DU makes it compulsory for students to have a working library card to receive their admit cards for the exams.
The University of Delhi (DU) released a notification on its website on Wednesday, 3 October 2017 regarding new guidelines for the issue of admit cards, for the upcoming semester exams. Along with the usual minimum 66.7% attendance, a new clause has been added to the list. Students will now have to show their library card, issued to them specifically by the librarian, to be eligible to receive their admit cards.
The move comes after the library staff from most colleges claimed that only a few students actually visit the library to study or read books and/or actually issue some reading material, various informative journals etc. The librarians feel that the students who come just to gossip in hushed voices, wear headphones and keep their heads down, or just come to access their phones freely in the library, disregard and disrespect the decorum of the library. Plenty students don’t even get their library cards made or bother to collect it till their graduation.
The staff and teachers believe that this move by the university will make the students realise the importance and need to read books; both textbooks and leisure reading – be it fiction or nonfiction, and will be a step forward towards tackling the phone addiction most of us suffer from.
Mr Sharma, head of the library staff at one college said that this decision will also help in improving the library book collection and status. “ Books are meant to be sniffed and read, rather than just dusted once in a week lying on those rusty shelves for years. When students don’t use the facility, the administration doesn’t take interest in procuring new books and funding for the infrastructure. Now we can hope to see DU libraries at par with other universities.” He was quoted saying.
Along with the mandatory library card, students will have to show documented proof of issuance of books to their card as well. Yes. You read it right. You just can’t show a blank library card. Although, the types of books to be issued is not specified. Textbooks, novels, motivational reads, journals, research publications – everything is welcome. The university wants for the students to read and learn for their holistic development along with academics.
This announcement has been met with mixed reactions by the students. Some consider it as a benefit to them, while others are grumbling about one more thing they have to do now. Neha, a second-year student at Miranda House said, “ I’m a book freak so kind of excited about this but I’m also looking forward to the enhancement of the library and its facilities. Some of my friends are already exhausted, thinking about reading books. “ She said with a laugh.
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Colour giant, Pantone, has declared Purple as the colour of the year 2018.
Purple is often associated with novelty, luxury and extravagance and is said to exuberate a certain aura of power. The colour comes in several variations of shades, to fit every occasion and mood, be it lilac, lavender or violet, making it extremely versatile. The colour has been donned by some of the most well-known celebrities in the world, like Priyanka Chopra and Victoria Beckham.
Here are a few ways you can really pep up your wardrobe by incorporating the colour purple in it:
Signature rings and earrings
Rings are something that never go out of style. Oversized rings for casual wear, or purple studded statement rings that are perfect for the evening, can up your accessory game by several notches. Subtle lilac earrings shaped as roses, or for a flashier look, purple danglers inlaid with stones, will provide the perfect pop of colour and style.
Purple hair colour
Dip dyes, streaks, ombre and balayage are the most popular hair colouring techniques in today’s day and age. For all this who are into experimenting with hairstyles, and going crazy with hair colour, purple as a hair colour might just be what you need to add that extra oomph factor. It not only blends well with dark hair colours but even suits the Indian skin tone fabulously.
Sundresses
When we think of sundresses, we think of colours like yellow, often not paying heed to the rest of the colours. However, the idea of a sundress in lilac or lavender sounds like an interesting way to liven up your day. Team it up with a casual pair of white sandals for a perfect brunch look, or layer it with with a neutral toned sweater or shrug, to cheat a windy day.
Nail art
Nail art with subtle hues of lavender, or contrasting shades of violet, can be a great way to style your nails. Purple glittery nails to jazz up a dark evening outfit is a fun look for a night out.
There are plenty of ways in which one can incorporate this regal colour into their outfits. Experiment around, and find out what suits you best. After all, purple is the new black.
Mid-semester break basically means a little escape from our ‘adulting’ responsibilities, a trip home, and catching up with academics. It is a short relief from the hectic college life and a welcome return to our homes.
Here is what mid-semester break means to outstation students:
Sudden and constant pampering
During this short trip back home, your family wants to make the most of whatever little time you have with them. Living away from your parents is deemed cool, but nothing substitutes the love they shower upon you. Consequently, this tiny set of holidays turns out to be the time when you have the spotlight at home. Everything happens for you and according to you. Your parents barely leave your side, food gets cooked according to your preferences, and you get to change the channels at home. At the same time, you try to be around your parents as much as you can, get all the love and care from them, and let them know how much you have missed them. Hence, the mid-semester break is often times, highly emotional.
