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Last week, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani announced the decision to discontinue the Maulana Azad National Fellowship from the 2022-23 academic session, saying it overlapped with various other fellowship schemes for higher education.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani had said the government provided fellowship for higher education through various schemes, including the Maulana Azad National Fellowship, implemented by different ministries or departments.

The JNU teachers' body on Monday called on Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit to convene an "emergency" meeting to discuss "uncertainty" in the admission to postgraduate and PhD programs due to CUET.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) has expressed concerns over the delay in admissions and demanded that the institution restore its time-tested admission procedure.

The JNUTA had written to the VC last month, asking her to "synchronise" the academic calendar as not doing it has resulted in a differential staggering of semesters and academic sessions in the university.

The JNUTA urged the Ministry of Education to appoint a full-time Vice-Chancellor for JNU.

JNU teachers association condemned the decision saying, "The Vice Chancellor selectively orchestrated the discussion on the CUCET which was sent as an additional agenda item on Jan 10, 2022, by stating that decision on the matter had already been taken in the 157th meeting of the academic council."

The demand comes in the backdrop of allegations by students and teachers that there were anomalies in the process of admission to PhD programmes of the university, in particular, the discrimination faced by students belonging to marginalised sections.

In an emergency meeting of JNU's Executive Council (EC) held earlier, a decision was taken to suspend and initiate criminal proceedings against a professor and some staff for "alleged misappropriation of funds", the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association claimed in a statement.

The Vice-Chancellor's remarks came in the wake of allegations by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) that no substantial discussion was allowed in Executive Council meetings.

Jawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on Friday dubbed a section of teachers "armchair critics" who alleged lack of substantial discussion in executive council meetings.

“Such motivated statements would not affect our commitment and resolve in continuing our work in bringing help and succour to the affected members of JNU. We seek cooperation and help from everyone in the campus,” the university said in a statement.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) on Saturday condemned the "non-cooperative" attitude of the JNU administration in starting a COVID care facility on the campus.

The JNU Teachers' Association (JNUTA) Monday voiced its opposition to granting a second term to vice chancellor Jagadesh Kumar, who has been allowed by the government to stay in the office till a replacement is found after his term ended on January 26.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) alleged that the new academic calendar sent for approval to the university's academic council is being "imposed by diktat". It claimed that the calendar proposed by the JNU registrar would adversely impact both students and teachers.

Last week, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani announced the decision to discontinue the Maulana Azad National Fellowship from the 2022-23 academic session, saying it overlapped with various other fellowship schemes for higher education.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani had said the government provided fellowship for higher education through various schemes, including the Maulana Azad National Fellowship, implemented by different ministries or departments.

The JNU teachers' body on Monday called on Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit to convene an "emergency" meeting to discuss "uncertainty" in the admission to postgraduate and PhD programs due to CUET.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) has expressed concerns over the delay in admissions and demanded that the institution restore its time-tested admission procedure.

The JNUTA had written to the VC last month, asking her to "synchronise" the academic calendar as not doing it has resulted in a differential staggering of semesters and academic sessions in the university.

The JNUTA urged the Ministry of Education to appoint a full-time Vice-Chancellor for JNU.

JNU teachers association condemned the decision saying, "The Vice Chancellor selectively orchestrated the discussion on the CUCET which was sent as an additional agenda item on Jan 10, 2022, by stating that decision on the matter had already been taken in the 157th meeting of the academic council."

The demand comes in the backdrop of allegations by students and teachers that there were anomalies in the process of admission to PhD programmes of the university, in particular, the discrimination faced by students belonging to marginalised sections.

In an emergency meeting of JNU's Executive Council (EC) held earlier, a decision was taken to suspend and initiate criminal proceedings against a professor and some staff for "alleged misappropriation of funds", the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association claimed in a statement.

The Vice-Chancellor's remarks came in the wake of allegations by the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) that no substantial discussion was allowed in Executive Council meetings.

Jawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar on Friday dubbed a section of teachers "armchair critics" who alleged lack of substantial discussion in executive council meetings.

“Such motivated statements would not affect our commitment and resolve in continuing our work in bringing help and succour to the affected members of JNU. We seek cooperation and help from everyone in the campus,” the university said in a statement.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) on Saturday condemned the "non-cooperative" attitude of the JNU administration in starting a COVID care facility on the campus.

The JNU Teachers' Association (JNUTA) Monday voiced its opposition to granting a second term to vice chancellor Jagadesh Kumar, who has been allowed by the government to stay in the office till a replacement is found after his term ended on January 26.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) alleged that the new academic calendar sent for approval to the university's academic council is being "imposed by diktat". It claimed that the calendar proposed by the JNU registrar would adversely impact both students and teachers.