Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 21: In the wake of recent controversy over ABVP event on the campus, the Jammu University is mulling to formulate a proper policy guideline on such issues by involving all the stakeholders and civil society.
“Even as norms have already been laid down in this regard and a number of organizations used to organize their socio-cultural or literary events on campus after a prior permission and paying maintenance fee, the University has no objection to revisit these guidelines for betterment of the institution,” said JU Vice-Chancellor Prof R D Sharma during an exclusive conservation with the Excelsior.
While elaborating, the VC said that civil society, JU faculty, administration and elected student representatives may be involved in the deliberations to formulate comprehensive new policy guidelines for permission of holding any event on the campus in larger interest of the institution. “Let the stakeholders discuss and frame a policy for betterment of the university, which has to be run as per the laid down norms and not on the whims and fancies of anyone, including the Vice-Chancellor,” Prof Sharma stressed.
However, Prof R D Sharma added, the immediate involvement of student organizations in such deliberations is unlikely as elected student representatives like CRs (Class Representatives), DRs (Department Representatives) will put forth their view point. “It is very difficult to decide, which student organization has to be invited since there are scores of such outfits claiming to be representative of particular section, region, political party etc,” he explained.
With regard to October 13 incident on the campus, the Vice-Chancellor sought to clarify that the agitating ABVP activists had not applied for permission to hold the `Student Leaders Conference’ and the university administration came to know about the proposed event only after the organizers tried to erect tents in front of the Central Library. “Despite all out efforts of the University officers to explain them (ABVP activists) that a prior permission was required for holding such programme on the campus and moreover Central Library lawn was not a proper place for such events as the same would create disturbances to others, the organizers were hell bent for `Zabardasti’ (forcefully) to get the event held as per their plan,” he said and added that the university had no option other than to keep the teaching as well as official work suspended for avoiding any untoward incident in view of the controversy.
The Vice-Chancellor also did not rule out the involvement of some vested interests behind trouble on the campus and alleged that the entire episode might have been engineered for defaming the institution. “Some persons did approach me for personal favours but I refused to oblige them while one of the three suspended students for October 13-14 episode, was already facing an inquiry for allegedly assaulting a JU security official,” he disclosed.
The Vice-Chancellor reiterated that the temple of learning should be above the personal agendas and the established system of the university has to be maintained for overall interest of the students, scholars and all the stakeholders in general.
Trending Now
E-Paper
Follow our WhatsApp channel