PaRCha - JNU - AISA - 2014 ID-6648

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Urgent revisiOn and enhancement of Fellowship amount in keep1ng with ris1ng cost of living. University should provide medical care cover for any work related hazard in the lab-based research. .

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Ensuring greater transparency and democratisation in lab allotment to all bonafide students. Transparency and objectivity in overall evaluation process, partJcularly, in the evaluation by the doctoral committees in clearing progress reports and granting 9B: the onus of 'under-performance' .

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must not lie with the student alone. .

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Redressal of high drop-out rates in SBT and SIT. .

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Fulfillment or SC/ST/OBC/PH quota in teaching and nonteaching appointments and an end to the rising trend of large-scale guest faculty on ad-hoc basis. .

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Purchase of latest edition books, school-based library and updated reading materiats, Cutting the delay in procuring chemicals and mstruments. Proper maintenance of existing lab equipments, and timely disbursal of Fenowships .

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On Course Structure a) starting introductory courses on methodologiCal and historical overview of TPS tor MA students, the VSA should include popular, folk, regional and contemporary art practices in the syllabus, and CN S should expand the course structure covering documentary, women. queer filmmakers and diverse non-industrial filmmaking practices. b) A beginner course on theory for M.A students. c) restart the dissertation writing courses for each discipline in MA 4"' Semester. d) The interdisciplinary linking of three subjects in M.A and M. Phil/ PhD, d) ex.pand the scope and duration of workshop on Academic Writing. On Democratisation: SFC must be strengthened with regular meetings. Remedial Classes need to be regularized, covering as many courses as possible. as the M. Phil synopsis presentation now takes place in the 2m Semestc.~. there should be study leave for fieldwork/ archival work, Regular wor1< in progress presentation for PhD shJdents, SAA must start anonymous student feedback for reviewing course structure. On Facilities: More diverse DVO collection in SAA Library, a permanent space for performance, regularising theatre wori<shops, extension of library timings at least WI 7 pm, Reading Room in SAA should be 24x7, s1art.ing a blog containing Information regarding feDowship, seminars etc and .

journal for SAA students, Funds for student seminar, film festival, .

an archive in the SAA library of visual materials, Photocopier .

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A visitlng faculty/fellow with expertise in the fteld of law, research methodology workshop, plalform for mutual learning in co-ordination with scholars from other centres. working paper series of CSLG, Centre's Web portal with alumni details. Improvement of library facilities, CSLG cultural festival, establishment of Centre's canteen, provision of pantry on an Interim basis and replacement of coffee vending machine. Sanitary napkin dispenser at CSLG. street lights from CSLG lo Paschimabad Bus-Stop. .

What Should be the Model of JNUSU .

TheAISAandAISA-Ied JNUSUs have a constructive, pro-student, pro-people vision or politics, a proven track-record and positive agenda of expanding social inclusion. .

In contrast, AISA's contenders have little to offer but a negative agenda of slander and anti-AISA-ism. Far removed from every agenda of students' rights and interests, ABVP exists only to spread communal venom and lumpenism, while NSUI only surfaces during election time to splash money power and a .

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The country and campus have already wtnessed how CPI(M) and SFI have struck deep blows to the credibility of the Left, by shamelessly embracing corporate land grab, pollee firing on peasant movements, by even seeking to 'contextualize' the rape and murder ofTapasl Malik, and by reinforcing communal myths against minorities. In the campus. SFI-AISF le~ J~USU (2002-03) tried to corporatize campus spaces by bnnglng 10 Nestle. SFI-AISF 'dissociated' from workers' struggle (2007), refused to recognize or support the struggle against faulty 'cut-off In OBC reservations during 2008-2010 and slandered 1M GSCASH verdict. Chairperson and complainant when one of their leaders was found guilty by the GSCASH (during 2008)1 .

The DSF, a breakaway group of SF/. eontinues to follow SFI's footsteps in betraying the struggles for inclusive polices. For instance, the DSF, when nheaded JNUSU during 2012-13. did nothing to scrap delinklng of ihe BA-MA in SLL& CS or for reduction of viva weightage in JNU admissions. Like SFI, DSF too is silenl on Operation Green Hunt and speaks in double voices on AFSPA. The AISF was a wilfing junior partner in all the crimes of the SFI in JNU, and now it is a partner of the breakaway DSF. .

