Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe Utkal University (UU) management’s decision to call off the students’ body election for the current academic session has come in for criticism. The Biju Patnaik University of Technology Students’ Union (BSU), a body of students under the technical varsity, on Sunday said the decision is a violation of Lyngdoh Commission recommendations.Since the election to the students’ union was not notified, the cancellation on the basis that the ongoing violence was poll-related is uncalled for, BSU president Sukumar Gourab said. The varsity authorities, however, had called off the election on the grounds that it might hamper academic atmosphere on the campus. The BSU also lambasted the decisions of the UU authorities to impose certain restrictions on second PG and cancellation of admission of students with criminal antecedents. “Nowhere in India can a student be barred from pursuing higher education. How can this be done in Utkal University which is a premier institution,” Gourab asked.He also demanded arrangements to hold students’ body elections in engineering colleges of the State __ both Government and private.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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The Utkal University (UU) management’s decision to call off the students’ body election for the current academic session has come in for criticism. The Biju Patnaik University of Technology Students’ Union (BSU), a body of students under the technical varsity, on Sunday said the decision is a violation of Lyngdoh Commission recommendations.
Since the election to the students’ union was not notified, the cancellation on the basis that the ongoing violence was poll-related is uncalled for, BSU president Sukumar Gourab said. The varsity authorities, however, had called off the election on the grounds that it might hamper academic atmosphere on the campus. The BSU also lambasted the decisions of the UU authorities to impose certain restrictions on second PG and cancellation of admission of students with criminal antecedents. “Nowhere in India can a student be barred from pursuing higher education. How can this be done in Utkal University which is a premier institution,” Gourab asked.
He also demanded arrangements to hold students’ body elections in engineering colleges of the State __ both Government and private.
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