Catching up with old buddies
You left your school, house, city, and a host of different memories to come to the big city and chase your dreams in college. But most importantly, you left your friends behind. These first friendships are special simply by virtue that they are the oldest and stood the test of time. College can make you feel like life is going a bit too fast, but the mid-semester break and catching up with friends does help reduce the pace. They, besides your family, seem to add meaning to your connection with your own home town. A simple lunch or catch-up with your old pals at your favourite local hang out spot coupled with heart to heart talks about each other’s new lives not only makes new memories but also allows you to relive the old ones.
Bidding adieu to budget blues
Going home basically means an end to all your money problems. You no longer have a budget to live by. Being home means you have your family to take care of you and they usually don’t say no because they want you to be happy around them. It also means no more bad, bland, tasteless food since your mother puts her heart and soul in all the dishes she has made because she can see how “Delhi is not suiting you,” and how “you are losing weight!”
Hello, Privacy!
Be it a hostel or a paying guest accommodation, one thing that makes life difficult is that you are living in an overcrowded place, sharing your room and washroom with at least three other people. It is a constant struggle accommodating everyone and having your private space respected. But all these troubles come to a standstill in the break. During the mid-semester break, you can go home, stay in your own room, sleep on your own bed, adjust the room temperature according to your will, and have the washroom all to yourself. After all, there is no place like home anywhere else in this world.
But the mid semester break is like a sweet dream. It seemingly gets over as soon as it starts. It is advisable not to get used to these benefits too fast and too soon. So enjoy the little time you have, go ahead, let your family spoil you, catch up with old friends, and enjoy your time at home.
You can’t control everything. Often times you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. But sometimes you should seek professional help.When we fall sick, we take medication and move on. However, when it comes to mental illness, it is not so simple.
Our mental health is not static, it’s changeable and dependent on a number of factors. The very nature of mental health is that it depletes energy resources. The emotional labour is unseen and unacknowledged in our culture. So when we exhaust all our mental and emotional energies, we don’t realise how to tackle the tiredness that follows, until it directly impacts our physical health. Unfortunately, it takes a burnout to highlight the need for professional intervention. Most often than not we keep on struggling with depression and anxiety without actually calling it depression or anxiety. Social media or pop culture may temporarily give us relief, but sometimes the romanticised notions of mental health, displayed in artsy The Artidote posts or movies that show the suicidal girl like a hot mess, make the situation worse. They invalidate the non-glamorous versions of our mental struggles and in that situation, we need some gentle reminders. Here are some of them.
Factors which play an important role in affecting our mental health:
Comparisons- We often compare ourselves to others. Our friends, colleagues, family members, and even those who we don’t know. Our social media is filled with smiling faces, achievements, and success. It can appear as though everyone’s life is perfect except for ours. Social media is not an accurate representation of real life. People rarely post the bad bits. We use filters to hide how tired we are. We crop out the people we’ve argued with. Unconsciously, or consciously we all create our Facebook timelines and Instagram profiles to be the best images of our lives.
Loneliness- Many people experience this feeling at some point in time in their lives. Even when people are surrounded by a number of friends, the feeling does not go away. Such a prolonged feeling of loneliness can have a serious effect on our mental health. Loneliness as a factor affecting one’s mental health and sometimes it becomes a by-product of other mental health issues.
Bullying and Abuse- An unhealthy environment that includes any kind of abuse, whether verbal, physical, sexual, or psychological, can make it nearly impossible to achieve peace of mind. The after effects of abuse can stay with the victims for years, and some abuse victims experience post-traumatic stress disorder.
Proper Sleep- A sound sleep is an unrecognised factor by many people. It can have a major impact on our daily functioning, mood, concentration, and memory. Having a regular sleeping pattern with at least seven-eight hours of sleep is recommended for a healthy lifestyle.
Genetics: Simply put, if you have a family history of mental illness then you are more susceptible to it.
There are times when we often blame ourselves for certain things and situations. We can be really harsh on ourselves without realising. Nobody is perfect and there will be times when you have to breathe and let go of the things that hurt you. We deserve to forgive ourselves.
