Premium

Despite Governor’s objection, JU holds annual convocation

On Monday, Raj Bhavan issued a letter to interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta, dubbing the December 24 convocation “illegal”, and directed the varsity authorities to follow all the rules.

Governor C V Anand Bose

The Jadavpur University (JU) on Tuesday held its annual convocation despite objections from Governor C V Anand Bose, the chancellor of the state university.

On Monday, Raj Bhavan issued a letter to interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta, dubbing the December 24 convocation “illegal”, and directed the varsity authorities to follow all the rules. He also mentioned that “a permanent vice-chancellor would be appointed within a few days. It is better to give the responsibility of convocation in his hands… A hasty convocation could lead to problems for degree recipients”.

State Education Minister Bratya Basu, however, in a social media post virtually dismissed the allegations of violation of law surrounding the convocation. Basu posted on X, “The convocation of a university like JU is a sacrosanct event for the students and the faculties of that institution and it has been held on 24th of December for a very long time…”

Atri Mitra

Atri Mitra is a Special Correspondent of The Indian Express with more than 20 years of experience in reporting from West Bengal, Bihar and the North-East. He has been covering administration and political news for more than ten years and has a keen interest in political development in West Bengal. Atri holds a Master degree in Economics from Rabindrabharati University and Bachelor's degree from Calcutta University. He is also an alumnus of St. Xavier's, Kolkata and Ramakrishna Mission Asrama, Narendrapur. He started his career with leading vernacular daily the Anandabazar Patrika, and worked there for more than fifteen years. He worked as Bihar correspondent for more than three years for Anandabazar Patrika. He covered the 2009 Lok Sabha election and 2010 assembly elections. He also worked with News18-Bangla and covered the Bihar Lok Sabha election in 2019. ... Read More

Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram