The eight athletes - six male and two female - will have a vote each in the election to the Executive Council. The sportspersons of outstanding merit cannot be below 18 years of age and be over 70 years of age

New Delhi Jan 28 PTI The Delhi University has issued a notification stating that MPhil will be discontinued from the next academic session in line with the National Education Policy-2020The university will be implementing the policy from 2022-23However a section of teachers criticised the move to discontinue the degree saying it will be disadvantageous for students who are not economically strong and even for womenIn a notification issued on January 27 the varsity said MPhil programmes being run in various departments of the University of Delhi will be discontinued from 2022-23 in line with the National Education Policy NEP 2020There wont be any new admissions to MPhil programmes while students who are already enrolled will continue to study the course according to a university officialFormer Executive Council member Abha Dev Habib said NEP-2020 is all about widening the gap between the haves and have nots Either commit to doing a PhD or remain without a research degree The NEP which is floating on advertisement of choice is taking away real choices which students had Students with disadvantageous backgrounds looked up to MPhil as a research degree they could afford before going towards teaching jobs This degree MPhil is being discontinued not because of any organic need of the system but because of NEP-2020 she saidHabib said as opposed to PhD MPhil is a short-term research degree for students which provides them an exposure to research work and adds to their curriculum vitaeSocial scientists believe that students with MPhil did better in their PhDs she saidJNU professor Ayesha Kidwai in a Facebook post said there is a gender dimension to the MPhil abolition as wellShe said that since 20122013 MPhil enrolment has consistently had a majority of women currently verging on about 60 per cent This is also the one degree that the NEP-2020 recommends must be eliminated from the education system with immediate effect without any pretence even at consultation with stakeholders Kidwai saidMPhil is often the only research degree that women as well as other disadvantaged sections can pursue PhD degrees require an investment of time and a loss of earnings that patriarchal society lets only a few afford and the need for its immediate abolition is difficult to fathom she saidQuestioning the rationale behind the discontinuation of MPhil she said the announcement signals how womens participation in formulating and studying research questions and in the labour force of the education sector is of little significance to educational policy-makersAcademic Council member Mithuraaj Dhusiya said that the MPhil course over several generations has played an important role in the Delhi University and other Indian universities in developing research aptitude through robust course work and introduction to higher researchMPhil research degree has been a degree by itself separate from and at the same time above Masters degree It is extremely unfortunate that the NEP-2020 discontinues MPhil he added PTI SLB ANB ANB

New Delhi Dec 17 PTI Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh on Friday appointed new officials for important posts a day after many senior office-bearers were relieved of their posts The team was announced in the Executive Council meeting Prof Balaram Pani will continue as Dean of Colleges while Prakash Singh has been appointed as DirectorSouth Campus Prof Rajni Abbi will be the proctor of the university while Payal Mago has been chosen as the director of School of Open Learning Professor Pankaj Arora has been appointed as the Dean Student Welfare Senior university officials including pro-vice-chancellor P C Joshi had tendered their resignations on Thursday Director of South Campus Suman Kundu Proctor Neeta Sehgal and Dean of Students Welfare Rajeev Gupta submitted their resignations as well PTI SLB HDA

New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that India is the most secular country in the world, despite that, the western media belittle the Indian government on issues of secularism and free speech.

New Delhi [India], November 26 (ANI): On the occasion of Constitution Day, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday asserted that the functioning of democracy in the country conforms to the Constitutional principles of ensuring equal rights and justice for all citizens and it needs no validation from any external agencies.

New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Delhi Government and others on an application challenging decision to extend the tenure of the current Director of the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) for another year.

Dubai [UAE], November 18 (ANI): Suryakirans and Tejas aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) were the main attractions on the final day of Dubai's Air Show 2021.

New Delhi Oct 31 PTI The 12 Delhi University colleges funded by the city government are facing a fund crunch as their allocated budgets have been slashed alleged officials of some of these institutionsDue to this these institutions are also facing difficulties in paying salaries of teachers they claimedDU registrar Vikas Gupta said they will take up the issue of non-release of funds with the AAP government The issue was also raised at the Executive Council meeting of the university held on October 29A senior faculty member of Majaraja Agrasen College claimed Teachers have not been paid their salaries for five months The government has slashed the allocated budget by half Not only salaries the teachers are not getting their pension and other allowances Explaining the situation Subodh Kumar president of staff association of the Maharaja Agrasen College and coordinator of all the 12 colleges said teachers want the teaching learning process to continue but the government is not letting it happenThe government has an issue with the Delhi University The issue has been going on before the Covid pandemic There was a tussle over the formation of governing bodies but they were formedThen they govt alleged corruption in colleges and despite various audits they did not find anything After the pandemic they said they dont have money and slashed the budget Earlier we the college were getting Rs 28 crore which has been brought down to Rs 16 crore he claimedTerming it inhuman treatment Kumar said teachers will be forced to protest to resist this arm-twisting by the governmentSuch is the crisis that teachers have been forced to quit jobs he saidHem Chand Jain principal of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College said Last year the government had released 42 crore to the college but this year they reduced it to Rs 28 crore We have received two instalments but looking at the situation this money will only allow us to pay salaries of six months he claimedThe dearness allowance and other allowances have increased under the seventh pay commission and 80 teachers have received promotions along with non staffers he saidBefore Covid pandemic the college had 122 teachers but now we have 115 teachers Jain saidSeven teachers have left the job including six ad-hoc teachers One of the ad-hoc teachers is working in a school since she said she would at least get her salary on time Jain addedApart from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College other colleges funded by city government are Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar College Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women Aditi Mahavidyalaya Keshav Mahavidyalaya Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies Bhagini Nivedita College Acharya Narendra Dev College Maharishi Balmiki College of Education Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Science Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Science and Maharaja Agrasen College PTI SLB TDS TDS

New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration on Friday said that a few faculty members within the varsity are trying to create a negative image of the university that was "unfortunate".

New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): The Executive Council of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Thursday approved observance of August 14 each year as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' by the university.