Thus, the 'permutations' of SFI or DSF-AISF have nothing to show in terms of struggle-and much to hide in terms oftheir betrayal. Therefore they resort to endless slander of AISA to hide their own shameful track record. AISA in JNUSU has meant victory after victory for social inclusion. Therefore, SF/, DSF-AISF sponsored slander is not just a slander against AISA: it is an attempt to deny and discredit these crucial struggles and achievements for social justice, inclusion and democracy. .

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At a time when the Modi Sarkar is waging an all out war on our rights and freedoms, it is only an AISA-Ied JNUSU that can wage and win the battles to defend and expand students' rights and socially Inclusive policies. Make JNUSU a resolute voice in solidarity with people's movements against communal offensive, corporate loot, state repression. caste and gender violence. If the struggles on viva weightage, new hostels, better infraslructure, scrapping Lyngdoh or workers rights are to be won. none but an AISA-Ied JNUSU can pursue those struggles to their logical conclusion. Give a full mandate to AISA to carry forward the struggles for social inclusion and democracy in the .

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Central Panel .

President: Ashutosh Kumar .

Vice-President: Anant Prakash Narayan .

Gen. Secy. Chintu Kumari .

Jt. Sccy.: Shafqat Hussain Butt .

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AbhaArya Debottam Saha Rama Naga Sandlp Monda! Shashi Bhushan Gupta Mellem Wangnaotim Minhaj Ahmed Khan N Sai Balaji Pankaj Singh Kushwaha Su krlta Lahirl .

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Chelan Tyagi Hamid Raza Samia Khan .

Mee nal Gupta .

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JNUSU Elections 2014: Our Perspective and Agenda .

Upholding the Model of a Pro-Student, Pro-People, Socially-Committed JNUSU .

Reassert the Vision of an Inclusive, Democratic, Secular,Gender-justCampus andSociety-.

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We live in challenging times when higher education Is being .

turned into an exclusive enclave of a few through fees hikes .

and commercialisation and campus democracy is being .

curtailed, w11en knowledge generation and dissemination is .

baing tailored to corporate interests. The Modi Govemment is .

in power. The RSS agenda is no longer a hidden agenda. Quite .

openly. Drnanath Batra and his team are seeking lo devalue .

and destroy school education. In cofleges, the ABVP has .

Indulged in vlofence.;Jnd threats against seminar speakers and .

cultural activists like Sheetal Sathe -!'rom Patna to Mumbai. .

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The 'acche din' fo~ perpetrators of communal violence, Sanghi terrorism. corporate plunderers and custodial killings are here. In UP and all over the country. love is being branded as 'jehad', and Muslim youth are being profiled as potential terrorists. even when they fall in love! Privatization and commercialization of education is entering campuses in various avatars. Struggle against AFSPA and other draconian laws continue unabated. even as from Sharmila stands re-arrested for her heroic resistance. Dissenting voices and people's movements are being branded as 'anti-national' and harassed by the police. Even humanitarian disasters-like the terrible floods m Kashm1r -are being spoken of in ugly communal and jingoistic tones. .

In these challenging times, what kind of JNUSU do we need .

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In th e past year. the JNUSU distinguished itself by the promptness of its response to every assault on sh:.ldents' and people's rights, and a steady expansion of students' rights and facilities inside JNU. It was the AISA-Ied JNUSU and AISA that ensured that Delhi's students offered stiff resistance to Modi when he use<i a DU college as a platform for his election campaign. The AISA-Ied JNUSU then took the campaign to Banaras to challenge Modi in his constituency. The Supreme Court's verdict found that innocents had been framed by Gujarat cops and Government under Modi in the Akshardham case -the AISA-Ied JNUSU braved police repression to hold a protest .

promptly. Suffering and struggling people of Bhagana. Badaun, Muzaffarnagar, students of the North East battling racial profiling on Delhi's streets, people of Kashmir under the Army jackboots, have all been able to count on AISA and AISA-Ied JNUSU for solidarity, for deep engagement and participation . in the~r struggles, and for helping their voices to be hoard 1n DeihL Students of DU f!Qhting the FYUP, ~uld count upon the_At~A .

