Varsity won’t extend exam, dissertation deadlines: JNU V-C, profs ask students to end ‘undemocratic’ protest

Reaching out via a video message to students protesting over the hostel fee hike, Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar Sunday appealed to them to return to their classrooms and research activities from Monday as not doing so will jeopardise their academic goals. Advertising Registrar Pramod Kumar also published a circular Sunday, stating that there will be no relaxation of exam and dissertation submission deadlines. It stated that students who do not clear the requisite number of courses and examinations, and do not maintain the requisite CGPA, “will be dropped from the JNU roll list”. “In the last two weeks, academic activities in the university have suffered greatly...