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JNU to implement full OBC quota

NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University has decided to implement the 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes in one go from the coming session, Vice-Chancellor B.B. Bhattacharya said here on Thursday.

The decision was taken at the Academic Council meeting where it was decided to go ahead with reservation and also protect the seats for general category students.

“The modalities on how to go about it are being worked out. We have not heard from the University Grants Commission on the funds required for quota implementation. We have asked for Rs.265 crore for infrastructure development, like new hostels, school buildings, additional computers and equipments, and Rs.45 crore for additional faculty, laboratory staff and their salaries,” said Prof. Bhattacharya.

This is in addition to the Rs.660 crore that JNU has sought from the UGC as per the 11th Plan. Interestingly, since JNU has already been admitting around 20-25 per cent students from the OBCs in the past, the effective increase in the number of seats from the upcoming session will be between 6 and 7 per cent. “The number of seats for general category students remains the same. Last year, of all the students admitted in the first year, around 25 per cent were from the OBCs. It varies between 20 and 25 per cent. So this year the increase in the number of seats would be between 6 and 7 per cent at the most,” explained Kamal Mitra Chenoy, president of JNU Teachers’ Association and an Academic Council member.

“The Council proposed that this year the overall student intake in JNU, including reservation for the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes and OBCs would be somewhere around 1,700 students,” said Prof. Chenoy.

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