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The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union or JNUSU is a students' union at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. [1] [2] The JNUSU follows the student drafted JNUSU constitution. [3] [4] The Students' Union has four central panel positions. These are the posts of President, Vice President, General Secretary and Joint Secretary. [5]
The JNU student politics is left-of-centre even though, in recent years, right-wing student groups have also entered the field. Political involvement is "celebratory in spirit." The student union elections are preceded by days of debates and meetings, keeping all students involved. The JNU has the reputation of an "unruly bastion of Marxist ...
Umar Khalid (born Syed Umar Khalid) is an Indian student activist, a former research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), [1] [2] former leader of Democratic Students' Union (DSU) in JNU. [3] He was allegedly involved in the JNU sedition row.
JNU students formed a human chain, demanding that sedition charges against Kanhaiya Kumar be dropped. [50] Human rights organisation Amnesty International India said Kumar's arrest and the charges against him were "uncalled for" and "India's sedition law contrary to international standards on freedom of expression must be repealed." [51]
Students of JNU along with JNUSU marched a protest rally to MHRD office. On 9 January, around 1,000 JNU students and teachers held a protest march to the Ministry of Human Resource Development office in Delhi demanding the resignation of the vice-chancellor. The vice-chancellor, M. Jagadesh Kumar, was accused of allowing the attackers to ...
The JNU administration was accused of partisanship and inaction in protecting the 9 students accused of assaulting Ahmed by the JNU student community. They blockaded the administration for 20 hours on 23 October 2016 [21] because it had issued circulars calling Ahmed "an accused" which angered students on campus. The administration also issued ...
Professor, JNU vice chancellor of Sikkim University [53] [54] Makarand Paranjape: Professor of English between 1999 and 2018 author, poet, and director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study [55] [56] Muchkund Dubey: Former Professor of International Relations 17th Foreign Secretary of India: Nivedita Menon: Professor of Political thought [57 ...
Kanhaiya Kumar (born January 1987) is an Indian political activist who served as the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union and leader of the All India Students Federation (AISF). He served as National Executive Council member of Communist Party of India. [2]