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Annexure – IV Resolution No. 4/AC (A)/23.12.2016

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY Intake & Proposed Offer for the year 2017-18

M.Phil./Ph.D. Sl. No.

Faculty/Department Total Intake (2016-17)

(Calculated after adding 54% to 2006

intake)

Total Proposed

Intake 2017-18

Total Proposed

Offer

I School of International Studies 1 Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies:

i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in United States Studies (USS) 9 9 9 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Latin American Studies(LAM) 3 3 3 iii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Canadian Studies(CAN) 3 3 3

2 Centre for European Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in European Studies (EUP)

15 15 15

3 Centre for International Legal Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in legal Studies (ILG)

9 9 9

4 Centre for International Trade & Development i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Trade & Development (ITD)

12 12 20

5 Centre for East Asian Studies i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Japanese Studies (JPI) 12 12 12 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Chinese Studies(CHI) 12 12 12 iii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Korean Studies (KOI) 6 6 6

6 Centre for International Politics, Organization & Disarmament

i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in International Politics (INP) 12 8 8 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in International Organization (ORG) 9 9 9 iii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Diplomacy and Disarmament (DAD)

12 10 10

iv) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Political Geography POG) 6 6 6 7 Centre for South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies (SAS) 16 16 16 8 Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies

Indo-Pacific Studies (South East Asia/South West Pacific) (IPS)

14 14 14

9 Centre for Inner Asian Studies Inner Asian Studies (IAS) 18 18 18

10 Centre for West Asian Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in West Asian Studies (WAS)

15

15

15

11 Centre for African Studies M.Phil./Ph.D. in African Sudies (AFS)

9

9

9

12. Centre for Russian & Central Asian Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Russian & Central Asian Studies (RCA)

38 38 38

13. Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory M.Phil./Ph.D. in Comparative Politics and Political Theory (CPT)

8 8 8

II School of Social Sciences 1. Centre for Economic Studies & Planning

M.Phil/Ph.D. in Economics Studies & Planning (ECO) 31 31 31

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2017-18

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Offer

2.

Centre for Historical Studies i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Ancient History (ANC) 13 13 13 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Medieval History (MED) 13 13 13 iii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Modern History (MOD) 26 26 26

3. Centre for Political Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Political Studies (POL) 38 38 40

4. Centre for the Study of Regional Development i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Geography (GEO) 23 23 23 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Economics (ECN) 18 18 18 iii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Population Studies (POP) 18 18 18

5. Centre for Social Medicine & Community Health M.Phil/Ph.D. (CSM) 18 18 18 MPH/Ph.D. (MPH) 9 9 9

6. Centre for the Study of Social Systems M.Phil/Ph.D. in Social Systems (SOC) 38 38 38

7. Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Educational Studies (EDU) 22 22 22

8. Centre for Studies in Science Policy M.Phil/Ph.D. in Studies in Science Policy (SSP) 11 11 11

9. Centre for Philosophy M.Phil/Ph.D. in Philosophy (SPH) 15 15 15

10. Centre for Women Studies Women Studies (WSP) 10 10 10

11. Centre for Study of Discrimination and Exclusion M.Phil./Ph.D. in Discrimination and Exclusion (SDE) 20 20 20

12. Centre for Media Studies M.Phil./Ph.D. in Media Stuides (CMS) 7 7 7

13. North East India Studies Programme M.Phil./Ph.D. in North East India Studies (NES) 10 10 10

III School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies 1. Centre for French and Francophone Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in French (FRN) 15 15 15 2. Centre for German Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in German (GER) 15 15 15 3. Centre for Indian Languages

i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Hindi (HND) 23 23 23 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Urdu (URD) 23 23 23 iii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Hindi Translation (HTL) 7 10 10 iv) M.Phil./Ph.D. in Tamil (TAM) 7 7 7 v) M.Phil/Ph.D in Kannada (KAN) - 3 3

4. Centre for Russian Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Russian (RSN) 11 11 11

5. Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in Spanish (SPN) 15 15 15 M.Phil in Portuguese (PRT) 3 3 3

6. Centre for Japanese Studies M.Phil/Ph.D in Japanese (JAP) 6 6 6

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2017-18

Total Proposed

Offer

7 Centre for Korean Studies M.Phil/Ph.D in Korean (KOR) 3 3 10

Centre for Chinese, South East Asian Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Chinese (CHN) 6 6 6

9. Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Persian (PER) 18 18 18

10. Centre for Arabic and African Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Arabic (ARB) 31 31 31

11. Centre for Linguistics M.Phil/Ph.D. in Linguistics (LIN) 17 17 17

12. Centre for English Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in English (ENG) 21 21 21

IV School of Computer & Systems Sciences M.Phil/Ph.D. & M.Tech/Ph.D. 26 26 31

M.Tech (Statistical Computing) (Data Sciences) 10 12 M.Tech (Statistical Computing) (Data

Communication) 10 12

V School of Environmental Sciences M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area –I (ONE0 3 4 4 M.Phil./Ph.D. in Area-II (TWO) 3 4 4 M.Phil./Ph.D. in Area-III (THR) 7 6 6 M.Phil./Ph.D. in Area-IV (FOR) 11 10 10

VI School of Life Sciences M.Phil/Ph.D. (SLS) 20

M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area –I (ONE0 3 4 M.Phil./Ph.D. in Area-II (TWO) 3 4 M.Phil./Ph.D. in Area-III (THR) 4 8 M.Phil./Ph.D. in Area-IV (FOR) 7 9

VII School of Physical Sciences i)Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. in Physical Sciences (PHY) 12 12 20 ii)Pre-Ph.D./ Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences (CHE) 6 6 8 iii) Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. in Mathematics (MAT) 2 2 2

VIII School of Arts and Aesthetics M.Phil/Ph.D. in VSA 8 8 10 M.Phil/Ph.D. in TPS 8 8 10 M.Phil/Ph.D. in CNS 8 8 10

IX School of Computational and Integrative Sciences

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. in computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB)

5 5 5

PG Diploma in Big Data Analytics (PGD) 18 18 X School of Biotechnology

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. (SBT) 5 5 8 XI Centre for Molecular Medicine

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. (CMM) 7 7 7 XII Centre for Nano Sciences

Nano-Sciences NNSP (182) 10 10 Nano-Electronics NNEP (185) 10 10

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(Calculated after adding 54% to 2006

