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~rently the disbursal mechanism of all the fellowships and scholarships has severai problems causing inordinate delay~nd mas~ive hardships. Students do not deserve to suffer because of bureaucratic red-tapism, administrative insensitivity.
and inefficiency. A corpus fund must be created by the university for the purpose of doing away with the inordinate/ delays in disbursal..
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Proactive steps towards alleviating educational deprivation of minorities delineated by severalgovernment instituted expert committees should be initiated by JNU. .
Foreign students face inordinate delay in receiving their final degree after completion of their course in JNU. Theprocess of issuing degree to foreign students must be expedited, so that their carrier prospects elsewhere are not affected..
GSCASH and EOO: The paucity of funds, staff as well as volunteers is inhibiting the effectivity of GSCASH. GSCASH.
needs basic infrastructure like its own Xerox machine to maintain confidentiality of its functioning. So as to evolve.
an institutionalized method to ensure basic gender sensitization among new and continuing students. the Academic.
Council should form guidelines to incorporate gender sensitisation as a mandatory lecture series/ programme to be.
conducted through each centre in the first semester itself. Similarly, the EOO office has to be revitalized so that it can.
act strongly upon any instance of discrimination or violence based on caste or religion..
Overall Campus Security: In light of several incidents of harassment and molestation (especially by outsiders). theoverall security mechanism in the campus has to be overhauled. Round-the-clock security has to be provided at vulnerablepoints, like 24x7 dhaba and on the lonely strip from Brahmaputra hostel to the Ad Block bus stop. The communication.
system between guards often is completely non-functional. GSCASH representation should be ensured in the campus.
security committee. .
Infrastructure and Facilities .
.JNU Press: In view of JNU's national and international repute. it is imperative that JNU adopts a proactive policy and.
starts publishing the quality research of its own student. scholars and faculty for wider dissem}nation under itsown emblem..
This will not only make many of our important research contributions, hitherto under publicized, easily accessible but will.
also act as a stimulating intellectual incentive to students and faculty alike in all future research endeavours..
Construction of Hostels and Democratizing Hostel Allotment Rules: A severe hostel crisis continues with.
large number students awaiting hostels almost till the end of the second semester. Therefore, the construction of new.
hostels should be taken up on a priority basis. Interim arrangements for accommodation must be initiated right now so as to.
avert a massive crisis at the beginning of the next semester..
The dubious policy adopted during the tenure of the previous DoS about segregation of single and double-seater hostels.
and creating centralised pool of single-seaters must be reversed. Also the red-tapism invoked in hostel change must be.
removed. The centralized pooling system should be done away with, so that students can get the hostel of their choice..
Construction of School Annexe buildings must be expedited to solve the existing problem of paucity of classrooms..
Improved Library Facilities: In 2007-08, the JNUSU had highlighted the massive corruption and deficiencies in the.
management of library facilities -as a result the Chief Librarian was suspended on corruption charges, and more student.
representation and participation in the process of procurement of books was ensured. This process has to be strengthened..
Book purchase and cataloguing requires serious engagement, as latest books particularly in sciences, social sciences, area.
studies and languages are hardly available in our library. A comprehensive package to revitalize the library facilities,.
procurement of new books and better utilization of library funds has to be evolved with proper student representation..
The under-utilised 8th floor of the library can be converted into an additional cyber library/reference section..
Dholpur house reading room should be expanded and its facilities upgraded..
Revitalisatlon of Career Counselling and placement Bureau. .
Recruitment of Teachers: For a long time now, the entire JNU community has been demanding quick recruitment.
teachers and staff, keeping in mind legally mandated reservations for SC/ST/OBC/PH candidates. However. the JNU.
administration has been dilly-dallying on this demand. As a result the academics of the university have been suffering. This.
situation cannot be allowed to continue any longer: .
Health Centre and 24x7 Health Care Facilities: After a long protest and hunger strike, the JNU administration had.
procured a proper 24x7 ambulance. However, the health facilities continue to be abysmal, and the committee (under the.
chairpersonship of the then Assistant Dean of Students) is yet to submit its recommendations and act on them..
The health care facilities have to be upgraded on a priority basis with provisions of basic diagnostic facilities, anti-venom.
injections and other services. Gynaecologist must be present every day. removal of bed bugs and anti-mosquito spray beregularised. JNU should also make arrangements with adjacent hospitals and nursing homes to provide facilities to JNUstudents at concessional rates. .
Proactive and holistic steps to address rising dog population and cases of dog bites: It is suspected that various.
bodies like the MCD and also some individuals occasionally dump stray dogs from other parts of Delhi in JNU. JNU.
administration will have to ensure that dogs from outside are not dumped in the campus, that the dogs on campus are.
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I Unite to Ensure JNUSU Elections: Address the Twin Challenge of Ensuring Elected.
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1.1 0!1111!11111~-Student Representationand the Struggle Against Lyngdoh Recommendations!!.
