New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) has put in a request with the University Grants Commission (UGC) for extension of the MPhil, PhD submission deadline for research scholars and the disbursal of non-NET fellowship.
In a statement, the student union said its representatives paid a visit to the UGC on October 27 and met additional secretary Satendra Singh and also the undersecretary.
According to the JNUSU, the scholars’ fieldwork was affected due to the closing down of institutions and libraries owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In this light, the JNUSU as demanded earlier, requested upon UGC to extend timeline for submission. We received a positive response, that the UGC has not been hesitant towards giving extension, and as earlier months, will deliberate and soon come out with a notification regarding the same,” the JNUSU statement said.
The students body highlighted the “issue of research scholars who have not been receiving their non-NET Fellowship” in its list of demands. “There are cases where students have not received fellowship from past 8-9 months and some cases even over a year. There are several times JNUSU has approached both the JNU Administration and the UGC regarding the same. The JNU Administration has time and again cited lack of funds, and no disbursal of funds from UGC as the reason,” said the JNUSU.
The statement added that the UGC officials responded that “they have been regularly sending funds to JNU, and any issue happening regarding funds need to be dealt at the level of JNU Administration.”
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