Months after a faculty member from the Mechanical Engineering department of Jadavpur University died by suicide, another professor of the university was found dead in a hotel Uttarakhand.
The main entrance of the state-run R G Kar Medical College Hospital turned into a battlefield between police and protesters mainly belonging to different Left-affiliated students’ organizations on Saturday evening when they clashed with each other.
The findings of the report revealed that the first-year student of the postgraduate computer science engineering department was allegedly forced into giving a written undertaking and was allegedly prevented from rushing him to a hospital after he was taken ill.
A row broke out at Jadavpur University yesterday over the withdrawal of a permission to observe Ram Navami on the campus, allegedly after it was granted.
After a gap of three-and-a-half months since August, yet another incident of alleged ragging rocked the Jadavpur University (JU) again.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she was “proud” that the state's two universities secured top two positions in the NIRF ranking list.
Their slogan was: “Meye-Meye Prem Korechhe!! Besh Korechhe Besh Korechhe!! Chhele-Chhele Prem Korechhe!! Besh Korechhe Besh Korechhe!!”
Allegedly, a teacher candidate, after receiving the letter by post recently, found out that the interview had taken place two days ago.
The report has further highlighted ground subsidence of 40mm, increasing the risk of collapse of buildings that now are in a precarious state.
The university ranked fifth in this category among the best Indian institutions. A total of four institutions in the country -- namely Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), University of Delhi, IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi are ahead of JU in this list. Both IIT-D and JU have ranked in the range of 401-450 worldwide.