Few simple steps can bring about many changes in one’s life and improve emotional well-being and mental health.
Tell something positive to yourself every day.
Write down the best moments in your life and read them whenever you feel low.
Eat a nutritious meal and have healthy sleeping habits.
Help someone. This builds self-esteem.
Identify the trigger points and avoid them.
Take a break.
Don’t shy away from asking for help.
Don’t shy away from refusing to help if it’s taking a toll on you. Realise that you are not a professional counsellor and the emotional cost of listening to others and helping them resolve their conflicts can harm you in the process.
Prioritise yourself and seek therapy/medication/help that you need. It is normal.
Let’s own up to our not okay-ness and have faith in ourselves. As Christopher Robin from Winnie the Pooh says, “Promise me you’ll always remember – you’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
It comes as a gift to the students that the University has directed all the affiliated colleges to make proper arrangements for Official Field Trips during the mid-semester break in every session.
The University of Delhi has always been up-to-date with trends set by the private universities. Be it the incorporation of technology, or the introduction of more “vocational” courses, the University has had a knack for them, even if under the influence of private universities.
This time, however, the University has gone a step ahead with modernisation. It has released a notice that has asked the colleges and concerned departments to organise official trips around the mid-semester break. In order to ensure the accessibility of these trips to all the students, the trips shall have financial backing from the University and shall be advanced to the students at fairly lucrative prices. The Ministry of Tourism has agreed to sponsor the finances behind this move.
The decision comes after a petition was submitted by DU Beat and 32 travelling societies of Delhi University colleges, demanding the field trips to
be an official phenomenon on the pan-University level. “We perceived the anguish that the students faced because of the unofficial
field trips. Those who did not go for the trips would go for the classes, thereby, ruining mass bunk for everyone. We then tried to analyse the reasons
behind this. We figured that those who won’t go did so for two reasons. Either they felt the amount being charged was too high, or they were afraid of missing classes. It was then that we decided to put in this petition, making this an official affair. Therefore, no more failed mass bunks, no more hung-over classes, from now on it’s going to be pure fun,” says Sharvi Maheshwari, the Human Resource Department head of DU Beat and the President of DU Travel Rights Foundation, who came up with the idea of filing the petition.
Now, not only have the field trips been legalised, but the University has also been gracious enough to give out a list of “appreciated places for field trip
visits”, which includes places like Goa, Gangtok, Kullu, Manali, Shimla, among many others. According to sources, Kasol shall also be added in the list
soon. This has brought about a wave of happiness amongst the students. They have already partied with the money they had saved for the trip after stumbling upon this news.
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The Gandhian ideals of self-reliance and the search for individuality in education are embodied in a lesser-known institution of DU, known as the Gandhi Bhawan located in North Campus. Read to know more about this unexplored marvel.
Clad in the stench of the colonial past, of this country the Indian education system has been relying on a westernised version of its national reality for as long as one hundred years now. We study Louis Fischer and rely on Rachel Bespaloff to garner high marks in examinations. In times of our own articulately accepted and violently detested identity crisis as a nation, the University of Delhi (DU) took the foundation of Gandhi Bhawan under its esteemed wing and embarked forth, on a long journey, of understanding and living by the principles of the man and the the ‘institution’ who contributed to find something we can call our own.
The Gandhi Bhawan, located at the Chhatra Marg in North Campus, is a centre that dedicates its efforts and resources to studying the words and
works of the Father of the Nation, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Yoga and meditation training programmes that are organised at the Bhawan for
varying durations become poignant in the fast-paced lifestyles we are used to today. With participants from across the borders and experts like Dr. Surakshit Goswami, Shri Gopal Krishan, Dr. M.L. Chawla, and many others have been present to provide their perspectives and skills on disciplines like Yoga.
Not only is the emphasis laid on grooming individuals through meditative means, but the Bhawan also highlights the importance of breaking from the private to march into the public. Swachhata Pakhwadas have been conducted in the year 2017, bringing the management committees, the Municipal Corporation, and the students to the streets in solidarity to clean the campus. During the cleanliness drives, they illuminate the general public on the integral nature of sanitation and hygiene.