Eversince the Supreme Court (SC) stayed the JNUSU elections in 2008,Lhe JNU student community has fought along and protracted battleto defend the JNUSU constitution against the arbitrary imposition of Lhe Lyngdoh recommendations in JNU. For three long years now, this campushas functioned without the existence of an elected JNUSU.In this period,the JNU administration tried to use the absence ofan elected JNUSUin various decision-making platforms as agolden opportunity to push through their pet anti-student policies,and tocreate many inconveniencesfor the student community in several day-lo-day affairs. Filling the vacuum arising from the absence ofJNUSU is agenuine, fe.
lt~need.
ofthe student community which must be addressed. .
It is true that even in the absence of JNUSU, its legacyof resistance was howeverkept alive through numerous protest actions and.
rw.>vements. Be it the massive struggle against usercharges and commercialization.or theprolonged movement against the faulty cut~ffcrHerionfor OBC students,or themovementtoreopen the JNUSU office, wehave spearheaded criticalmobilizationsto defeatthe designs ofthe state andthe administration.However, at each ofthese criticaljunctures, the limitations posed by the absence of an elected student bodywere clearly felt. .
In the last few months,both the All-organisation platform as well as theJoint Struggle Committeecameto be marked by repeated displays.
of sectarianism and petty one~upmanship, .
rather than by unity of purpose. For instance, even on aminimum question of opening thelocks on the JNUSU office this summer, SFIinordinately delayed the joint deliberation process and finally andrefused to join the united protestSimilarly,JSC was given a mandate by the very first UGBM of 25 October 2008 to unitedlycarry forward the struggle to defend the JNUSUconstitutionin JNU.Despite this UGBM mandate,some organizations (SFIand DSU) repeatedly undermined the JSC through sectarianism andone-upmanship,whichmade the process ofcollective decision-making almostimpossible. The student community hasrepeatedly seen howthe efficacy ofunited platforms ofstruggle has been weakened through such acts.Therefore,the need of the hour today fortheentireJNU community is an elected, accountable, representative platform of struggle that cannot be held ransom by .
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organisational bickering and attempts at political score-settling.We need a credible, accountable body to carry forward ALL ourstruggles on various issues-including the struggle againstLyngdohrecommendations. .
The UGBM of 6111 September 2010 gave the JSC amandate to initiate negotiationswith theamicus curiae Mr. Gopal Subramanium formaximum possible relaxations fromthe Lyngdoh recommendations. Asthe student community is well aware,these negotiations have come to anend. with Mr. Subramanium in principle agreeing to certain relaxations from the Lyngdoh recommendations in JNU's case.As per the 6111September2010 UGBM mandate, the results ofthese negotiations have to be placed before aUGBM for the student community to ratify or rejectAtthe upcoming UGBM of3 Oct 2011, AISA appeals to the student community to ratify these relaxatjons, so as to ensure JNUSUelections as well as aunited, credible, accountable platform ofstruggle. .
As soon as these relaxations were announced to the studentcommunity, some organisations (which have repeatedly tried to sabotage theprocess of negotiations)have started avirulent anti~campaign, .
appealing to the student community to reject theserelaxations.The relaxationsbeing offered by the amicus curiae are definitely an important step forward,though they are by NO MEANS perfect and we in fact agree with someofthe criticisms being put forward. .
AISA has anational position against Lyngdoh recommendations, and has consistently struggled against the imposition of Lyngdohrecommendations in JNU, as well as led national campaigns against Lyngdoh recommendations in several parts of the country. Despite their.
sound and fury, all that organizations like DSU have done so far against l yngdoh is to issue rabble~rousing leaflets ONLY priorto UGBMs, with the express purpose ofproving themselves more 'radical' than others. Have the students ofJNU ever seen DSUmobilrze opinion wrthin JNU on anyotheroccasion other than 'radical' leafleteering during UGBMs? Have they ever campaignedoutside JNU ormobilized any public opinion against the Lyngdoh recommendations? .
The Twin Challenge at Hand .
What the student community faces today is a twin challenge:to recognise and address the urgent need for elected representation and an.
effective, timctjonalplatform ofstruggle against anti-student policies, AND to resist the Lyngdoh agenda in JNU and beyond.DSU, in itsrhetoric.
against Lyngdoh, simply refused to address the problem posed by the long-term suspension ofelected representation to leadstudents' struggles.We do notfeel that the student communitY. can afford to do likewise.We need an effective way in which we can continue the.
struggle againstthe Lyngdoh agenda,while also correcting the serious Issue of indefinite delay in elected student representation. Even to.
continue an effective struggle against l yngdoh we need an elected and united body; more so in a situation where the unityofJSCstands underminedbycompetitive one-upmanship anddeliberate attempts to undermine1tbycertaingroups.This is where AISAfeels that thenegotiated relaxations in the Lyngdoh recommendations can be accepted by the studentcommunity asaninterim measure,while we continue ourstruggle against Lyngdoh. .