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2017-18

Total Proposed

Offer

XIII Centre for Sanskrit Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. (SAN) 17 17 25

XIV Centre for the Study of Law & Governance M.Phil/Ph.D. (CLG) 23 23 23

Total 970 1025 1086

M.A./M.Sc./MCA

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Faculty/Department Total Intake (2016-17)

(Calculated after adding 54% to 2006

intake)

Total Proposed Intake

2017-18

Total Proposed

Offer

I School of International Studies 1. M.A. in Politics (with specialization in International

Studies) (PIS) 92 92 92

2 Centre for International Trade & Development M.A. in Economics (with specialization in World Economy) (EIL)

31 31 50

3 M.A. in International Relations and Area Studies (IRA)

40 40 40

II School of Social Sciences 1. Centre for Economic Studies & Planning

M.A. in Economics (ECO) 77 77 77 2. Centre for Historical Studies M.A. in

i) Ancient History (ANC) 25 25 25 ii) Medieval History (MED) 25 25 25 iii) Modern History(MOD) 34 34 34

3. Centre for Political Studies M.A. in Political Science (POL) 77 77 80

4. Centre for the Study of Regional Development M.A. in Geography (GEO) 54 54 54

5 Centre for the Study of Social Systems M.A. in Sociology (SOC) 77 77 77

6. Centre for Philosophy M.A. in Philosophy (SPH) 25 25 25

7. Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies M.A. in Development and Labour Studies (DLS) 40 40 60

III School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies

1 Centre for French and Francophone Studies M.A. in French (FRN) 15 15 15

2 Centre for German Studies i) M.A. in German Literature (GRL) 8 8 8

ii) M.A. in German Translation/Translation & Interpretation (GRT)

15 15 15

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3 Centre for Indian Languages M.A. in i) Hindi (HND) 31 31 31 ii)Urdu (URD) 31 31 31

4 Centre for Russian Studies M.A. in Russian (RSN) 8 8 8

5 Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies

M.A. . in Spanish (SPN) 6 6 6 6 Centre for Japanese Studies

M.A. in Japanese (JAP) 6 6 6 7 Centre for Korean Studies

M.A. in Korean (KOR) 4 4 5 8 Centre for Chinese, South East Asian Studies

M.A. in Chinese (CHN) 3 3 6 9 Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies

M.A. in Persian (PER) 15 15 15 10 Centre for Arabic and African Studies

M.A. in Arabic (ARB) 08 8 8 11 Centre for Linguistics

M.A. in Linglusitics (LIN) 31 31 31 12 Centre for English Studies

M.A. in English (ENG) 31 31 31 IV School of Computer & Systems Sciences

MCA 46 46 50 V School of Environmental Sciences

M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences (SES)

31 31 31

VI School of Life Sciences M.Sc. (SLS) 38 38 55

VII School of Physical Sciences 1. M.Sc. in Physics (PHY) 31 31 70

2. M.Sc in Chemistry (CHE) - 6 6 VIII School of Computational and Integrative

Sciences

Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. programme in Computational and Integrative Sciences (CIS)

18 18 18

IX School of Arts and Aesthetics M.A. (SAA) 23 23 25

X School of Biotechnology M.Sc. (BIT) 31 31 31

XI Centre for Molecular Medicine Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. programme in Molecular Medicine (CMM)

5 6 8

XII Centre for Sanskrit Studies M.A. (SAN) 33 33 40

Total 1065 1072 1189

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B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Year

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(Calculated after adding 54% to 2006

intake)

Total Proposed Intake

2017-18

Total Proposed

Offer

III School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies

1 Centre for French and Francophone Studies B.A.(Hons.) 2nd year in French (FRN) 8 8 8

2 Centre for German Studies B.A. (Hons.) 2nd year in German (GER)

10 10 10

3 Centre for Russian Studies B.A. (Hons) 2nd year in Russian (RSN) 8 8 8

4 Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies

B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Year . in Spanish (SPN)

6 6 6

5 Centre for Japanese Studies B.A. (Hons.) 2nd year in Japanese (JAP)

8 8 8

6 Centre for Korean Studies B.A. (Hons.) 2nd year in Korean (KOR) 6 6 18

7 Centre for Chinese, South East Asian Studies B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Year in Chinese (CHN)

5 5 8

8 Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies 1. B.A. (Hons.) 2nd year in Persian (PER) 8 8 8 2. B.A. (Hons.) 2nd year in Pashto (PUS) 10 10 10

9 Centre for Arabic and African Studies B.A. (Hons) 2nd year in Arabic (ARB) 15 15 15

Total 84 84 99

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B.A. (Hons.) 1st Year

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(Calculated after adding 54% to 2006

intake)

Total Proposed Intake

2017-18

Total Proposed

Offer

III School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies

1 Centre for French and Francophone Studies B.A.(Hons.) 1st year in French (FRN) 38 38 38

2 Centre for German Studies B.A. (Hons.) 1st year in German (GER) 38 38 38

3 Centre for Russian Studies B.A. (Hons.) 1st year in Russian (RSN) 54 54 54

4 Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American Studies

B.A. (Hons.) 1st Year . in Spanish (SPN)

31 31 31

5 Centre for Japanese Studies B.A. (Hons.) 1st year in Japanese (JAP) 38 38 38

6 Centre for Korean Studies B.A. (Hons.) 1st Year in Korean (KOR) 31 31 36

7 Centre for Chinese, South East Asian Studies B.A. (Hons.) 1st Year in Chinese (CHN)

35 35 45

8 Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies i) B.A. (Hons.) 1st year in Persian (PER) 31 31 31

ii) B.A. (Hons.) 1st year in Pushto (PUS) 15 15 15 9 Centre for Arabic and African Studies

B.A. (Hons.) 1st Year in Arabic (ARB) 31 31 31 Total 342 342 357

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M.Phil./Ph.D. (JRF)

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Faculty/Department Total Intake (2016-17)

(Calculated after adding 54% to 2006

intake)

Total Proposed Intake

2017-18

Total Proposed

Offer

I School of Computer & Systems Sciences M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) 5 5 5

II School of Environmental Sciences M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area – I (ONE) 3 3 3 M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area – II (TWO) 2 2 2 M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area – III (THR) 10 10 10 M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area – IV (FOR) 8 8 8