The mention of Gandhi may have varied, troubling, and even triggering connotations on our critical mindsets, but there are dimensions to the character of the man who unified a nation through certain shared ideals. One such ideal was of self-reliance that our own ministers bank on for votes time and again, but it is the course in Charkha spinning at Gandhi Bhawan that brings selfhood home. Inaugurated on 11th October 2017, the course is taught by Ms. Sita Bimbrahw, a retired Hindi professor from Kamala Nehru College.
Gandhi Bhawan periodically organises summer camps, seminars, and competitions. Various branches of Gandhi Study Circle also prefer this
venue for hosting their events. Whenever the hustle and bustle of North Campus get too much, you can stop by the quaint library of Gandhi Bhavan. More often than not, you will find some reading sessions going on which are delightful to attend.
The foundation of Gandhi Bhawan was laid by the late Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru in 1956.
After a long period of 2.5 years, the central government finally approved to grant University status to Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT). NSIT, located in Dwarka, is one of the premier technical institutes of India and was affiliated with the University of Delhi for its academic programs.
NSIT, now to be known as Netaji Subhash University of Technology, was inaugurated by the Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister of Delhi, Mr. Manish Sisodia, on 27th September 2018. Now running as a university, NSUT will have the autonomy to revise curriculum, create its own Academic Council, and fast-track administrative decisions. The University will remain answerable to the University Grants Commission.
At the inception of NSIT, in 1983, it was expected that the institute would eventually aim to become a university. It was granted administrative autonomy in 1986 with the direction to keep in mind this long-term goal. In 2013, a Cabinet meeting presided over by then Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit, gave its approval to upgrade NSIT into a university. In June 2015, the Assembly had passed the NSIT Bill (amendment) tabled by the Aam Aadmi Party government. After passing the Bill, the House had sent it to the President for his approval through the Ministry of Home Affairs. In January 2017, President Pranab Mukherjee returned the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology Bill, which sought to accord university status to the institute, to the Delhi Assembly asking the House to reconsider and amend the legislation.
Mr. Sisodia was quoted saying, “NSUT will focus on creating job-makers instead of job seekers by including entrepreneurship and skill-based education in the curriculum. Mr. Yogesh Singh the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University added that with the university status, the institute will have the flexibility to start self-regulated courses and have full autonomy in academic and administrative matters. “Now, the government has also made it mandatory for all universities to be part of the NIRF rankings. This means several aspects of the university will need to be upgraded and worked on to score well. The university wouldn’t have been able to do this kind of work on itself if it were under Delhi University,” he said.
The Secretary of the department of technical education and higher education, Devinder Singh, said while autonomy was a good thing, it was the responsibility of the university to use the funds given to them judiciously. “It is on us to take the university forward,” he said.
“Personally it doesn’t really affect me because I, as a fourth-year student, would still receive a degree issued from Delhi University. My course structure was exactly the same as it had been since the last 10 years. My juniors had a new Choice Based Credit System providing flexibility in terms of their subjects. As of now, there’s primarily been the only infrastructural advancement. There’s this legendary fountain which hadn’t been working for decades and it took just two days of efforts to get it working, and as trivial as it may sound, even our alumni were pretty amazed by it. As the seat intake will be increased, the competition might increase in the placement opportunities as they might not increase in proportion to the seats,” Simratpall Singh, a final year student of NSIT said.
After a long trial and court run, only time will tell how this decision pans out for the University and the students.
As Delhi School of Journalism (DSJ) completes a year of existence in the University of Delhi, the students protest against privatisation of education and demand appropriate infrastructure facilities and quality education.
The rally was flagged off from the Faculty of Arts at 1:00 p.m. The rally was organised as a protest against privatisation of higher education. The students demanded a lower fee structure, funds from the University Grants Commission, basic facilities, media lab and ICT Centre, financial transparency, faculty on regular basis, and the right to dissent.
The rally covered seven colleges of North Campus namely- Shri Ram College of Commerce, Daulat Ram College, Kirori Mal College, Hindu College, St. Stephens College, and Ramjas College. Along with this the rally also covered Campus Law Centre and Faculty of Law. The protesting students appealed to the students of above mentioned colleges to join them in their struggle. The rally culminated at Delhi School of Journalism itself.