DSU,SFR and PSU are today undermining the hard work that has gone into the negotiations. According to them, accepting the relaxationswould be a'compromise'. The fact ofthe matter is: accepting the SC stay order indefinitely, accepting noJNUSU elections and noelected representation endlessly is ALSO acompromise.DSU's half-hearted 'suggestion' ofan elected JSC (which it did not even botherto put to vote at the 2Qih September UGBM!) is technically flawed. JSC is registered in ourSC case as aunited platfonn.Unlike JNUSU, JSC is .
DEFINED in SC as aunited body with some organizations (AIDSO, ABVP. DSU, SFI,AISA NSUI and PSU) as constituents. Howl then, can theconstitution and definition ofJSC be redefined by elections inwhich some constituents will win and some lose?! .
The student community is currently ata crucialjuncture, where aresponsible and mature response isrequired.Simply 'radical'phrase mongering does not help in addressing the twJi7challenges ofensuring afunctional, accountable platform of struggle againstanti-studentpolicies,and also an effective struggle againstthe Lyngdoh recommendations. .
Abhishek Kr. Yadav, Vice-President, AI SA, JNU Sucheta, Gen.Secy., AISA,JNU .
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION.
NEW OELHI-11 0067Phone: 2671 7676, 2671 7557, 2670 4741 .
Memorandum .
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The H'ble Minister .
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For Human Resource Development. .
Government of India. .
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Date: 14-11-05Respected Sir. .
On behalf of the students of JNU, we would like to draw your attention to certain Issues concerning.
Indian education in general and our University in particular. on the occasion of your visii to JNU..
It has been a long-standing demand of the student community that elected students' representation.
should be provided in the Academic Council and the Boards of Studies of the University. Last year after aprolonged agitation by the students. the Administration had agreed to this demand. However. till date no suchelections have taken place due to the non-clearance of the proposal from your Min1stry. We would request you to ensure that your Ministry endorses the proposal for students' representation in the declsion-making .
bodies of JNU like the AC and BoS at the earliest. .
While JNU is one of the most prominent research centres in the country, it is unfortunate that our researchstudents do not get adequate financial support like scholarships/fellowships from the Government to pursue.
their r!3search. As a result many meritorious students are forced to abandon their research mid-way. We.
therefore demand that every needy student of our University be given financial assistance to facilitate hisor herresearch. Such scholarship may be named after the late Shrl K.R.Narayanan, former President of India and aformer Vice-Chancellor of JNU. Additionally. your Government had promised in the Union Budget 2005 toprovide Rajiv Gandhi fellowships to all SC/ST students pursuing research. However, till date this scheme has notbeen introduced. We req uest y ou to implement this scheme at the earlie$t and provide scholarships to all the.
SC/ST research scholars of JNU. .
The students of the Science Schools of JNU are facing a serious problem related to frequent instances ofdelay in the release of funds for the CSIR fellowship. We request you to look Into the matter and take steps toensure the timely release of the fellowship funds. .
We would also like to raise certain important issues related to the education sector of our country. Formore than a decode now, there has been a gradual decline in the funds allocated for higher education as aproportion of GOP. In order o develop India into an intellectually self-reliant country. it is of paramount.
importance that more funds are allocated for higher education. In the Common Minimum Programme of yourGovernment, it has been prom.
ised that 6% of GDP will be spent on education. We appeal to you to fulfill your.
commitment of spending 6% of GOP by stepping up public expenditure on educatio·n and reverse the.
declining trend in the proportion of fund allocation towards higher education..
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We are apprehensive about ihe efforts to enact the Private Universities Bi ll. We believe that PrivateUniversities are unnecessary for the development of higher education in our country. The experience of private.
institutions in professional education shows that while they charge exorbitant fees. the quality of education and.
infrastructure facilities provided by them are sub-standard. Moreover. we also consider the moves to allowforeign universities to operate in India and open up the education sector under the GATS as fu rthering theprocess of commercialization of education and being detrimental to our intellectual self-reliance. Therefore we.
appeal to you to discard the proposed Private Universities Bill and Instead fo cus upon improving the condition.
of the existent Universities. .
Another crucia l issue concerns the mushrooming of the private educational institutions. It is highlyunfortunate that the Supreme Court instead of strengthening the social and government control on these.
instituti~ns. .
f-)as recently delivered a judgement allowing these institutions to bypass the Constitutionally.
mandcnted· provision of providing reservation to students from deprived sections. We urge upon you to bringabout legislation to ensure that these Institutions conform to the Constitutionally mandated provision ofreservation to SC/STs and students from other deprived secHons, while also conforming to merit-basedadmissions and an affordable fee structure. .
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Dhananjay Tripathl Aranl Sinha.
Vice-President .
Joint Secretary .
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