III School of Life Sciences M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area – I (ONE) MS WS MS WS

3 The unfilled seats of MS will be filled in the WS

4

M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area – II (TWO) MS WS MS WS 2 The

unfilled seats of MS will be filled in the WS

4

M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area – III (THR) MS WS MS WS 3 The

unfilled seats of MS will be filled in the WS

4

M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area – IV (FOR) MS WS MS WS 7 The

unfilled seats of MS will be filled in the WS

10

IV School of Physical Sciences Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. (JRF) in Physical Sciences (PHY)

12 12 16

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. (JRF) in Chemical Sciences (CHE)

8 10 12

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. (JRF) in Mathematics (MAT) 1 1 2 V School of Computational and Integrative

Sciences

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Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. (CBB) 2 2 4 VI School of Biotechnology

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. (JRF) (SBT) 16 16 16 VII Centre for Molecular Medicine

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. (CMM) 4 4 4 VIII Centre for Nano Sciences

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. (JRF) (NNS) MS WS MS WS MS WS 6 2 6 2 6 2

Total 98 94 110

Part- Time

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Faculty/Department Total Intake (2016-17)

(Calculated after adding 54% to 2006

intake)

Total Proposed Intake

2017-18

Total Proposed

Offer

I School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies

1 Centre for Indian Languages ADOP (Mass Media) in Urdu (URD) 31 20 20 COP in Urdu (URD) 31 20 20

2 Centre for Korean Studies i) COP in Mongolian (MON) 15 15 58

3 Centre for Chinese, South East Asian Studies i) COP in Bhasha Indonesia (BHA) 35 35 35 ii) DOP in Bhasha Indonesia (BHA) 31 31 35

4 Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies ADOP in Pashto (PUS) 15 - -

COP in Pashto (PUS) 0 15 15 II Centre for Sanskrit Studies

COP in Pali (PAL) 10 10 10 COP in Sanskrit Computational Linguistics

(SCLC) 0 10 10

Total 168 156 203

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Programme Total Intake (2016-17)

(Calculated after adding 54% to 2006

intake)

Total Proposed Intake

2017-18

Total Proposed

Offer

1 M.Phil./Ph.D. 970 1025 1086 2 M.A./M.Sc./MCA 1065 1072 1189 3 B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Year 84 84 89 4 B.A. (HOns.) 1st Year 342 342 357 5 M.Phil./Ph.D. (JRF) 98 94 110 6 Part Time 168 156 203

Total 2727 2773 3034

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

Intake for Direct admission to Ph.D. programme for the year 2017-18

Sl. No.

Faculty/Department Maximum number of candidates to be admitted in (2016-17)

Maximum number of candidates to be admitted in (2017-18)

Monsoon semester

Winter semester

Monsoon semester

Winter semester

I School of International Studies 1 Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies:

i) United States Studies (USS) 1 0 1 0 ii) Latin American Studies(LAM) 1 0 1 0 iii) Canadian Studies(CAN) 1 0 1 0

2 Centre for European Studies (EUP) 2 2 2 2 3 Centre for International Legal Studies (ILG) 1 1 0 0 4 Centre for International Trade & Development (ITD) 5 0 5 0

5 Centre for East Asian Studies i) Japanese Studies (JPI) 1 1 1 1 ii) Chinese Studies(CHI) 1 1 1 1 iii) Korean Studies (KOI) 1 0 1 0

6 Centre for International Politics, Organization & Disarmament i) International Politics (INP) 2 2 2 2 ii) International Organization (ORG) iii) Diplomacy and Disarmament (DAD) iv) Political Geography POG)

7 Centre for South Asian Studies South Asian Studies (SAS) 2 2 2 2

8 Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies

Indo Pacific Studies (South East Asia/South West Pacific) (IPS)

2 2 2 2

9 Centre for Inner Asian Studies

Inner Asian Studies (IAS) 5 5 5 0

10 Centre for West Asian Studies (WAS) 2 2 2 2

11 C entre for African Studies (AFS) 1 1 0 0 12 Centre for Russian & Central Asian Studies (RCA) 2 0 2 0 13 Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory (CPT) 3 3 2 0 14 Human Rights Studies Programme (HRS) 1 1 2 2 15 Energy Studies Programme (ESP) 5 0 5 0

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Faculty/Department Maximum number of candidates to be admitted in (2016-17)

Maximum number of candidates to be admitted in (2017-18)

Monsoon semester

Winter semester

Monsoon semester

Winter semester

II School of Social Sciences

1. Centre for Economic Studies & Planning (ECO) 7 (unfiled 1)

1 10 The unfilled seats of MS will be filled in the WS

2. Centre for Historical Studies ANC 4 4 4 4 MED 4 4 4 4 MOD 7 7 7 7

3. Centre for Political Studies (CPS) 1 1 2 2 4. Centre for the Study of Regional Development

i) Geography (GEO) 2 0 2 0 ii) Economics (ECN) 2 0 2 0 iii) Population Studies (POP) 2 0 2 0

5. Centre for Social Medicine & Community Health (CSM) 6 0 6 0 (MPH) 3 0 3 0

6. Centre for the Study of Social Systems (SOC) 2 2 1 1 7. Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies (EDU) 2 2 2 2 8. Centre for Studies in Science Policy (SSP) 2 0 2 0 9. Centre for Philosophy (SPH) 1 0 1 0

10 Group of Adult Education (GAE) 6 6 6 6 11 Women’s Studies (WSP) 2 2 2 2 12 Study of Discrimination and Exclusion (SDE) 5 5 5 5 13 Centre for Media Studies (CMS) 4 4 4 4 14 Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies (ISL) 6 6 6 6 15 North East India Studies (NES) 4 4 2 2 III School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies 1. Centre for French and Francophone Studies (FRN) 2 1 2 1 2. Centre for German Studies (CGS) 5 5 5 5 3. Centre for Indian Languages

i) Hindi (HND) 0 0 0 0 ii) Urdu (URD) 0 0 0 0 iii) Hindi Translation (HTL) 0 0 0 0 iv) Tamil (TAM) 0 0 0 0

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Maximum number of candidates to be admitted in (2017-18)

