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Amidst rising flames and protest in Himachal, JAC asks student to attend classes
The joint action committee, which comprises of ABVP and SFI, today staged another aggressive protest in front of Shimla DC Office and burned the effigy of HPU VC ADN Bajpai amidst loud slogans demanding the rollback of hiked fees and the removal of the corrupt VC. Many other colleges around Himachal did the same; burned the effigy the VC as a protest.
The student body also invited the students to attend the classes, which they were boycotting earlier. The protesting student said,” the protest has entered into the second stage and all students are invited to regularly attend the classes.”
Here is what JAC members said:
While both of these student organizations are opposing arbitrary fee hikes under one banner (Joint Action Committee), NSUI had submitted a written complaint to the Shimla DC against the JAC, saying that ABVP and SFI are spoiling the academic environment at HPU campus along with all colleges in Himachal, and supported CM Virbhadra Singh. Also, NSUI supported the police lathicharge, which was actually a brutal assault, and stated that the action was taken to maintain the law & order at HPU.
Click to Read About the Complaint Submitted to Shimla DC by NSUI
Now, we suppose, NSUI would find it disappointing as their agenda against JAC disappeared or say solved by the JAC. Also, NSUI is supporting and waiting for the finding and review of the special committee that the CM had formed after student protest took a massive form.
Regarding the last protest rally of the students, which was staged in front of HP Secretariat, Virbhadra Singh expressed his displeasure and said, “it hurt him”. We wonder why the unrest of the students, who are staging protests from past many months, 20 days of chain hunger strike, and lathicharge on students did not affect the CM of the state in anyway, but the protest against his silence on student grievances did.
The research scholars are forced to come out on streets to protest, the university has been converted into a police cantonment with an ongoing imposition of 144. None of it hurt the CM, but the protest of suffocating, burdened students displeased him.
Anyhow, the students had warned the Govt. about more aggressive protests in the coming days if it did not withdraw the fee hike decision and the ban on the SCA elections.
While, the JAC was asked about the formation of review committee to look into the matter, the student leaders said that the committee would have been formed before taking the decision to hike the fees and the student representatives should have been included in the decision making process. If the university is for the students then how come no one consulted the students?
Also, the SCA (Student Central Associations) elections were not banned completely; rather, the process was changed from direct to indirect elections. Why to form the SCA at all when it is not to be consulted before making policies for students? The VC elected meritorious students to form the SCA for this session, which immediately resigned and stood in support of direct elections in a democratic way.
The public is still deaf and dumb towards the clouds of Govt. atrocities that haunt the future of Himachal, but fortunately, the young guns looks determinant to stand against the dictatorial politics going on in Govt. educational institutes.
Anyway, the remains of the effigy, which were left behind by the protestors, should have been packed and sent to the VC. On a serious note, the students should have removed the residuals and ash from the street.
Photos Credits: Tarun Sharma
Video Credits: Kritika Sehgal/Tarun Sharma
Solan: Naincy Sagar, an alumna of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni has bagged a fellowship for pursuing PhD from France. Nancy has reached France and will be pursuing PhD in Forest Genetics from the University of Orléans under INRAE fellowship. INRAE is France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Naincy has completed her BSc Forestry from College of Horticulture and Forestry (COH&F), Neri in 2018 and MSc Forest Biology and Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources from UAS, Dharwad, under ICAR’s National Talent Scheme. Before leaving for France last week, Naincy was working as a Junior Research Fellow in a research project at COH&F, Neri.
She had applied for a PhD with a scholarship in Forest Genetics which was advertised by INRAE. Naincy was successful in the interview and was awarded a fellowship for three years for pursuing PhD at the University of Orléans. During the course of the PhD, she will receive a total scholarship of around Rs 70 lakh along with medical reimbursement. Naincy will be working on forest tree larch species in the Project titled ‘Vigour at what cost? ‘Trade-off’ of hybrid vigour in Larch-Phenological, morphological and physiological determinants of hybrid superiority in Larix X eurolepis’ with a team of 20 scientists of Joint Integrated Biology Research Unit having expertise in genetics, genomics and physiology for the enhancement of tree and forest diversity
Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Vice-Chancellor of the university spoke to Naincy via web conferencing and congratulated her. Dr. Kaushal, who has also done his doctorate from France, shared some tips and suggestions. He asked Naincy to explore this opportunity to learn about new cultures along with doing research that could help to enhance and conserve forest wealth in the future.
Naincy expressed gratitude towards her father Satya Prakash Sagar (Retd. SDO BSNL) and mother Monika Sagar, who is working as SDO in BSNL for their continuous support for higher studies. She also thanked Vice-Chancellor Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Dean Dr. Kamal Sharma and Dr. Dushyant Sharma, Project Investigator and all the university staff for their support and guidance. The university administration, Dean of COH&F Neri congratulated Naincy and wished her success.
Shimla-Dates for admissions to undergraduate courses for the session 2021-22 in colleges affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University has been extended, which has come as a relief to not only those students who were seeking fresh enrollments in the first year but also to the students of the second and third year.
The varsity informed that the decision was taken after considering requests received from various students regarding the same.
Now, willing students can apply for enrollment in both government and private colleges till 5 PM, October 25, 2021.
This extension of date would benefit students who recently passed supplementary exams or those students of the second and third-year who had missed admission due to delay in declaration of their previous results.
Solan– Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, has extended the last date for applying to various Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes in Horticulture, Forestry, Biotechnology, Agribusiness and Business Management. Applicants can submit their complete online application on the university’s admission portal till 18th October.
The normal seats of BSc (Hons) Horticulture, BSc (Hons) Forestry and B Tech Biotechnology will be filled on the basis of scorecard of ICAR-AIEEA (UG) 2021.
Admissions to MSc, MBA (Agribusiness) and PhD (for normal and self-financing seats) will also be conducted on the scorecard of ICAR AIEEA (PG) and AICE-JRF/SRF respectively. Students who have appeared in the ICAR-AIEEA 2021 for UG and PG, or AICE-JRF/SRF examination and are interested in seeking admission, such students must fill the university online application form before 18th October. Undergraduate aspirants who have not appeared in the ICAR test can however apply for the self-financing seats for B Sc and B Tech Biotechnology programmes run by the university by filling the online application on the university website.
The university has also advised the registered candidates to submit complete online application forms along with online payment acknowledgement slip before the due date. The schedule for online counselling will be announced by the University on the website after the declaration of the ICAR examination result. Application forms other than online mode will not be accepted.
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