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DU, JNU to be more disabled-friendly

siteadmin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:32:01 +0000

By fachcha.com
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Delhi University will be more disabled friendly in the coming days. More ramps, toilets with wheel chair users, Braille signage’s, elevators, auditory signals will be seen in these universities in near future by making public building and their campuses more accessible to persons with disabilities.
A grant of Rs. 11.6 crore has been released by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to these universities last month for the purpose.
Rs.8.51 crore has been released to JNU for construction of disabled-friendly structures in its 62 buildings, including administrative and academic blocks, the Central Library, 18 hostels and 3 guest houses.

Delhi University has received a grant of Rs.3.11 crore to make 80 buildings in its North and South Campuses, including administrative and academic blocks, conference centre, libraries, hostels and 2 guest houses accessible.

AISA sweeps JNU polls, Sucheta new JNUSU prez

siteadmin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:15:01 +0000

By Prachi
fachcha.com
Left student outfit AISA, known for its radical ideology, has bagged all the seats in the central panel of JNU student union (JNUSU). Sucheta De has been elected for president’s post with a margin of over 1500 votes while Abhishek Upadhyay has been elected as Vice President post. Its other two candidates of AISA panel Ravi and Firoze too have been elected for central panel.

AISA has already bagged 15 councilors out of 29 in different schools of the university. NSUI has won on four councilors seats while ABVP on five in the elections. The students union elections was organized after a long gap of four years in the university.

Reacting on results newly elected president Sucheta De told that JNUSU would work for students welfare on several issues. These include better entrance and viva-vice system, relief in the eligibility criteria for OBCs and in general, relaxation in minimum marks in PhD for working or experienced professionals, she said.

60% polling in JNU, outfits keep fingers crossed

siteadmin — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:03:57 +0000

By Prachi Sharma
fachacha.com
Students’ outfits are keeping their fingers crossed as voting is over in JNU for students’ union (JNUSU) elections after a gap of four years. Though, JNU is known for its left orientation during the elections but since the elections are taking place after a gap of four years other outfits like ABVP and NSUI too are hoping encouraging results. According to the prelimnery reports about 60% students have come out for vote during the elections this time.
As Rohit Chahal, ABVP, Delhi president, claims that they are hoping fair chance for three seats in central panel including JNUSU president apart from councilors of various schools. On the other hand NSUI too is hoping that it will make entry into central panel this time apart from schools’ councilors. As Rohit Choudhary, national president, NSUI, says that our organization has worked a lot in these four years in the campus. So we could hope better results.
But left outfits like AISA, SFI and AISF are sitting cool in the campus and waiting for results by saying that everything will be clear in the next few hours or by Friday. They say that they will repeat history again in the campus by winning all seats of central panel in the elections.

JNU polls on 1st, students to vote after 4-yr

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:39:42 +0000

By fachcha.com
Polling for JNU students union (JNUSU) will be held on Thursday. Students will cast their vote in the university after a long gap of about four years. Several students’ outfits including ABVP, AISA, NSUI, SFI, AISF and Youth for Equality have fielded their candidates in for the students’ union elections for both the central panel as well as councilors for various schools in the university.
Murad Ahmed (NSUI), Mamta Tripathi (ABVP), Sucheta De (AISA), Zico Dasgupta (AISF & SFI) and other organizations and candidates are contesting for the post of president of JNUSU.
According to the Rohit Choudhary, National President, NSUI, the outfit will perform better this time as all candidates of NSUI in central panel are in fight and response for the the students from various schools are better this time. “We will win highest number of councilors from the schools this time”, Choudhary told.
ABVP, AISA and SFI too are making claim for more seats this time both in the central panel and schools. JNU is traditionally known for left dominated students’ politics.

JNUSU debate on 28th

siteadmin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:55:07 +0000

By fachcha.com
Students of JNU are waiting for presidential debate for JNUSU election to understand the agenda of their representatives.
The debate has been scheduled on 28th February. Voting will take place on 1st March. It is notable that Murad Ahmed (NSUI), Mamta Tripathi (ABVP), Sucheta De (AISA), Zico Dasgupta (AISF & SFI) and other organizations and candidates are contesting for the post of JNUSU. The elections are taking place after a long time span of four years.

Nomination for JNUSU from today

siteadmin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:50:33 +0000

By fachcha.com
Nomination for Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) elections is taking off today. Candidates can withdraw their names on Wednesday. Voting will take place for various posts on 1st March.

Several students’ outfits like NSUI, ABVP, AISA, SFI and other organizations have been actively making pressure on the university administration for the elections for students union. Councilors for different schools of the university too will be selected in the election apart from central panel.

Notification for JNUSU elections soon

siteadmin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:15:11 +0000

Campus Brief

JNU entrance test from 22th May

Admission process in JNU will start from this month with the selling of forms from 6th February. Entrance tests will be conducted on 22nd to 25th May for different undergraduate and postgraduate courses and other programmes at 52 centres. Interested candidates should contact the university for further details.

Notification for JNUSU elections soon

University administration has given nod to issue notification to hold elections for JNU students union (JNUSU). According to university sources the administration may issue notifications for the elections this month considering continuous pressure from the different students’ outfits and university students.

Anugoonj at IP University

Three-day annual festival “Anugoonj” started at Dwarka campus of Indraprastha University on Thursday. Kiran Seth, founder director, Spic Macay, was presented on the occasion. Students of various universities and colleges of Delhi are participating in the festival. Several competitions, music show and dance shows will be organized on the occasion.