Monsoon semester

Winter semester

Monsoon semester

Winter semester

4. Centre for Russian Studies (CRS) 1 1 1 1 5. Centre for Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Latin American

Studies (SPN) 6 6 6 6

6. Centre for Japanese Studies (JAP) 2 2 2 2 7 Centre for Korean Studies (KOR) 0 0 0 0

8 Centre for Chinese, South East Asian Studies (CHN) 1 1 2 2 9 Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies (PER) 1 1 1 1

10 Centre for Arabic and African Studies (ARB) 1 1 1 1 11. Centre for Linguistics (LIN) 2 1 2 1 12. Centre for English Studies (ENG) 3 0 3 0 IV School of Computer & Systems Sciences 16 0 8 8 V School of Environmental Sciences

Area-I (ONE) 0 0 1 0 Area-II (TWO) 1 0 2 0 Area-III (THR) 5 0 3 0 Area-IV (FOR) 3 0 3 0

VI School of Life Sciences (SLS) 0 5 0 5 VII School of Physical Sciences

i) Physical Sciences (PHY) 1 1 1 1 ii) Chemical Sciences (CHE) 1 1 1 1 iii) Mathematics (MAT) 1 1 1 1

VIII School of Arts and Aesthetics VSA 2 2 2 2 TPS 2 2 2 2 CNS 2 2 2 2

IX School of Computational and Integrative Sciences (CBB) 2 4 2 4 X School of Biotechnology (SBT) Nil Nil 5 0

XI Centre for Molecular Medicine (CMM) 2 2 2 2 XII Centre for Sanskrit Studies (SAN) 1 1 1 1

XIII Centre for the Study of Law & Governance (CLG) 2 or 3 2 or 3 3 0 XIV Special Centre for Nano Sciences (NNS) 4 1

Total 177 114 178 109

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY M.Phil/Ph.D. Intake for the year 2017-18

(The intake given in the e-Prospectus for M.Phil., Ph.D. programmes are tentative and subject to Faculty fulfilling Clause 6 of 2016 UGC Gazette Notification)

M.Phil./Ph.D. SI. No. Faculty/Department Tentative Intake

2017-18

I School of International Studies 1 Centre for European Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in European Studies (EUP) 1 2 Centre for International Trade & Development M.Phil/Ph.D. in Trade & Development (ITD) 9 3 Centre for South Asian Studies

South Asian Studies (SAS) 1 II School of Social Sciences 1 Centre for Economic Studies & Planning

M.Phil/Ph.D. in Economics Studies & Planning (ECO) 13 2 Centre for the Study of Regional Development

M.Phil/Ph.D. in Geography (GEO) 1 III School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies 1 Centre for French and Francophone Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in French (FRN) 12 2 Centre for German Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in German (GER) 9 3 Centre for Russian Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in Russian (RSN) 8 4 Centre for Chinese, South East Asian Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in Chinese (CHN) 3 IV School of Environmental Sciences

12 M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area-I (ONE) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area-II (TWO) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area-III (THR) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area-IV (FOR)

V School of Life Sciences

17 M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area-I (ONE) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area-II (TWO) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area-III (THR) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area-IV (FOR)

VI School of Arts and Aesthetics

16 M.Phil/Ph.D. in VSA M.Phil/Ph.D. in TPS M.Phil/Ph.D. in CNS

Total 102

PG Diploma

I School of Computational and Integrative Sciences

PG Diploma in Bigdata Analytics 15

Total 15

M.Tech

I Special Centre for Nano Science

i) M.Tech in Electronics (NNEP) 10 ii) M.Tech in Science (NNSP) 10

II School of Computer & Systems Sciences

M.Tech in Computer & System Sciences (MTCP) 20 M.Tech (Statistical Computing) (Data Sciences) 9

Total 49

M.Phil./Ph.D. (JRF) SI. No. Faculty/Department Total Proposed Intake

2017-18 I School of Computer & Systems Sciences

M.Phil/Ph.D. in (JRF) 5 II School of Environmental Sciences

M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area - I (ONE)

11 M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area - II (TWO)

M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area - III (THR) M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area - IV (FOR)

III School of Lice Sciences M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area - I (ONE)

12 M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area - II (TWO) M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area - III (THR) M.Phil/Ph.D. (JRF) in Area - IV (FOR)

Total 28

Ph.D SI. No. Faculty/Department Total Proposed Intake

2017-18

I School of Social Sciences 1 Centre for Economic Studies & Planning

Ph.D. in Economics Studies & Planning (ECOH) 5 2 Ph. D in Group of Adult Education (GAEH) 5 3 Ph.D in Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies (ISLH) 7 II School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies 1 Centre for German Studies

Ph.D. in German (GERH) 5 III School of Environmental Sciences

4 Ph.D. in Area-I (ONEH) Ph.D. in Area-II (TWOH) Ph.D. in Area-III (THRH) Ph.D. in Area-IV (FORH)

VI School of Arts and Aesthetics

1 Ph.D. in Visual Studies (VSAH) Ph.D. in Theatere and Performance Studies (TPSH) Ph.D. in Cinema Studies (CNSH)

V School of Computational and Integrative Sciences Ph.D in Computaional Biology and Bioinformatics (CEEH) 6

VI Special Centre for Nano Science Ph.D in Nano Sciences (NNSH) 5

VII School of Physical Sciences Ph.D in Mathematical Sciences (MATH)

6 Ph.D in Chemical Sciences (CHEH) Ph.D in Physical Sciences (PHYH)

VIII School of Molecular Medicines Ph.D in Molecular Medicines (CMMH) 15

IX School of Biotechnology Ph.D in Biotechnology (SBTH) 5

Total 64

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

Intake for the year 2018-19 M.Phil./Ph.D.

