New Delhi Apr 25 PTI The Students Federation of India SFI staged a protest against the Ambedkar University AUD administration here on Monday for allegedly disrupting its peace march last weekIn a statement the SFI said the march to the vice-chancellors office was organised to demand to talk to her about the administrations actionsRepresentatives of the university administration told the members of the Left-affiliated students body that the VC was out of station due to official engagementsWe unconditionally condemn the irresponsible behaviour of the AUD administration They are very conveniently unavailable whenever the students demand any form of justice for their own university The registrar and the proctor will be held responsible for their actions and our struggle will continue till that happens said Anil the president of the SFI AUD Kashmere Gate unitFollowing the protest staged by the SFI on Monday the VC office has promised to meet the students by ThursdayThe SFI and other student organisations have decided that the issue will be escalated to the chief ministers office if it is not resolved by Thursday a member of the Left-affiliated students body saidOn disrupting the peace march last week the university in a statement had said it respects the right of the students over their campus and is also not against a peace or protest marchHowever there were reports that outsiders may be present in the march and cause disturbance in the university and also interrupt classes During the march it was observed that outsiders were present on the campus and were engaged in sloganeering Therefore as a preventive measure the sloganeering and the march had to be discontinued The present circumstances do not warrant that the university takes any risk the statement had said PTI SLB RC

New Delhi Apr 22 PTI The Students Federation of India SFI on Friday accused the Ambedkar University administration of disrupting a peace march organised to express solidarity with the victims of the violence in Delhis JahangirpuriThe university however said it is not against any peace or protest march but the SFIs march and sloganeering had to be discontinued as a preventive measure after observing outsiders present at the event in the campusThe SFI unit of Ambedkar University said it had given a call for a peace march following incidents of communal violence in the nation and against the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporations anti-encroachment drive to destabilize the socio-economic prowess of the minority in Jahangipuri Students were prepared for a peaceful march outside the CR Area and were singing songs when the registrar proctor and the security officer of Ambedkar University aggressively disrupted the march by pushing around students and tearing the posters and placards it allegedThe members of the administration brought a horde of security guards and erected barricades to stop the peaceful march organized by SFI and students of the university it saidThe university in a statement said it respects the right of students over their campus and is also not against peace or protest march However there were reports that outsiders may be present in the march and cause disturbance in the university and also interrupt classes it said During the march it was observed that outsiders were present on the campus and were engaged in sloganeering Therefore as a preventive measure the sloganeering and the march had to be discontinued The present circumstances do not warrant that the university takes any risk the statement said PTI SLB NSD NSD

New Delhi Feb 22 PTI Students of the College of Art COA have demanded the cessation of merger of the institute with the Delhi government-run Ambedkar University and accused the COA authorities of betrayal The students have also alleged that the college authorities have speeded up the file for de-affiliation of the college from Delhi University and its merger with Ambedkar University There was no immediate response from the COA management The demands of students were mentioned in a manifesto issued by the students community of the College of Art The decision was taken in March last year Delhi University was informed that the Office of the Lieutenant Governor has in principle approved the merger of the College of Art COA subject to its de-affiliation from the university DU has not yet approved the de-affiliation A section of students from the College of Art on Saturday also staged a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals residence over the institutes merger with Ambedkar University We the students of COA demand a serious inquiry on the degrees and marksheets of certain professors We demand to expunge the idea of de-affiliation of COA from DU and cessation of the process of the merger of COA with AUD immediately and permanently for the imminent present and infinite future the manifesto read If only the merger is so compelling then we want merger with DU Also we humbly request you to begin the process of detained admission for the session of 2021-22 immediately and positively it added Not only students but the Delhi University Teachers Association also registered its protest against the merger saying that the College of Art was de-affiliated from DU and merged without consulting stakeholders and without due processes PTI VA GJS AAR

New Delhi Dec 21 PTI Former ISRO chairman K Kasturirangan on Tuesday said the job of universities is to prepare students to address real world problems from a multidisciplinary perspectiveKasturirangan who was also the head of the committee that drafted the National Education Policy NEP said this while addressing the 10th convocation ceremony of the Delhi government-run Dr BR Ambedkar UniversityIndia now needs an educational system aligned with the aspirational goals of the 21st-century education The NEP has been crafted to ensure it touches the life of every citizen he saidHe encouraged the students to adopt a lifelong learning perspective and think innovatively while drawing from their cultural knowledge to address the new and ever evolving socio-economic challengesKasturirangan highlighted the role of universities in national development especially in the next decade when India will have a massive demographic dividendThe task of the universities in this context is to prepare the youth to understand and address real world problems from a multidisciplinary perspective he saidHe appreciated that the structure of the Ambedkar University is already based on a multidisciplinary approach as recommended by the NEP 2020Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the students of the university must hold their certificates carrying Babasaheb Ambedkars name with great pride He also called upon the students to join the Desh Ke Mentors programme launched by the AAP government and undertake the responsibility to mentor and guide the students studying in the government schools of DelhiHe further said not only has the quality of education improved in the Ambedkar University the number of seats has also increased and every year thousands of students are graduating from the university The government has decided to soon add two new campuses to the university and admit more students Sisodia saidThe fourth campus of the Ambedkar University stretching over 49 acres is being developed in Dhirpur This will allow 5000 more students to take admissions in the university In addition the fifth campus is being set up in Rohini with 3475 seats in various courses The design of both the campuses is world class and environmentally sustainable Both the campuses will be self-sufficient in terms of energy and will use green-energy the deputy chief minister saidVice Chancellor of the university Professor Anu Singh Lather said a total of 1042 students received their degrees in various areas of social sciences and humanities Of them 438 received undergraduate degrees 558 postgraduate degrees 29 MPhil degrees five PhD degrees and 12 students were awarded with diplomas she saidLather shared that 6305 per cent of the graduating students were women She highlighted that there is a steep leap in the number of applications received for the undergraduate post-graduate and PhD programmes from 23304 to 31237 this yearThe university has adopted three slum clusters in the Moti Nagar constituency Jawahar Nagar Chuna Bhatti and Kirti Nagar 535 where the Outreach and Extension Division will organise its activities In 2022 the university will introduce many more courses schools and centres to achieve the target of student enrolment set by the National Education Policy 2020 she said PTI SLB RC

