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Kolkata: Meet over Jadavpur University campus safety

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University held a meeting with all stakeholders on Friday to discuss security on campus after teachers and scholars complained against drinking, scuffles and harassment of women with outsiders entering the premises in the evening.

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Kolkata: Jadavpur University panel to survey, conserve trees on campus

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has formed a committee to survey the health of trees on campus, conserve them and save them from being uprooted. The move was taken after a few trees unexpectedly fell after a squall in May. A joint survey conducted by a JU team and KMC officials to…

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Kolkata: Jadavpur University computer science student bags 1.8cr job

KOLKATA: Bisakh Mondal, a fourth-year student of computer science and engineering at Jadavpur University, has bagged a Rs 1.8crore job, the highest pay package this year. Previously, nine JU students from various engineering departments had secured overseas jobs with pay packages exceeding Rs 1 crore.

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Jadavpur University seeks Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation help to draw up cable blueprint

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University is seeking help of electricity experts from CESC to work in tandem with its own electrical engineers and maintenance staff to assess the condition of cables and lines on the campus, address the shortcomings and prepare a proper power distribution flow chart. Various electrical installations like transformers,…

The Times of India

Kolkata: Campus canteens hike prices to stay afloat

KOLKATA: After enduring losses for two years, some college and university canteens in the city have hiked prices of food items to stay afloat, whereas others have decided to stick to pre-pandemic rates to keep their clientele intact. The price rise at Presidency University canteens - Srishti and Puroshottam -…

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West Bengal: Centralised admissions to bring ease, transparency

KOLKATA: The switch to the centralised admission system to government and government-aided colleges and universities will help resolve a lot of issues hindering the entrance process to undergraduate courses and will introduce transparency, said principals and vice-chancellors. Since the admissions will be conducted through a single portal launched by the…

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Depp-Heard verdict sets off debate on #Metoo impact

KOLKATA: Reverberations of the verdict in the highly publicised defamation case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were felt in Kolkata on Thursday with the student community debating whether this could impact the #Metoo movement on university campuses.

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Kolkata Metro allays stability fears in Bowbazar

KOLKATA: A 40-mm subsidence of the soil around the Metro work site on Durga Pithuri Lane led to cracks in 18 buildings in the Bowbazar neighbourhood, stated the preliminary report by experts at Jadavpur University that was submitted to Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The report also flagged concern over the fate…

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Jadavpur University ranks 5th in India on global list

KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has ranked fifth in the arts and humanities stream — among the best Indian institutions (within a range of top 500 institutions worldwide) — in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022. Jadavpur University and IIT Delhi are ranked within the range of 401-450 worldwide along…

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Jadavpur University student held in Kolkata for Maoist link

KOLKATA: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Kolkata Police arrested a PhD student of Jadavpur University for being allegedly involved in Maoist activities.

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West Bengal: Life returns to canteens, common rooms as campuses ease Covid curbs

KOLKATA: Colleges and universities have started easing some restrictions on campus that were put in place in compliance of Covid safety guidelines by the state government when the education sector reopened in February.

The Times of India

Jadavpur University engineering teachers ask council to defer offline classes by a week

KOLKATA: A day after the dean of engineering in Jadavpur University resigned, teachers have written to the chairman of the Faculty Council of Engineering and Technology stating that a section of students based in the districts and other states have informed teachers about difficulties in attending offline classes, and have…

The Times of India

#JadavpurUniversity: What happened on September 19?

Black flags fluttered and slogans reverberated at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University on September 19. It was a protest against the presence of the “Hindutvadi people” on the campus. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, was holding a conference that day and had invited BJP…

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