and AISA-Ied JNUSU to champion thetr cause and lend solidarity and strength to iheir struggle. UPSC aspiranls fighting against CSAT, scrapping of several .

classical and foretgn languages, and elitist bias. could count upon the AISA-Ied JNUSU and AISA to join, support, a_nd ~ursue their struggle. In the ongoing DUSU potts. the AISA IS g1ving a stiff fight to the NSUI ~nd ABVP, and showing ~ow, In th ese times of the right-wing in power, a Left s~udents organ1zation can capture the imagination and confidence of common students. Within JNU, the AISA-Ied JNUSU has taken forward the campaign for social inclusion and justice. We ne.ed to ensure that there is no gap, no relaxation in these struggles. .

Significant Achievements of JNUSU 2013-14: .

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24x7 opening and upgradation of the Central Library, ~ncluding installation of relevant software and more plug po10ts. .

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Historic Reversal of 'Delinking' and Restoration of the 1ntegrated BA-MA programme in SL. .

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Establishmentofan autonomous, 'Open Access' JNU Press. .

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Increase (n annual family Incomecap forMCM scholarships from Rs. 1 lakh to 2.5 lakh. .

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Upgrading of the Central Placement Cell and starting of Web Portal for online Registration for jobs and lntemshtps. .

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Ensuring a barrier-free campus with ramps, lollf}.ls, sn.oolh .

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footpaths w~Braille tiles and grills,. pni:t Hft& for making the "campus increasingly accessible to students with disal)illties. .

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ForciAg JNU administration to issue CGPA to Percentage conversion chart. .

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Improvement of health care facilities in the JNU Aeafthcentre .

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Starting the Construction of new hostel (Shlpra 2)~. upgradation of SPS do.rm to full hostel and opening of several dormitories. .

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A powerful struggle rebuffed the draconian flne,.,.aj and undemocratic hostel rules. .

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24x7 opening of the Sports Stadium. .

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Recognition of more Mad8J'Sas. .

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Pursuing a legal case in the Supreme Court for reduction of viva voce weightage. .

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'Other' option introduced In gendercategory in JNU's fonns. .

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Ensuring the formation or a committee for making GSCASft verdicts binding on the JNI) administration. .

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Active st~ps for gendersensitlsation programme have been inifiated by a monitoring body of teachers and students followiQg the positive recommendations of 10-m&mbar commlltee, .

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Approval of three Sanitarypad dispensing ma"chlnes. .

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Release ef.additianallists for NET -JRF for 2013 June exam.. .

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Relaxation ofthe Eligibility Criteria from 55% to 50%for0BC candidates in NET-JRF and Faculty appointment. .

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Sustained Struggle Against UPSC's Discriminatory Policies such as exclusion of so-called 'foreign languages and against CSAT. .

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A huge Mass Deputation to the CJI for Scrapping of Lyngdoh recommendations and restoring JNUSU Constitution .

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Defending JNU"s Socially Sensitive Shop Allotment Polley .

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Rejection of Forced Imposition of Hindi In Administrative Forms in JNU .

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Repeated and Vigilant interventions to ensure Rights of contract wort5ers in the campus. .

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Installation of portraits of Birsa Munda, Jotlba Phule and Savitribal Phule lo the JNUSU office. .

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Each or these stru~gles a'J.d collective gains cor:estilule a creative model of studenrs· politics of significant policy level interwnooos inspired by the Ideals of expaAding democracy and soc.4a1 inclusion in hrgher education. In the year to com~. there is a need to deepen this process of democratisation an~ lhctUsion. With this pers~active, we are proposing the followtag; .

Issues of Social -lu!ftlce and Inclusion .

Reducing Viva Weightage: During the pastyear, tht~autdcl .

JNUSU has been pursuing thiS crucial ~-~l.i'~ .

Supreme Gourt. This struggle must .,_ .

conclusion. DSF's ideological metnll:l.__\ .

openly in writing, opposed redluctlcJ,I\· .

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deliberately made it im~IOS!~~~ .

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