Jadavpur University
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Jadavpur University opts for 70:30 evaluation format for final semester in engineering
Education | Jul 06, 2020, 07:25 PM ISTJadavpur University has decided to evaluate papers of the final semester in all engineering disciplines at undergraduate and post-graduate levels bygiving 70 per cent weightage to previous semesters' best aggregate and 30 per cent to internal assessment, an official said on Monday.
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Jadavpur University to soon decide on supplementary exams
Education | Jun 17, 2020, 02:24 PM ISTJadavpur University will soon take a call on whether students who failed in previous semester exams will have to sit for supplementary tests in the final year or be given grace marks, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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Jadavpur University students develop device that identifies COVID-19 in coughing person
India | Apr 28, 2020, 10:04 AM ISTTwo students of the Jadavpur University have developed an intelligent device which will analyse if a coughing person is a COVID-19 carrier.
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Jadavpur University Student Poll Results: Left, ultra-Left sweep elections; ABVP 2nd in Engineering
India | Feb 20, 2020, 06:26 PM ISTJadavpur University Student Union Election Result Live Updates: Student union elections in Jadavpur University took place on Wednesday after a break of three years. It was for the first time that the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) fielded candidates. Here are the Jadavpur University Student Union Election Results.
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Goons led by Satinder Awana didn't spare even girls in Sabarmati Hostel: JNUSU
India | Jan 06, 2020, 10:30 AM ISTJNU violence: Launching a scathing attack on JNU Vice-Chancellor, JNU Student's Union in a strong-worded statement said, "At every step, the Vice-Chancellor has tried to destroy the culture and academics of the university. Mr. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, it is time to go!"
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Bengal Guv Dhankhar seeks 'soul-searching' by those barring him at Jadavpur University
India | Dec 26, 2019, 10:44 PM ISTAsking all those who obstructed his "lawful" entry in Jadavpur University for two days in a row to engage in "soul-searching", West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said silence of the majority when a few hold system to ransom augurs all for rule of law and democracy.
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Massive showdown in Jadavpur University, students to 'rusticate' chancellor Dhankhar
India | Dec 26, 2019, 03:26 PM ISTOn the war path with West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, students of Jadavpur University have decided to "rusticate" him as the chancellor over a host of issues, including his stand on the contentious Citizenship Act.
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Total collapse of rule of law in the state: Bengal Governor slams Mamata govt
India | Dec 24, 2019, 01:34 PM ISTWest Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar lashed out at the Bengal government after his convoy was blocked by protesting students at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata.
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West Bengal governor asks JU VC to ignore EC resolution on special convocation, calls it illegal
India | Dec 23, 2019, 06:59 AM ISTA day after Jadavpur University authorities announced cancellation of the special convocation, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday shot off a letter to the varsity vice-chancellor asking him to ignore the "illegal" resolution.
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Jadavpur University considering to set up gender-neutral toilets in campus
India | Nov 29, 2019, 12:28 PM ISTA student of the International Relations Department said that the demand for gender-neutral toilets has been long- pending and has the support of all the students.
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'Banglar Rosogolla': Jadavpur University working with Bengal govt for increasing shelf life of sweet
India | Nov 17, 2019, 03:57 PM ISTJadavpur University's Food Technology department is collaborating with West Bengal government for increasing shelf life of 'Banglar Rosogolla', which got GI tag two years back, to market it internationally.
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Campus can't be governed with police help: Jadavpur University
India | Sep 21, 2019, 10:55 PM ISTIn a statement, JU Registrar Snehamanju Basu said the chain of events at the campus on Thursday was 'unfortunate'.
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Bengal Guv visits ailing JU VC, says will work together for students
India | Sep 21, 2019, 02:24 PM ISTDhankar arrived at the hospital in the southern part of the city's Dhakuria area around 10 am to meet Das and pro- VC PK Ghosh, who were admitted on Thursday, following the incident of heckling of Union minister Babul Supriyo by a section of students at the varsity.
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BJP leader Agnimitra complains of physical abuse, molestation by crowd
India | Sep 21, 2019, 06:52 AM ISTPaul said she and Union Minister Babul Supriyo were invited to the campus as guest speakers on Thursday at a social, apolitical programme organised the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad members of the university.
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Babul Supriyo challenges Mamata to charge his assaulters
India | Sep 20, 2019, 04:32 PM ISTTerming the Left student activists as "cowards" who had assaulted him in the Jadavpur University campus, BJP leader and Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Friday virtually challenged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to charge them for the assault and said no one should be allowed to "malign and tarnish" the name of the institution.
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Jadavpur University screens 'Ram ke Naam' after row in Presidency
India | Aug 27, 2019, 07:59 AM ISTThe students of the film studies department took the initiative of screening the film in Jadavpur University on Monday.
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Jadavpur University professor 'divested from duties' for sexist comments in Facebook post
India | Jan 16, 2019, 05:10 PM ISTIn view of the recommendations of the Student-Teacher Committee of the Department, Prof Sarkar has been divested of his teaching duties with immediate effect, an official University notice said.
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Syama Prasad Mukherjee's statue vandalised in Kolkata; WB govt says act not acceptable, 'will repair it'
National | Mar 07, 2018, 12:47 PM ISTLocal residents have claimed that students of the university tried to vandalise the bust and painted its face black. The police have arrested six people after the incident.
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Govt ranks JNU, Jadavpur University among India's 10 best; IISc tops list
India | Apr 03, 2017, 05:23 PM ISTWhile JNU was ranked sixth best institution in the list of top 10 overall educational institutes in the country, Jadavpur University secured the 5th spot in the list of top 10 universities.
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Watch: ‘Azadi’ slogans reverberate at Jadavpur University
India | Apr 03, 2017, 11:02 AM ISTStudents said that they were protesting against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for conducting a seminar on the issue of minorities in Bangladesh.