Support for the movement came from various organisations and political parties. The members of National Students Union of India (NSUI) were amongst the first ones to show solidarity to the movement. Aakash Chaudhary of NSUI, also the Secretary of Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU), extended his solidarity to the students. He said, “I have visited DSJ before the protests. The condition there is very bad. The students are denied basic facilities like a proper canteen and library.” He assured that NSUI will support them in every way possible.
Kawalpreet Kaur, President of Delhi University’s wing of All India Students Association (AISA), along with other AISA members also joined the movement. A number of students from organisations like Krantikari Yuva Sangathan, Pachaas, and Democratic Students’ Union also joined hands with the agitating students. Students from Bharti College and Jawaharlal Nehru University were also seen in huge numbers. The rally concluded in DSJ campus. Shakti Singh, Vice President of DUSU from Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarathi Parishad was also present in the campus.
After 4 days of hunger strike, protesting day and night, being denied entry in their own campus, and heated discussions with the administration, the students of Delhi School of Journalism called off the protest on 21st September 2018.
On 17th September 2018, violence broke out in the campus of Delhi School of Journalism after the talks with the officials of the University regarding the poor infrastructure facilities reached no conclusion.
The protest took a different turn when a second-year student, Ambuj Bhardwaj was arrested by the Delhi Police. He was dragged by his neck openly in the college premises and was brutally thrashed by them. On speaking to DU Beat, Ambuj said, “We were protesting peacefully near the gate of our college. When we tried to protest near the gate of the Vice Chancellor’s office, the security guards manhandled us, one of my friends was also slapped by the guards. The moment I tried to defend him, the police caught hold of me and thrashed me. I was taken into custody for six hours.” The police was called by the administration to curb the protest. However, the students complained of being manhandled by the police.
When the discussion with the administration of the college and officials of the University didn’t prove feasible, six second-students, namely Ambuj Bhardwaj, Mohammad Ali, Prashant Yadav, Roshan Kumar, Vipul Sharma and, Suman Shekhar went on an indefinite hunger strike. They were supported by both the students of the first and second year. The administration responded by issuing a warning to take disciplinary action against the students who were protesting in the campus. This was ineffective as the students continued their agitation. Continuous health checkups of the students on hunger strike were done by the WUS Health Centre. Vipul Sharma, one of the six students on hunger strike said, “We tried many different methods of protest in the last few months, but the administration did not bother. We could not reach a proper solution to the problem. At the same time, the students were facing huge academic loss. Therefore, we had to take such a radical step. The hunger strike was a pure Gandhian step.”
The hunger strike by DSJ students
The students of first and second year also went to different colleges and departments and appealed to them to support and extend their solidarity with them in the cause. Support for the protesting DSJ students came from various students, organisations, political parties, leaders, and teacher associations. On 20th September 2018, Delhi University Teachers’ Association members including the President, Rajib Ray and Treasurer, Najma Rehmani visited the students and appealed to them to end their hunger strike. They spoke about the initial problems associated with implementation of the course and how DUTA was against privatisation of higher educational institution as it would lead to a violation of our democratic and socialist values encompassed in the Indian constitution. While addressing the dissenting students, Rajib Ray talked about the streak of fire the students have evoked in the education industry, which has transcended from the walls of Lutyens Delhi to the entire nation. He underscored how he and his friends used to perform hunger strikes back in their days and how we remind them of the zeal and energy the youth should possess. They extended support and also promised to be present in the rally being organised by the DSJ students on 25th September 2018 against the privatisation of education and high fees. Rajya Sabha MP, Manoj Jha also met the students and understood their grievances. Members of DUTA in their individual capacities extended their solidarity to the students. Abhishek Dutta, Congress leader, Professor Abha Dev Habib, Professor Ratan Lal, Professor Suraj Yadav, students from the Law Faculty, Sunny Chillar and Akshay Lakara and other members from NSUI, newly elected DUSU Vice President Shakti Singh, Kawalpreet Kaur and members of AISA , CYSS, ABVP, SFI, Disha Student Organisation also stood with the agitating students. The members of Academic Council and Executive Council of the University also appealed to the students to end their hunger strike. They also assured that the issue will be raised in their next meeting with full force and no one will be spared. One of the members of the Academic Council promised to make DSJ the best institute for studying journalism.