Sl. No. Department Intake I School of International Studies 1 Centre for Canadian, US and Latin American Studies:

M.Phil/Ph.D. in United States Studies (USS) 1 2 Centre for European Studies 11

M.Phil/Ph.D. in European Studies (EUP) 3 Centre for International Trade & Development

i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Trade & Development (ITD) 13 4 Centre for East Asian Studies

i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Chinese Studies(CHI) 6 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Korean Studies (KOI) 3

5 Centre for International Politics, Organization & Disarmament i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Diplomacy and Disarmament (DAD) 3 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Political Geography POG) 3

6 Centre for South Asian Studies South Asian Studies (SAS) 10

7 Centre for Inner Asian Studies Inner Asian Studies (IAS) 8

8 Centre for West Asian Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in West Asian Studies (WAS)

13

9. Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory M.Phil./Ph.D. in Comparative Politics and Political Theory (CPT)

7

II School of Social Sciences 1. Centre for Economic Studies & Planning

M.Phil/Ph.D. in Economics Studies & Planning (ECO) 19 2. Centre for Historical Studies

i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Ancient History (ANC) 5 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Medieval History (MED) 5 iii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Modern History (MOD) 6

3. Centre for Political Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Political Studies (POL) 19

4. Centre for the Study of Regional Development i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Geography (GEO) 18 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Economics (ECN) 14 iii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Population Studies (POP) 3

5. Centre for Social Medicine & Community Health M.Phil/Ph.D. (CSM) 11

6. Centre for the Study of Social Systems M.Phil/Ph.D. in Social Systems (SOC) 19

7. Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Educational Studies (EDU) 7

8. Centre for Studies in Science Policy M.Phil/Ph.D. in Studies in Science Policy (SSP) 1

9. Centre for Philosophy M.Phil/Ph.D. in Philosophy (SPH) 14

10. Centre for Women Studies

Women Studies (WSP) 5 11. North East India Studies Programme

M.Phil./Ph.D. in North East India Studies (NES) 6 III School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies 1. Centre for French and Francophone Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in French (FRN) 12 2. Centre for German Studies

M.Phil/Ph.D. in German (GER) 12 3. Centre for Indian Languages

i) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Hindi (HND) 12 ii) M.Phil/Ph.D. in Urdu (URD) 1 iii) M.Phil./Ph.D. in Tamil (TAM) 2

4. Centre for Russian Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Russian (RSN) 17

5. Centre for Japanese Studies M.Phil/Ph.D in Japanese (JAP) 5

6 Centre for Korean Studies M.Phil/Ph.D in Korean (KOR) 2

7 Centre for Chinese, South East Asian Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Chinese (CHN) 6

8 Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. in Persian (PER) 7

IV School of Computer & Systems Sciences M.Phil/Ph.D. 7

V School of Environmental Sciences M.Phil/Ph.D. in Area –I (ONE0 5 M.Phil./Ph.D. in Area-II (TWO) 2 M.Phil./Ph.D. in Area-III (THR) 3 M.Phil./Ph.D. in Area-IV (FOR) 7

VIII School of Arts and Aesthetics M.Phil/Ph.D. in VSA 9 M.Phil/Ph.D. in TPS 5 M.Phil/Ph.D. in CNS 8

XII Centre for Sanskrit Studies M.Phil/Ph.D. (SAN) 19

XIII Centre for the Study of Law & Governance M.Phil/Ph.D. (CLG) 10

TOTAL 381

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

Intake for the year 2018-19 Ph.D.

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Faculty/Department Intake

I School of International Studies 1 Centre for European Studies

Ph.D. in European Studies (EUP) 6

2 Centre for International Trade & Development i) Ph.D. in Trade & Development (ITD)

29

3 Centre for South Asian Studies South Asian Studies (SAS) 3

4 Centre for West Asian Studies Ph.D. in West Asian Studies (WAS)

1

5 Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory Ph.D. in Comparative Politics and Political Theory (CPT)

4

6 Human Right Studies Programme(HRS) 3 7 Energy Studies Programme (ESP) 2 II School of Social Sciences

1 Centre for Historical Studies i) Ph.D. in Ancient History (ANC) 7 ii) Ph.D. in Medieval History (MED) 4 iii) Ph.D. in Modern History (MOD) 4

2 Centre for Political Studies Ph.D. in Political Studies (POL) 13

3 Centre for the Study of Regional Development i) Ph.D. in Geography (GEO) 8 ii) Ph.D. in Economics (ECN) 5 iii) Ph.D. in Population Studies (POP) 2

4 Centre for Studies in Science Policy Ph.D. in Studies in Science Policy (SSP) 4

5 Centre for Philosophy Ph.D. in Philosophy (SPH) 12

6 Centre for Women Studies Women Studies (WSP) 3

7 North East India Studies Programme Ph.D. in North East India Studies (NES) 2

8 Center for Informal Sector and Labour Studies Ph.D. in Informal Sector and Labour Studies (ISL) 16

III School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies 1 Centre for German Studies

Ph.D. in German (GER) 10 2 Centre for Japanese Studies

Ph.D in Japanese (JAP) 1 3 Centre for Chinese, South East Asian Studies

Ph.D. in Chinese (CHN) 2 4 Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies

Ph.D. in Persian (PER) 3

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IV School of Computer & Systems Sciences Ph.D. 19

V School of Environmental Sciences Ph.D. in Area –I (ONE0 5 Ph.D. in Area-II (TWO) 3 Ph.D. in Area-III (THR) 4 Ph.D. in Area-IV (FOR) 12

VI School of Life Sciences Ph.D. (SLS) 37

VII School of Physical Sciences Ph.D. in Physical Sciences (PHY) 20 Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences (CHE) 7 Ph.D. in Mathematics (MAT) 4

VIII School of Arts and Aesthetics Ph.D. in VSA 2 Ph.D. in TPS 2 Ph.D. in CNS 2

IX School of Computational and Integrative Sciences Ph.D. in computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB) 18

X School of Biotechnology Ph.D. (SBT) 22

XI Centre for Molecular Medicine Ph.D. (CMM) 19

XII Centre for Sanskrit Studies Ph.D. (SAN) 8

XIII Centre for the Study of Law & Governance Ph.D. (CLG) 4

XIV Centre for Nano Sciences Ph.D. (NNS) 7 TOTAL 339

In JNU, the SlowDestruction of aPublic InstitutionBY RANJANI MAZUMDAR ON 29/12/2016 • 12 COMMENTS

Holding academic council meetings in the winter

vacations and bypassing the voices of a majority of

teachers is the latest instance of the university

administration’s attempt to erode institutional

structures.

The JNU library. Credit: Manuel Menal/Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

EDUCATION

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When universities acquire a reputation of the kind Jawaharlal NehruUniversity (JNU) has in its 45-year history, it is primarily because ofits academic life, the integrity of its decision-making bodies and thevibrant nature of debate and dissent allowed on campus. What haskept it all together is a fierce commitment to follow the proceduresand norms of the institution for most of its history. It is this spiritthat has guided the functioning of all the academic and statutorybodies of the university.

