The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) said it was shocked at the last-minute cancellation of the 95th meeting of the Board of Studies, School of Social Sciences, scheduled to be held on Tuesday.
The teachers alleged that ever since Pradipta K. Chaudhury had taken over as Dean at the School of Social Sciences, all decisions had been notified illegally by him in his individual capacity and without discussion or ratification by centres, extended faculty committee and the Board of Studies of the School of Social Sciences.
The JNUTA said 50 members, constituting roughly two-thirds of the total, had submitted six resolutions to the Dean’s office on Tuesday morning. These resolutions were to be placed and discussed at the 95th meeting of the Board of Studies, School of Social Sciences.
Instead of discussing these urgent issues, the Dean decided to postpone the meeting half-an-hour before it was scheduled to begin, the JNUTA said.
“This clearly shows total institutional collapse of the Dean’s office in the School of Social Sciences. The JNUTA stands firmly behind the members of the Board of Studies of the School of Social Sciences. The JNUTA will take up this matter with the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor and also the members of the Executive Council, and request them to address the academic impasse in the School of Social Sciences on an urgent basis,” the association said in a statement.
