The Jadavpur College (JU) on Tuesday held its annual convocation regardless of objections from Governor C V Anand Bose, the chancellor of the state college.
On Monday, Raj Bhavan had issued a letter to interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta, dubbing the December 24 convocation “unlawful”, and directed the varsity authorities to observe all the foundations and rules. He additionally talked about that “a everlasting vice-chancellor can be appointed inside a couple of days. It’s higher to present the accountability of convocation in his arms. Why is there such a rush? A hasty convocation may result in issues for diploma recipients”.
State Schooling Minister Bratya Basu, nonetheless, in a social media put up nearly dismissed the allegations of violation of regulation surrounding the convocation. Basu posted on X, “The convocation of a college like Jadavpur College is a sacrosanct occasion for the scholars and the colleges of that establishment and it has been held on twenty fourth of December for a really very long time. One doesn’t play with the conference and heritage of such an establishment. Furthermore, due technique of regulation has been noticed so far as practicable and nothing that advantages the scholars might be withheld indefinitely.”
In response to sources, the court docket assembly was supposed to start out within the presence of Governor Bose, the chancellor. However the Governor didn’t attend. His nominated consultant Jitendranath Roy was, nonetheless, current. Lastly, round 9.45 am, the court docket assembly was held in presence of interim Vice-Chancellor Bhaskar Gupta and Assistant V-C, which was adopted by the convocation ceremony.
In his deal with, the vice-chancellor stated undergraduate levels have been awarded to 519 arts college students; 1,017 engineering and expertise college students; and 108 science college students; whereas post-graduate levels have been awarded to 996 arts college students, 438 engineering and expertise college students, and 204 science college students.
Raj Bhavan’s criticism in regards to the convocation of Jadavpur College was that the convocation was organized in haste with out following the ‘statute’ (guidelines) of the college. The Governor termed the matter as ‘utterly unlawful’.
Final yr too, an argument erupted at JU across the convocation after Governor Bose refused to convene. The then interim vice-chancellor Buddhadeb Sau overruled the objection and introduced to carry the convocation with the permission of the state authorities. Simply earlier than the convocation, the Governor eliminated him from the put up. Even after that, Buddhadeb held the convocation ceremony.
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