Since February 2016, JNU has seen turbulent months with agovernment-inspired crackdown: arrests of students, media hysteriaand an atmosphere of permanent crisis that has not abated. The newJNU administration under the freshly appointed vice chancellorJagadesh Kumar has shown little interest in addressing student andteacher concerns. Remember, JNU is one of the rare public researchuniversities where students from diverse socio-economicbackgrounds can get a degree and contribute to public andintellectual life. Sadly, the current administration seems determinedto reverse this scenario at all cost, using every occasion to erodeexisting institutional structures. Every semester seems worse thanthe previous, if this continues JNU will soon join all the otheruniversities in India wrecked by despotic administrators.

The latest development in this difficult year was the scheduling of acontroversial academic council meeting on December 23 by the vicechancellor, when most faculty members are away on Christmasvacation. The academic council is the university’s highest academicbody that is responsible for maintaining the standards of education,instruction, admission procedures and examination norms along withseveral other issues concerning the functioning of the institution.

More than 20 academic council members sent a letter in writing tothe vice chancellor requesting that the meeting be rescheduled toearly January, to ensure the widest possible participation of theacademic community. But this is precisely what the vice chancellordid not want. There was no reply to the request made by members.On Friday, December 23, the meeting was convened at 2:30 pm

While controversial issues have been debated on several occasions inthe academic council, the sequence of events that unfolded at themeeting held on December 23 and 26 was unprecedented. We saw

the university administration flout with impunity all the establishednorms of the university, making a mockery of the academic council’srole, procedures and norms.

Every academic council meeting starts with the approval of theminutes of the previous meeting that are prepared by theadministration. These are circulated in advance and amendments canbe submitted by members either in writing or raised during themeeting. We were going to discuss a section of the minutes which hadseveral errors, the language had been manipulated and there wereclear misrepresentations of the discussion held at the previousmeeting of the council. After a prolonged debate the administrationreluctantly agreed to accept the majority opinion of the house onsome of the issues. The voices of the majority of teachers, even in thisthinly attended academic council, could not be stifled. It is to thecredit of the academic council that the members were persistent anddemanded a vote, forcing the vice chancellor to accept the majorityopinion. The heated and contentious meeting lasted for over eighthours and was finally adjourned with a decision to continue onMonday, December 26, to discuss the second part of the minutes andthe remaining items of the agenda. We went home exhausted.

On December 26, we returned to an academic council that was evensmaller than the Friday meeting. Remember this was the day afterChristmas. A course on Yoga philosophy prepared by the Sanskritcentre, which had been tabled on the 23rd, was to be the first item fordiscussion on the 26th. This course had been returned by theprevious academic council for some of its inherent biases and itsscholarly limitations. We were supposed to discuss this new versionas the first item on the 26th before moving to review the second partof the minutes. We had brought with us comments on the syllabusprepared by three eminent scholars of the university, two of whomare members of the academic council. We had been assured on Fridaythat this was going to be discussed on Monday. The vice chancellor,however, decided to move headlong into the confirmation of theminutes with the assumption that the Yoga philosophy course hadalready been passed. This is obvious from their press statement. Yetwe had not even discussed the syllabus.

When the discussion on the minutes started, no debate oramendment was welcome. People with their hands raised were not

The JNU administration’s press release

allowed to speak and those who raised their voices in protest weretold imperiously to behave. The vice chancellor was now much moreconfrontational than on Friday. As members demanded that theirletters requesting amendments to the minutes be discussed, theregistrar suddenly denied he had received any such letters! This wasretracted only after the letters were prominently displayed and theamendments were read out by the concerned faculty members.

The two most controversial issues that dominated the academiccouncil debates concerned the procedures involving the admission ofstudents and the constitution of selection committee panels for newfaculty appointments. The actual agenda item under discussion waslinked to the university’s current practice being followed for theadmission of students to the MPhil/PhD programmes. It was duringthis discussion that the issue concerning the University GrantsCommission’s (UGC) gazette notification came up – a matter that stillhad to be discussed. Members of the council felt the implications ofthis could go against the constitutionally directed social justice

practices that universities are supposed to follow. This issue wasraised on Friday and had not been concluded. The council was goingto have a discussion on this later. The vice chancellor himself hadagreed to seek a clarification from the UGC on the matter. Yet theuniversity statement states that the UGC gazette notification waspassed by the academic council! This is a gross falsification of theproceedings.

The second issue concerned the process involved in the constitutionof selection committees to appoint new faculty. A good selectioncommittee requires subject experts who can fairly evaluate acandidate and judge her knowledge of the field and ability to teach. InJNU, an extended list of subject experts of possible selectioncommittee members is drawn up by the different centres and schoolsof the university. This is because specialised knowledge of the field isrequired to select new faculty. This list is then sent to the academiccouncil and the executive council for approval. It is only after thisprocess of approval by the university’s statutory bodies that the list ofsubject experts can be considered a panel from which the vicechancellor can choose members for selection committees. These arebased on UGC regulations. What the vice chancellor wanted in thisacademic council was to approve the draft of the minutes that wasworded in a way that would give him discretionary power to makechanges to the final list of experts with his own additions! If accepted,this will open the door for the politicisation and manipulation of theselection process. We have seen the results of this all over India. JNUhas been protected from this trend primarily due to the norms andprocedures followed for the constitution of selection committees. Anydeviation from these statutory positions will have grave implicationsfor the future of this university. As many members stood up toprotest this particular section of the minutes, the vice chancellor readthrough all the remaining items of the agenda, declaring everythingpassed. No one could hear anything. This was clearly a blatant abuseof power.

Several members of the academic council then issued a pressstatement expressing their shock and dismay at the way the academiccouncil meeting was conducted. The university administration issuedtheir statement to the press declaring everything had been passed.This mafia-like approach to the functioning of academic councilmeetings is becoming a norm – manipulate minutes, hold a meeting

during the vacation, issue a press brief stating everything was passeddespite a few miscreants! It is amazing how since Kumar took over asvice chancellor earlier this year, the university ethos is beingsystematically and consistently targeted. If teachers don’t complythen they will be threatened and firmly dealt with. The pressstatement of the administration reads like a veiled threat warning theteachers of what could happen to them if they do not toe the line.

