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JNU teachers demand Vice Chancellor’s removal

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New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) on Monday held a mock ‘public trial’ of varsity Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar and sought his removal after holding him “guilty” on several counts.

Kumar was held “guilty” for, among other things, allegedly bypassing the JNU Academic Council and tweaking minutes of its previous meetings not consented to by members.

The “jury” comprised Delhi University Professors Nandita Narain and Apoorvanand, JNU Professors P.K. Yadav and Prabhat Patnaik (emeritus), and senior journalist Akshaya Mukul.

The ‘public trial’ was held on the Sabarmati lawns on the campus, which began with reading of the charges against him by JNUTA President Ayesha Kidwai, economics teacher Jayati Ghosh and Professor Ravi Shrivastav.

Accusing him of “engineering a hostile environment”, Kidwai said during his tenure that started last year, M. Jagadesh Kumar did not meet the JNUTA and JNU Students’ Union members even once despite requests.

“The campus is being run by him (Kumar) like a boot camp,” Kidwai said.

The Vice Chancellor was represented by JNUTA Vice President Amitabh Singh, who countered all charges by saying that there was no “inserting of minutes” in the Academic Council meetings and in all the cited instances of alleged violations he had duly “upheld the law”.

The teachers termed as unnecessary the Vice Chancellor’s action to abolish the Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment and replace it with an Internal Complaints Committee.

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As many as six new nursing colleges to be functional in Haryana soon

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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.

Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.

CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS

The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.

COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION

He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.

The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.

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