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JNU proposal on OBC reservation

Parul Sharma

Seeks permission from UGC to retain its deprivation point system

NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University has proposed to the University Grants Commission to permit it to retain its deprivation point system within the 27 per cent quota for students of Other Backward Classes as and when it gets implemented.

The Academic Council has proposed to the UGC to allow the University to continue using its deprivation point mechanism once the Supreme Court vacates its stay order on the OBC reservation in elite institutions of learning in order to benefit the needy.

"We have been implementing the OBC reservation in our own way for some time through deprivation points, which will have to be abandoned once the 27 per cent quota comes through. What we want is that we be allowed to retain our mechanism of deprivation points to give preference to girl students and those candidates hailing from poor backgrounds," said Vice-Chancellor B. B. Bhattacharya on Thursday.

"We have proposed this to UGC but we have not received any response from them till now. Perhaps once the Supreme Court takes a decision on the implementation of quota, we will get to hear from them," he added.

Women candidates

Apart from the 22.5 per cent reservation of seats for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes category in each programme of study, JNU has been running a system of deprivation points for OBCs whereby women candidates get 10 points and their male counterparts get five points each.

Similarly all candidates, including OBCs, who have passed and or are appearing in the qualifying examination prescribed for admission to the programmes of study from Quartile 1 and 2 districts, get five and three points respectively.

JNU also wants the UGC to expedite the process of providing grants to the University for this year's plan.

"From April onwards we have not received any grant from UGC. Though we have got the money to pay the salaries to our staff, we are yet to obtain funds to complete our ongoing work and begin new activities," Prof. Bhattacharya said.

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