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JNU is known for best Presidential debates by all candidates before elections. [17] [18] [19] SFI has won the post of President the maximum number of times in the last 40 years, [a] a total of 22 times. [3] All India Students’ Association (AISA) follows by having won the presidents post 11 times. [3]
Aishe Ghosh was the CPI(M) candidate from Jamuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2021 West Bengal Election; Hareram Singh from All India Trinamool Congress won the seat, while Ghosh came in 3rd position behind BJP's Tapas Kumar Roy. [25]
Dipsita Dhar (born 9 August 1993) is an Indian politician and student activist. She is the All India Joint Secretary of Students' Federation of India. [1] [2] She was the CPI(M) candidate from Bally constituency for 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
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 ...
Professor, JNU vice chancellor of Sikkim University [54] [55] Makarand Paranjape: Professor of English between 1999 and 2018 author, poet, and director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study [56] [57] Muchkund Dubey: Former Professor of International Relations 17th Foreign Secretary of India: Nivedita Menon: Professor of Political thought [58 ...
On 3 March 2016, Kanhaiya Kumar gave a speech to a packed auditorium in the JNU campus, during which he said he was seeking, not freedom from India, but freedom within India. He appealed to his fellow students to free the nation from the clutches of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , which, he stated, was trying to divide the nation.
Shehla Rashid Shora is an Indian Kashmiri social activist, and former leader of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU). [1] [2] [3] She rose to prominence whilst leading the student agitation calling for the release for Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others who were arrested on charges of sedition in February 2016 for participating and organizing sloganeering in JNU.
JNU refused to allow Umar Khalid to submit his PhD thesis in July 2018. [28] [29] Khalid went to the Delhi High Court, [30] [31] and obtained an order allowing him to submit his thesis. [31] On 2 August 2018, JNU accepted the PhD thesis submission. [32] [33] On 28 February 2020, the Delhi government gave its approval for a trial in the sedition ...