Tag Archives: JNU

JNU reinstates whistleblower former IIT Kharagpur professor

New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has reinstated whistleblower former IIT Kharagpur professor Rajeev Kumar, whose penalty of compulsory retirement was quashed by Pranab Mukherjee days before he demitted office as president. “In continuation of… HRD Ministry’s letter and Delhi High Court’s order, Rajeev Kumar is requested to resume his duties in School of Computer and Systems Sciences immediately,” an official ... Read More »

V K Saraswat named as new JNU chancellor

New Delhi: The HRD Ministry has named scientist and former DRDO chief Vijay Kumar Saraswat as the next chancellor of JNU. A full-time member of NITI Aayog, Saraswat will be replacing ISRO chief Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan whose five- year term ended on 30 March. Though Saraswat is yet to receive official communication, his name has been finalised for the varsity’s top ... Read More »

JNU college students Protest outside education Ministry, 36 Detained

Kanhaiya Kumar and other 25 college students were detained. (file image) NEW DELHI: JNU students led by way of their union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday staged a protest outside the training Ministry traumatic that reservation to the OBC applicants be granted for appointments at associate professor level, following which 36 of them were detained. the students had on Wednesday ... Read More »

‘Ridiculous,’ Says Kanhaiya Kumar As Smriti Irani’s Ministry Ranks JNU At 3Both JNU and the Hyderabad

college have been on the centre of massive rows that have brought about pupil protests against Smriti Irani. NEW DELHI: HIGHLIGHTS They first attack us, then they put us in this list: JNU scholar chief JNU at variety three within the first ever executive ranking for instructional institutes despite row with Centre, both JNU and Hyderabad college are on listing ... Read More »

JNU seeking legal opinion over punishment to students over Afzal Guru event

A file photo of Umar Khalid, Kanhaiya Kumar and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are believed to have been recommended rustication of for their alleged role in the event by the JNU probe panel. Photo: PTI New Delhi: JNU is believed to be seeking legal opinion over punishment to a few students in connection with an event against hanging of Parliament attack ... Read More »