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The JNUSU accused the administration of participating in “optics over action,” and demanded pressing reforms.
The change within the identify was accepted in a latest assembly of the college’s Executive Council held in April.(HT File Photo)
In an announcement issued on Wednesday, the JNUSU accused the administration of participating in “optics over action” and demanded pressing reforms as an alternative of mere gestures on problems with gender justice.
“We understand your urgency to change the designation as a move toward gender neutrality. But symbolic gestures alone cannot ensure gender justice; fundamental transformation requires institutional reforms,” the assertion mentioned.
The scholar physique additionally accused the vice-chancellor of following a “political and ideological trend” of renaming moderately than reforming, likening the change to what it described because the Modi authorities’s sample of “functioning as a name changer while claiming to be a game changer”.
The assertion additionally criticised the administration’s “unwillingness” to interact in dialogue, citing unanswered requests for a gathering on the JNU entrance examination.
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“We believe in dialogue — something you have not practised,” the scholar physique alleged, noting that reforms can’t be carried out via unilateral choices masked as inclusivity.
Why did JNU change its vice chancellor’s designation from Kulpati to Kulguru?
The change within the identify was accepted in a latest assembly of the college’s Executive Council held in April, and motion has been initiated by the Controller of Examinations to implement the shift.
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University officers described ‘Kulguru’ as a gender-neutral and culturally significant time period that aligns with evolving educational and social norms.
The college’s transfer is in keeping with comparable modifications already carried out by the Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments.
JNUSU’s calls for amid identify row?
The JNUSU additionally listed 4 key calls for within the assertion, together with speedy reinstatement of the Gender Sensitisation Committee Against Sexual Harassment (GSCASH), which it claimed was extra democratic and survivor-friendly than the present Internal Complaints Committee (ICC); restoration of deprivation factors in PhD admissions, which helped stage the sphere for marginalised and ladies college students; building of gender-neutral washrooms and hostels; and the implementation of reservations for transgender college students in keeping with the Supreme Court’s NALSA judgment.
(with PTI inputs)