The new face of the JNU administration is now in an open war withteachers and students to destroy everything that the institution hasbeen known for. The most recent suspension of students is part ofthis culture the administration has now put in place – the repeatedthreat of disciplinary action for everything, so no one can dare toquestion them. It is easy to wreck an institution but very difficult torestore it later. The warning signs are there for all to see. It isimportant, therefore, for the larger community of concerned citizensto raise their voice against this destruction of a major publicinstitution.

Ranjani Mazumdar is a professor in the School of Arts andAesthetics, JNU.

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Chls • 9 months ago

Oh, well done. If this strong-arm thuggery mounts to the academiccouncils of India's best institutions without sparking widespreadpublic outrage, then not only will the ethos and principles of saidinstitutions disappear, but they will take with them the integrityand quality of the teaching and research. I can only imagine what mustbe happening in smaller, less visible universities.

Furthermore, the fact that public dissent is something students andacademics need to fear is in itself the sounding of a death-knell foran institution; we seem either to have forgotten this or simply to becomfortably apathetic to it. We have to hope that more people likeRanjani Mazumdar and the others party to the events at JNU andwho spoke up, speak up in turn about the de-democratisation oftheir academic institutions. And applaud the courage of, and

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vocally support, those who do. That this carries with it serious andunjust consequences in the current state of affairs is disgustinglytrue; yet by staying silent we will be complicit in the loss of ouracademics as a whole.

The truth has a bad habit of catching up with its deniers---if youignore your architects, chances are your house of cards won'tsurvive very long. Unfortunately, it won't be the short-sighteddespots responsible for this that will suffer it the most, it will be us.

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Discussee • 9 months ago

Whether or not JNU is great, I guess the question we should ask is,what academic institutions do we have in India, which aregenerating original thinkers, ideas and actions. Most of our well-regarded educational institutions produce technically qualifiedgraduates, who end up as technical workhorses, but not necessarilypeople who have independent opinions. In that regard, JNU standsout. Politics is not necessarily a bad thing, is it? Which of us canescape its effects upon our lives? Can we really say that onlystudents who can do their sums are good students, not those whotry to challenge or influence the values and priorities of the nation?As a diverse nation, should we not develop (or regain) our ability tohandle diverse opinions and find a way to work with them? Thechallenge for all leaders - whether of universities or otherinstitutions - today, appears to be to incorporate diverse andseemingly conflicting ideas, and to take everybody along; but sadly,it seems everywhere the leaders are neither imaginative norempathetic enough to handle this.

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QuestionEverything • 9 months ago

Does JNU promote the liberal mind set of the argumentativeIndian which President Pranab Mukherjee strongly supportedyesterday ? Of course it does. Unfortunately we cannot promote both progressive mind set(modern scientific research) and Cow Urine research with the samelimited funds. Patriotism versus Nationalism. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high...into thatheaven of freedom my father (Mata?) ...let my country awake.

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razdanraz • 9 months ago

There is no just throwing up your hands in the air and saying haihai'. The present government is not superhuman. You have tochallenge them. Fight tooth and nail. The power of students is likean earthquake. I can send tremors of fear into the government thatdoes not deserve it's position. This is a,dictatorship that is

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does not deserve it s position. This is a,dictatorship that isdestroying as rightly described a unique university not just in Indiabut in the world. Such free thinking,such intellectual atmosphere,such wonderful opportunities for students from all kinds ofbackgrounds. The government must stay away from JNU. And thestudents must and will see to it. Remember the saying: " There isno authority without submission'. Never panic and bow down insubmission never let the bullies and corrupt government win.Resist and you will win. No submission, no authority. No justice.No peace.

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Rishabh Kumar • 9 months ago

Dear Rohini, I am going to assume you are not a JNU student or relative ofanyone that studies in JNU and that your primary measure ofuniversity success is its ability to attract future Sundar Pichais.JNU's contribution has been to inclusively contribute to themobility of academic research and education for this country at thehighest standards. Indeed, it regularly provides teachers to IITs,IIMs and other central and state universities. The reason topscorers dont want to attent it is because it is a postgraduateresearch institution so they need to get an UG degree first. Thereare many students from India's top colleges and technical institutesthat come to study at JNU. I myself attended the university withmany other IITians. Its reputation does not need to be justified.From generations of bureaucrats and teachers, to members of thecentral bank and various planning bodies. Its contribution to thesocial sciences is second only to Japanese universities and itsstudents stock the top universities of the world today. You maywant to do some research before getting angry. Yes its true that in away JNU students do not do as well as IIT and IIM students byusing state subsidies for education and then creating wealth inforeign countries. After all, Google is paying the Indian governmentmillions of dollars as taxes for educating its staff. Oh wait...

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Samarth Kavoori • 7 months ago> Guest

@Rohini You seem to feels the intellectuals cannotcriticize the government.

This is a very well written article by Prof .RanjaniMazumdar and very true.

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Samarth Kavoori • 7 months ago> Guest

Why do you think the institution is gettingattacked by the current government, becausethey want to prevent thinkers from criticisingthe current circumstances. That very idearepresents JNUs tradition of free thinkingand the ideologies when it was formed. AndJNU is not the only institution attacked.Progressive institutions like IIT Madras,Hyderabad Central University and quite a fewothers. Authoritarian ideologists often attackeducation institutions as they are the ones togenerate new ideas.

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Samarth Kavoori • 7 months ago> Guest

Brilliance cannot be measured quantitativelythrough Nobel prizes or equivalent to thatalone. And I think you are completely wrongif you think educational institutions haverunito trouble throughout the last seventyyears.

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JNUTA Press Statement 12 May 2017

On 11 May 2017, thirty-six faculty members of the JNU Academic Council (a clear majority of members present at that time) wrote the following letter to the Registrar of the university in his capacity as the Secretary of the Academic Council:

We, the undersigned members of the 143rd Academic Council Meeting held on 9th May spoke in favour of amending the minutes to incorporate all corrections/objections to them, whether submitted in advance of the meeting or communicated on the floor of the meeting. Please ensure that our opinion is adequately reflected in the Minutes you draw up of the meeting.

