DELHI UNIVERSITY

Patriot Bureau -October 4, 2018

I graduated from Delhi University’s Faculty of Law, last year. During the last semester, I requested for an inspection of my answer sheets, to which the administration said that they can give me a copy of my answer sheet for Rs 750 each. But I only wanted an inspection, and not a copy. It was […]

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Patriot Bureau -September 27, 2018

Dyal Singh College Principal IS Bakshi refuses to accept his “illegal” suspension by BJP-affiliated chairman Amitabh Sinha. an fir has been lodged at the police station On Monday, the morning of September 24, the students, faculty, working staff and even the principal of Dyal Singh (Morning) College stood outside the college premises, caught by surprise […]

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Patriot Bureau -September 13, 2018

What attracts aspiring student leaders to the department of Buddhist studies? A ‘strange’ phenomenon that looms over DUSU elections year after year is that of an overwhelming participation coming from students pursuing their MA in Buddhist Studies, a course run by the Department of Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi. The two-year course, […]

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Patriot Bureau -August 30, 2018

How young student leaders are trashing Delhi University norms as well as a High Court order in the run up to the country’s most glamorous Students Body elections Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) is one of the biggest and most glamorous university students’ unions in the country. Even though the polls to elect the unions […]

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Patriot Bureau -June 28, 2018

With most colleges closing admissions for sought-after courses in the second cut-off list, even high achievers are left with few choices After the release of the second cut-off list on June 25, students hoping to get into Delhi University are not left with many choices beyond courses like Sanskrit and Philosophy. Delhi University’s first merit-based […]

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Chandrani Banerjee -June 7, 2018

Whether it is Delhi University or JNU, the unrest widely reported in the media is discouraging students from making Capital campuses their first choice Incident 1: Najeeb Ahmed, a first-year student of Jawaharlal Nehru University, went missing after a brawl with members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at Mahi-Mandavi Hostel in Delhi on […]

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Madhur Sharma -May 18, 2018

DU’s new syllabus skips one of Indian history’s defining phase, claims varsity’s history student When the Delhi University’s history syllabus was changed mid-semester in 2016, students were assured that changes were minor. It was felt that the changes were restricted to the BA Programme and that honours students would remain unaffected. It’s been more than […]

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Sahia Nechiyil -March 8, 2018

Sexual harassment complaint committees in Delhi University colleges are conspicuous by their absence, as a reality check shows The Facebook list with the names of ‘sexual predators’ in academia, unveiled last year, broke the silence around sexual harassment on campuses and the fairness of complaint committees. Interacting with students of various colleges in Delhi University […]

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