Support by members of DUTA and NSUI to the protesting students
On 21st September 2018, conditions worsened as Roshan Kumar, one of the students on hunger strike was advised urgent medical help. Ms. Neeta Sehgal, Proctor of the University of Delhi visited the students to resolve the matter. After a series of discussions, the administration and the students settled the matter. Deadlines along with proper details were provided to the students failing which the students demanded the resignation of the administrative authorities- Dr. Manasvini Yogi, Officer on Special Duty and Professor J.P. Dubey, Honorary Director of Delhi School of Journalism. The students called off the hunger strike at 8:00 p.m. in the campus in the presence of the college authorities and fellow students.
On speaking to DU Beat, Mohd Alishan Jaffri, a second-year student of DSJ said, “This is a moment to cheer, not for complete celebration. In all these eight months of protests, the students have fought remarkably with grace. DSJ is an isolated place in North Campus, where half of the colleges in North Campus don’t know about our existence. It’s an island of misery in a fortune called North Campus. We need the world to follow this example and ensure that academic discourses are conducted properly in every public institution. We hope that Delhi School of Journalism becomes the next Columbia School of Journalism. Through DU Beat, I would also like to invite all students, teachers, organisations to be a part of the rally being organized on 25th September.”
Students stood united
The students are organising a DSJ Chhatra Sangharsh Rally on Tuesday, 25th September 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in Arts Faculty. Many organisations and students are expected to be present in the mass rally against privatisation of education.
In a continuously changing turn of events, Ankiv Baisoya, the elected DUSU President of ABVP, revealed to be registered in Delhi University. In a recent report of The Times of India, the Admission Panel has decided to meet regarding this case after multiple alleged complaints received from rival student political outfits.
Recently brought to light by the NSUI, the elected DUSU President’s degree and education is a bone of contention for the varsity and the media alike. Ever since its inception, the accusation has caught the President in a a state of questionable merit, literally. The fiasco surrounding his alleged fake degree from the Thiruvalluvar University in Vellore has found strength to discredit Baisoya’s election. In an interesting revelation, Baisoya has been found to be a student of Delhi University’s College of Vocational Studies for the session 2013-2016, exactly the duration of his studying in Thiruvalluvar University.
Documents accessed by Newslaundry claim the truth of this statement. In the attendance sheet of students of the fifth and sixth semester of B.A. Economics (Honors), Baisoya is enlisted with his roll number 90, in CVS.
Despite never having attended any class for the two papers ‘International Trade’ and ‘Political Economy’ as indicated by the attendance sheet, Baisoya’s name enlisted as a student is a legitimate verification of his association with the college. The faculty and others also vouched for the President’s relationship with CVS. As told to Newslaundry, “I remember him because he had a rather peculiar name,” said one of the professors from the Economics Department. Another professor from the Political Science Department vouched for Baisoya’s active political indulgence even during college. Baisoya, himself, has retained his ambiguity with his correspondence, evading questions completely or giving bleary answers like, “that university which is being referred” (TU).
Monika Chaudhary, National Media Coordinator for ABVP, accepted that Ankiv Baisoya was a student of CVS during 2013-2016. “He withdrew his admission in 2016,” she said. “His case doesn’t fall under the dual degree case.” She went on to claim that Baisoya had studied from both DU and TU, 1000 kms apart. She said that Ankiv made a “mistake” and had withdrawn his admission from DU in 2016. She also assured of sharing a No Objection Certificate (NOC) issued by the DU administration.
Baisoya claims that during the said three years, he travelled frequently from Delhi to Vellore.
Since 17 September, after NSUI’s initial claim that Baisoya’s TU degree is fraudulent, popular media publications have been roped in by the TU’s acceptance that indeed the supplied marksheets and documents are fake. In a quote to a TV channel, Baisoya said “the allegations were false and baseless,” and that he was going to file a defamation case against the NSUI.
A letter acknowledging the same fabrication has surfaced. Speaking to a leading daily, controller of examinations at the University said, “This letter has been sent from our controller’s office. It has been signed by the controller. The certificate is without a doubt fake.”
Amid all this, when Baisoya was asked his date of graduating from TU, he seemed lost in history. If the degree is fake, how can Baisoya be a student of two universities – DU and TU both? This is a clear violation of law and norms. The principal of DU’S CVS College, Dr Inderjeet Dagar propagates silence, indefinitely. What follows next for the ABVP and Baisoya himself remains to be seen. The judgement awaits, and so does welfare.