S.N. Malakar, Saradindu Bhaduri, Raman P. Sinha, Udaya Kumar, Supriya Sabbani, Saumen Chattopadhyay, Dhir Sarangi, Bhaswati Sarkar, Amir Ali, Babu Thaliath, Pradeep Shinde, G. Arunima, P. Sahadevan, Ayesha Kidwai, Manindra Nath Thakur, Nivedita Menon, B.S. Butola, Arvind K. Mishra, Riddhi Shah, Nilika Mehrotra, Ajoy Karnati, H.S. Shivaprakash, Rohini Muthuswami, Kunal Chakraborty, Rajat Dutta, J. M. Moosa, Ramila Bisht, D.K. Lobiyal, Rajendra Dengle, Anupama Roy, Meenu Bhatnagar, Bishnupriya Dutta, Manoj Pant, AK Pasha, Charanjit Singh, Ajay Kumar

W hy d id these members wr i te th i s l e t te r?

The 143rd Academic Council of JNU was abruptly adjourned after five hours of discussion, after the meeting had been gridlocked over the Agenda Item No. 1, “Confirmation of the Minutes of the Part A Meeting of the 142nd Academic Council”, and on the Chair’s ruling that no amendments (beyond grammatical corrections or minor rewording) to the Minutes could be entertained.

This ruling was greeted with disbelief by the members (a third of an academic’s corporate life is spent in meetings after all!), and on their insistence, the Chair decided to ask each member present to express their opinion. When all the speaking was done, the overwhelming opinion of the house, expressed over nearly three hours, was to restate the familiar truth — Minutes of a previous meeting must reflect the commonly agreed the decisions of the house. If these decisions are felt to be incorrectly reported, then of course, motions to amend them could be moved from the floor.

Well-educated thus by his colleagues in the AC (many of whom are veteran administrators), one would expect that the Chair would have

called for a vote on a tabled motion to amend the minutes (or moved one of his own asking the house to approve the Minutes). He did neither however, ruling that the Minutes were approved and that he would append nine of the many written comments he had received in January as notes of dissent. The substance of these nine colleagues’ objections were never placed before the meeting however. Following this ruling, the Vice-Chancellor adjourned the meeting without explanation.

This letter by AC members (and there would be many others in agreement with them) distances the majority of the house present from the unilateral and autocratic rulings of the Chair. It re-emphasises the collegiality and democratic exchange that is essential for the conduct of any meeting, but more so for meetings like the Academic Council. It is of course a sad comment on the state of affairs that such a letter needs to be written at all, but the conduct of affairs has moved so far beyond the pale, this reiteration of basic principles is necessary.

The s ign i f i cance o f the f i gh tback on Agenda 1

The resolute resistance by the JNU faculty and student representatives in the 143rd AC is of great significance because this AC took place in an external context quite different from the previous one. This is because there are currently with two petitions being heard by the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court against the actions of the JNU administration vis-a-vis admissions for the 2017-18 academic year. So while the Chair may have ruled completely wrongly that the Minutes cannot be amended through a vote, and also refused to put all objections received on record, there is redress potentially available through either case in the courts, as the video record will show how even the most basic elements of procedure are not followed in the conduct of AC meetings in JNU these days.

The fightback also means that JNU administration cannot be assured of an easy ride on the rest of the Agenda of the AC meeting, where in particularly Agenda 2 and 3 of the Part A meeting, when the VC is desperately looking to the AC for a mandate for his unilateral actions in altering the intake and admission policy of the university. It is a

victory for the determined struggle of the entire JNU community that the JNU administration is doing this, because they have been made to acknowledge to the distribution of powers and responsibilities under the JNU Act, by which it is only the Academic Council that can determine both the admission policy and the intake of JNU. That this acknowledgement is self-serving does not detract from its importance or truth.

JNUTA is confident that the 143rd AC will not be misled into excusing this usurping of the AC’s powers; however, the JNU community must be aware that we are not in sight of victory yet, as the battle will be a long one. To make it a hard-fought one as well, patience and solidarity will be needed by the bucketfuls, and the belief that, even though justice may not come as quickly as our beleaguered community deserves, it definitely will.

Ayesha Kidwai Pradeep Shinde

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Ns. EvaI"I / 3(43A1 / 2D 17 Date:25/9 l2OL7

Circuf arin continuation of the circular even no. dated 2l lg l2AL7" The claueeregarding 'Eligibilig criteria for adrxission to Ph"D. Programme'states

This isno. 3.2that:

"Candidates who have cleared the M.Phitr. course work with at least 55%n:arks e or its equivalent grade 'B' in the UGC 7-poin{or an grade in a point scale_ wherever gr-ading sysfollowed) arxd successfully ccmpletiirg the M,Phil" Degree-shall be eligiblef-o proceed to do research work leading to the P11. D. Degree in the saln€Institrrt*on in an iategrated prograrnme. A relaxation of 5% of marks,from 55% to 1oa/o, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowedfor those belonging to SC/ST/OBC(non-creamy layer)/differently-abledand other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Comrnissionfrorn tirne ter time.'

As per the above clause, students who are admitted in M.Phil/Ph.D.programme cn or after 05/512Arc shall be eligible to proceed tc; do researchwork leading tc the Ph. D, Degree in the same Institutiun in en integratedprogramnre, subject to l"ulllllnr;ent of both conditir:ns:

1. Canelida.tes who trave cleared the X4.Phil. course work witb. at ICOPA (4.5 CCPA fcrr th<;se belonging ro $C/ST/OBC(nclayer)ldifferently-abled); and ;

2. successfulty completing the M.Phil. Degree.

In nrder to cornpliance the above mentioned clause sf UGC Regulq1is:rs, 2016,all the Deans of tkre Schools and Chairper$ons of the Centresf Spl. Centres arerequested that-qll the students who are admitted o SlSl2Aft inM.Phil/Ph.D. iin at the earliest inSemester o e of Winter Semester 2Q17- 18 toM.Phil. Degree as mentioned at sr. no.2 abovef subiect to fulfillment of course-u'ork related condition rnentioned at sr. no.l above, including the students who

ore in M.Phil. course woThey may be admitted/

evaluation of dissertatjon as tnentioned in clause 3.3 of UGC Regulations,20 16"

This is issued with the approval of the Competent Authority.

(Dr" sajjan Singh)

Assistant Registrar