JNU has applied for Institute of Eminence status: V-C

She said among the projects the university wants to work on are a think tank, a JNU publishing unit, a JNU bookstore, a faculty club and the university library.

Pandit said the university is emphasising that it will not tolerate violence by students. Earlier this month, the university had seen a clash between two groups of students following which the Delhi police registered two FIRs against two students. University authorities had said the violence stemmed from a personal dispute which had flared during a birthday party on campus.

“We have instituted a proctorial enquiry and we removed nearly 10 students from the hostel and (declared them) out of bounds of the university till the enquiry is completed. I have said that birthday celebrations and such things should be done outside the campus. That’s where it started… At the university level, the dean of students is forming a flying squad,” she said.

The university has constituted a committee to look into filling reserved seats at PhD level and introducing elements of the deprivation points level. Earlier this year, Pandit had expressed interest in reintroducing the deprivation points model at the PhD level.

“We are not introducing it now because the Delhi High Court said that it’s in conflict with the reservation policy. We are waiting for how we can adjust both the deprivation points and the reservation policies. I am told that earlier, we were unable to fill up the reserved positions and they went vacant. Then the deprivation points can come in. If they don’t make the category, can we help students from deprived sections of society like street beggars or transgender people? We have put up a committee because we can’t go against the High Court judgment. We have it at the BA and MA levels but not at the PhD level now. We are asking the committee how we can see that the reserved category seats do not go vacant and if we can use the deprivation points to help other students come into the university,” she said.