The JNU administration on Thursday issued orders to the concerned departments that had denied some students their fellowships and degrees over their alleged involvement in the controversial February 9
The JNU administration on Thursday issued orders to the concerned departments that had denied some students their fellowships and degrees over their alleged involvement in the controversial February 9 event.
Two students, Shweta Raj and Rama Naga, JNUSU general secretary, had alleged that the university had denied their fellowships, claiming they are still under suspension over the controversial event. Another student, Chintu Kumari, had claimed that the administration refused to give her M.Phil. degree and marksheets, saying it had been blocked pending an inquiry into the February incident.
Terming these “technical errors,” the JNU administration on Thursday ordered the concerned departments to facilitate the demands of these students.
“The inconvenience to the students happened due to a technical error as the order about revoking of their suspension was not yet sent by the chief proctor’s office to various departments. It was neither intentional nor it had to do anything with the controversy. The matter has been resolved and orders have been issued today to facilitate the fellowships and degree of the concerned students,” an university official said.
Addressing a press conference on the issue, JNUSU general secretary Rama Naga said, “After blocking fellowships we were not given any clarification by the JNU administration. Even when one of our JNUSU members went inside the mess, she was not allowed to take food and told that she had been academically suspended. We told our chief proctor and rector, who said even they did not receive any such information. They, however, apologised for this and agreed that there has been a fault from the administration side. We asked them to send notice to concerned departments for which they agreed.”
While Shweta and Rama were among the students who were academically debarred by the university for over a month in connection with the event, Chintu was not.
However, she was among those 21 students who were issued show-cause notices after a high-level committee probing the issue had found her guilty of violating the discipline norms.
