March 18, 2022 4:31 am
Since February 28, students have been holding protests demanding reopening of university hostels for students hailing from across West Bengal and other states; and hold pending semester examinations of undergraduate and post-graduate students in online mode due to online classes for the last two years.
March 18, 2022 11:48 am
There have been a string of resignations at Visva-Bharati University in the backdrop of relentless agitation by a section of students on campus. Why are students protesting, and how has the university responded?
March 02, 2022 4:34 am
Sources said the students had confined them to their office on the university campus in Bolpur on Sunday, demanding immediate reopening of hostels and holding of online examinations.
September 18, 2021 5:14 am
Somnath Sow, the complainant from the department of economics, was one of the three students expelled from the university last month for allegedly disrupting the university’s academic atmosphere and “disorderly conduct” earlier this year.
September 12, 2021 5:35 am
The expelled postgraduate students ¬ Somnath Sow, Falguni Pan and Rupa Chakraborty were also informed of the decision through separate emails.
September 11, 2021 5:31 am
The complainants levelled the misconduct allegations against Registrar Ashok Mahato and Deputy Registrar Tanmay Nag.
September 10, 2021 5:20 am
The court directed that the university’s expulsion order be kept in abeyance and allowed the students to rejoin classes.
September 09, 2021 2:25 pm
Faculty members point to the unusually high number of suspensions. Since November 2019, 22 staff members — 11 faculty members, 11 non-teaching employees — have been suspended and over 150 showcause notices have been issued.
September 09, 2021 5:44 am
The court also pointed out that members of the university faculty were “equally aggrieved” by the “alleged high-handedness” of Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty.
September 06, 2021 4:33 am
Following the expulsion, a section of students started a sit-in outside the V-C’s residence on the night of August 27. They demanded the revocation of the expulsion order and the V-C’s removal.