criteria for admission to courses in SIS (in particular the MA programme in CITD) should be be scrapped. .

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Transparency in exchange programmes .

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Immediate starting of the new course. 'History from the Global Sou!h1, which has been passed in the 51S BoS. .

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A Scl)ool-level magazine/joumal should be. started .

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Introduction of sociological perspective in the teaching and learning of !R in JNU. as discussed in the SIS BoS. .

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An E-notice Board must be started in the School, informing students of all upcoming seminars and events etc. .

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Renovation of the SIS Common Room: The common room of SIS was opened up aher the interventions of the JNUSU in 2012 and 2013. However. there is now a need to ensure proper r.enovation or this common room, so that it caters beller to file needs of the students of SIS. .

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Hygiene and sanitation needs to be ensurect in the School. .

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Re-Opening of Computer Lab: The computer lab in SIS was opened after the intervention of JNUSU. However. due to the retirement of the caretaker, the lab does not remain open. A caretaker must be immediately appointed so that the computer lab can be opened again. .

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Monitorihg and redressat of high drop-out rates. .

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Transparency in allotment of optional courses. Allotment of optional courses according to choices of student. .

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A mechanism to re-evaluate the oral exams in BA. .

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Defined Course structure of different centres for BA. .

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The student-teacher relahonship has to be democratized. regular and timely feed-back of mid-term evaluations shouk:t be provided to students, only registration numbers of students and not names should be mentioned in the an!.wer scripts to avoid possible discrimination .

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Optimum fun ctioning of the Career Counselling and Placement Bureau. .

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School library i,n SLL&CS with the basic text books of langl!ages for BA students and other books on demands of research scholars. A 24'7 reading room in this flbrary. .

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JRF-NET in Korean language. Expansion of Centre for Indian Languages (CIL) to inch.Jde other modern Indian Language&, Introduction of degree and diploma in other languages, Introduction of M.A. in Translation In all of SLL&CS, such as Arabic, Spanish, Rersian & RlH .

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End the rising trend of large-scale ad-hoc faculty. .

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School Level Auditorium. .

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Ventijation problems in different Class rooms Proper Sanitation and Hygiene Jn the hOCl~' .

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