JNUSU Pamphlet dated 5th Sept, '07

05-09-07

9 girl students of Sanskrit Centre have submitted a written complaint to the VC against the Chairperson of the Centre accusing him of sexual harassment. JNUSU is committed to ensure a gender sensitive campus, such acts being completely unacceptable. We demand that the GSCASH must immediately start enquiry into the allegations and strict action be taken against the guilty.

OUR STRUGGLE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS LONG LIVE!!

Friends,

This is to inform the student community that disbursement of the scholarships for M.Phil/PhD students worth Rs 3000 and Rs 5000 per month respectively has been started by the Administration. Office orders in this regard are being sent to the respective centres, in the name of individual students who are receiving no scholarships. All the students who have applied for the scholarship will receive the office order by the end of this week. We appeal to the students to contact their respective centres to get a copy of the office order and fill up the claim forms to get the scholarships.

While it is a result of the consistent pressure of the student community that the Administration has started the process of disbursal of scholarships, the cut off date has been fixed at April 2007. The JNUSU has consistently demanded that the cut off date for the scholarships should be July 2005. It is unfortunate that the Administration is not honoring its own commitment on 12th July 2007 to disburse scholarships with effect from July 2005. In today’s Council Meeting the JNUSU will decide on a future course of action to pressurize the Administration to disburse the scholarships from July 2005.

At the same time, the Administration after the agitation during the summer vacations had agreed to increase the amount of MCM for BA/MA/MSc/MCA students to Rs 1500 and increase the income cap to Rs 1 lakh. Till date the Administration has taken no concrete step to implement its own commitment. We demand that the Administration must immediately call for an Academic Council meeting to ratify the increased amount of MCM as well as the income cap for the eligibility for MCM scholarships.

We appeal to the student community to rally behind the JNUSU in future struggles for more scholarships.

Sd/-Dhananjay, President, JNUSU.