New Delhi Oct 29 PTI Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said entrepreneurial mindset is not only needed for running a business but for everyone so that they can contribute in the nations progress with innovative thinking Sisodia who is also Delhis Education Minister inaugurated an incubation centre at the Ambedkar University The minister said the incubation centre will act as a foundation for our future entrepreneurs This incubation centre being started in the Ambedkar University will become the foundation for new companies to be developed by our students and will give job opportunities across the world Entrepreneurial mindset is not only needed to conduct a successful business today but everyone should have that mindset so that with innovative thinking they can contribute to the progress of the country he said Stating that there are two types of universities in the world he said the first universities are those where the students stand in line to get employed and wait for some company to give them a job after graduating On the other hand there are universities where there is competition among the companies giving jobs and it is the companies that get in a line to employ the students of these universities he said It is the children of these universities who are later creating companies like Facebook Google and giving jobs to people all over the world If we want to make India a developed country and a developed economy this dream can be fulfilled only by our schools and universities he added PTI SLB CK

New Delhi Aug 31 PTI Delhi government-run Ambedkar University plans to call students back to the campus but only after consent from their parents an official said on TuesdayThe university has decided that final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students along with those pursuing MPhil and PhD will be allowed to return to the campusHowever their parents will have to submit a signed consent form the official said adding that no date has been set till now for reopening of the campusFollowing a marked improvement in the COVID-19 situation here the Delhi government had last Friday announced that schools for classes 9 to 12 colleges and coaching institutions will reopen from September 1Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had said teaching and learning activities will continue to be conducted in a blended modeThe university official said all the guidelines issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority will be followed PTI SLB IJT

New Delhi Aug 30 PTI Implementation of the National Education Policy a four-year undergraduate programme and merger of College of Arts with the city government-run Ambedkar University will come up for discussion during the Delhi University executive council meeting on Tuesday according to the agenda documentThe implementation of the National Education Policy from 2022-23 and the four-year undergraduate programme were approved by the Standing Committee on Academic Matters and the Academic Council last weekThey will come up for discussion in the meeting on Tuesday and are likely to be approvedThe Executive Council EC is the highest decision making body of the university The EC meeting takes up the proposals approved by the Academic Council and also some other matters that were pending from earlier meetingsThe Delhi Cabinet in March took the decision to merge the College of Art currently affiliated to Delhi University DU with Ambedkar University Delhi AUDThe matter of de-affiliation of the College of Arts with DU will be discussed in the meeting according to the agenda of the meeting circulated among the EC membersThe setting up of DU Digital Infrastructure Support for Colleges and Departments DUDISCAD is also a part of the EC meetings agenda the agenda readThe DUDISCD will be involved in assisting colleges and departments to develop in-house digital infrastructureThe university had earlier also said it will establish facilitation centres in Roshanpura in Najafgarh and Bhati Kalan in Fatehpur Beri on the land given by the Delhi governmentThe centres will save students residing in far-flung areas from a long commute to the university campus and will extend help in relation to examination and admission-related proceduresThe university also has plans to set up a college in Fatehpur Beri for which the names of first woman chief minister of Delhi Sushma Swaraj Swami Vivekananda Veer Savarkar and Sardar Patel were proposed In its meeting held on Tuesday last week the academic council put forth five more names including that of DU alumnus Arun Jaitley and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari VajpayeeThe Council resolved that the name of these collegescenters may be given after the names of Sushma Swaraj Swami Vivekananda Veer Savarkar Sardar Patel The Council also suggested the names of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Savitri Bai Phule Arun Jaitley Choudhary Brahm Prakash and CD Deshmukh After general discussionsuggestions the Council resolved that the vice-chancellor be authorised to finalize the name read the agenda of the meetingThe vice-chancellor had constituted a committee forempanelment of Adjunct Faculty in the university departments and colleges for value addition andinternationalization of the academic activities to engage the international adjunct faculty from theirown resources to significantly enhance the teaching-learning Process in the University of DelhiThe discussion on appointment of international adjunct faculty is also included in the meeting agenda on TuesdayPTI SLB TDS TDS