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Some central universities to hold convocation for the first time
By Neelam Pandey | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 20, 2018 12:44 AM IST
No coercive steps against Kanhaiya Kumar till Friday, high court tells JNU
By Indo Asian News Service | New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2018 01:42 PM IST
The former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president, Kanhaiya Kumar, was fined by a panel of the university in connection with a 2016 incident in which anti-India slogans were allegedly raised at an event.
HC directs JNU to declare admission results for MPhil, PhD courses
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 18, 2018 11:45 AM IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to announce the admission results for MPhil and PhD courses for this year except the five per cent seats for students with disability.
JNU teachers told to mark attendance daily
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 17, 2018 02:26 PM IST
Teachers at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will now have to mark their attendance at least once a day on the biometric machines.
HRD ministry to consider 5 more public institutions for eminence tag
By Neelam Pandey | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JUL 10, 2018 11:46 PM IST
The committee was supposed to select 20 IoEs, 10 public and 10 private. that will enjoy complete academic and administrative autonomy. However, only six were selected.
Jio Institute, still on paper, gets ‘eminence’ tag, sparks row
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 10, 2018 03:07 PM IST
The University Grants Commission, which carried out the selections, defended the move saying the Jio Institute was selected under rules for greenfield category for new or proposed institutions.
Six colleges set to get Institutes of Eminence status, incentives
By Neelam Pandey | Hindustan Times, New Delhi, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 07, 2018 10:11 AM IST
The government announced plans to create Institutes of Excellence (IoEs) in 2016. A number of India’s best-known universities and colleges, including Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, most of the top IITs and a number of state universities applied under the scheme.
JNU panel upholds punishment given to Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid in sedition row
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 05, 2018 11:22 PM IST
Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid were among the four students punished in connection with the JNU campus event against Afzal Guru’s hanging during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.
Student rowdiness is disturbing, Parliament should discuss it
By Shashi Shekhar
UPDATED ON JUL 02, 2018 03:21 PM IST
It is a question that affects our future generations. We cannot keep behaving irresponsibly towards them for too long.
Indian-origin academic refuses to supervise students to protest Cambridge race row
By Prasun Sonwalkar | Hindustan Times, London
UPDATED ON JUN 22, 2018 01:33 PM IST
Priyamvada Gopal, who teaches in the Faculty of English at Cambridge, says she has been subject to outright racist treatment at Kings gates, but the college has issued a statement denying racism.
Bhima Koregaon accused organised lecture in JNU in memory of slain Maoist: Police
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, Pune
UPDATED ON JUN 14, 2018 11:51 PM IST
Police told a court in Pune that four accused, arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence, were allegedly involved in planning and executing a lecture series in Delhi’s JNU “in memory” of a Maoist, who was killed in a police encounter, to instigate students to join CPI (Maoist).
How will you use autonomy? Centre to ask universities
By Neelam Pandey | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 11, 2018 07:22 AM IST
HRD ministry officials said varsities that have been granted autonomy will be free to launch new courses and departments, and enter into collaborations with foreign educational institutes, without seeking the UGC’s permission
Delhi minorities commission issues notice to JNU on proposed ‘Islamic terrorism’ course
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 22, 2018 02:49 PM IST
The JNU Academic Council “passed” a proposal to set up a Centre for National Security Studies under which there would be a course on “Islamic terrorism”, said a professor who attended the meeting said last week.
JNU begins admission in its maiden engineering school
By Indo Asian News Service | Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON MAY 22, 2018 11:20 AM IST
The students will be admitted for the five-year dual degree programme of B.Tech. and M.Tech./M.S. degree, with specialisation in Social Science/Humanities/Science/Technology.
Reforms are taking place in higher education but will they work?
By Pushkar
PUBLISHED ON MAY 08, 2018 11:56 AM IST
If past experience is any indication, the changes that UGC is bringing about are unlikely to have much impact on prevailing research practices or in making a dent in the existing ‘academic culture’ of Indian universities
Is compulsory attendance for college students a solution or a symptom?
By Prakruti Maniar | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON MAY 02, 2018 08:16 PM IST
Updating syllabuses and teaching methods, allowing students to choose from a wider range of subjects, would likely be more effective, educationists say.
Delhi HC asks JNU professor accused of sexual harassment not to take charge of womens’ hostels
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAY 02, 2018 07:18 PM IST
Delhi high court has also questioned JNU over the absence of women members in its fact-finding committee that is probing the alleged sexual harassment by professor Atul Johri.
After clashes over film screening in JNU, Delhi Police registers 3 cases
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2018 11:21 AM IST
The screening of the film “In the Name of Love - Melancholy of God’s Own Country” on Friday was organised by the Global Indian Foundation and the Vivekanand Vichar Manch of JNU.
JNU film screening on ‘love jihad’ disrupted, minor clashes between groups
By HT Correspondent | PTI, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 28, 2018 10:00 PM IST
Minor scuffles erupted between protesters and ABVP members during the screening of the film ‘In the Name of Love -- Melancholy of God’s Own Country’.
Delhi HC seeks JNU’s response on plea to suspend professor Atul Johri
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 25, 2018 08:07 PM IST
The court directed JNU to treat the representations of the women students as complaints for initiating action against professor Atul Johri.
7,000 JNU students to get warning letters for not meeting attendance rule
By A Mariyam Alavi | New Delhi, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON APR 22, 2018 04:08 PM IST
Students oppose decision, say authorities are not treating them like adults.
Special committee submits list of five candidates, shortlisted to be University of Mumbai’s new VC
By Shreya Bhandary | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2018 11:56 PM IST
A three-member search committee was then appointed to find a replacement former VC, Sanjay Deshmukh, was sacked.
JNU teacher accused of sexual harassment and molestation, third incident in two months
By A Mariyam Alavi and Karn Pratap Singh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2018 02:00 PM IST
Earlier a professor was arrested following complaints by 8 students and a case is pending with a committee against another.
French photographer captures unused spaces and thwarted dreams in Millennium City
By Naina Arora | Hindustan Times, Gurugram
UPDATED ON APR 12, 2018 03:01 PM IST
In Arthur Crestani’s innovative photography project Bad City Dreams, image and place come together to render farcical portraits of rapidly privatising Gurugram, throwing light on the glaring lack of urban spaces, and on the deep divide between its ambitious architectural projects and segregated society.
On Swara Bhasker’s birthday, quotes that define her stardom, feminism and swag
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 09, 2018 11:55 AM IST
As Swara Bhasker celebrates her 30th birthday, here’s a salute to the woman’s spirits and ideology with some of her best quotes that define her personality.
JNUEE result for BA Hons 1st year declared, here’s how to check
By Nilesh Mathur | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 29, 2018 04:05 PM IST
JNU result 2018: The Jawaharlal Nehru University has announced the results of the entrance examination 2018-19 for BA (Hons) first year, where a viva-voce is not prescribed.
Bhide supporters call Prakash Ambedkar, attendees of Elgaar Parishad ‘Naxals’ and ‘Mauwadi’
By Shalaka Shinde | Hindustan Times, Pune
UPDATED ON MAR 28, 2018 04:37 PM IST
Around 200 people gathered under the bridge across the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) building amidst police presence on Wednesday.
JNU professor booked over sexual harassment claims by women students
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 16, 2018 04:35 PM IST
The JNU professor said that he was being targeted by the Left-leaning students.
In Mumbai: Don’t get influenced by JNU and DU, says TISS director
By Musab Qazi | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2019 12:12 PM IST
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) director S Parsuraman has asked his students not to get involved in the kind of student politics being played on the Delhi University (DU) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campuses.