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‘We felt scared, but college campus was safe’: BTech students on return from Manipur

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New Delhi: Haryana native Sewak Ram, pursuing BTech at a leading engineering college in Imphal, heaved a sigh of relief after landing in Delhi from violence-hit Manipur on Tuesday.
“We felt scared, but the campus of our college made us feel safe. We had food and water. But, being confined inside the campus for about five days reminded us about the Covid-induced lockdown,” Ram said.
He hugged his college mate at the airport here before they parted on the way to their homes.

Ram and a few other students from Haryana, all pursuing BTech degree at Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Manipur, reached the national capital on Tuesday evening after being evacuated from the northeastern state which has been rocked by ethnic violence since May 3.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh had on Monday said that 60 people were killed, 231 injured and 1,700 houses including religious places burnt in the violence that sparked concerns among family members of students from various states studying in that state.
Some of the evacuees, all in their early 20s, PTI spoke to at the Delhi airport said the Harayana government “made arrangements for their safe return” after students and parents reached out to it, in the wake of the violence.
“Situation is difficult in villages and inner areas, but Imphal city is safer. Police provided us everything,” Ram told PTI.
He said many students of IIIT-Manipur hailing from other states have also been evacuated by their respective state governments.

More than 140 students from Bihar were on Tuesday brought back from Manipur. Scenes of rejoicing were witnessed at Patna airport as they returned safely to their home state.
According to an official, a special flight commissioned by the Nitish Kumar government carried 142 students from Bihar, besides another 21 from the neighbouring state of Jharkhand.
In Delhi, while some evacuees made their way to their homes in Haryana by themselves, harried parents of some had come to the airport to take them home, after waiting anxiously for the flight from Imphal to land.
Panipat native Lakshya, a first-year student of BTech, went home accompanied by his parents.
“He has not eaten anything since morning. But I am just happy that my child is back,” Lakshya’s mother said, as they wheeled their way out of the airport.
Lakshya said in the last several days situation was “not good” and “I am glad we are out of that situation”.
Arvind Pathak of Gurugram was also among the evacuees who reached Delhi along with his fellow students of the engineering college.
“Earlier, situation in Manipur was quite bad, now it is a bit better. We were all together in the campus, so we didn’t feel much fear. Our teachers also comforted us,” he said.
The situation across violence-hit Manipur is improving, with no fresh reports of any untoward incident, while curfew has been relaxed in all the 11 districts where it was clamped, officials said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday said more than 300 students from the state, who were stranded in violence-hit Manipur, were brought back in the last few days.
Sangma also said his government had on Monday arranged for a special flight on the Imphal-Shillong route to evacuate students stuck in the trouble-torn state.
Violent clashes broke out in Manipur after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the 10 hill districts on May 3 to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
The clashes took place between the tribals living in the Manipur hills and the majority Meitei community residing in the Imphal Valley. Over 23,000 people have been rescued and sheltered in military garrisons and relief camps.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 9, 2023
Hyderabad: Vision screening camp for UoH Campus School students

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Hyderabad: The University of Hyderabad Campus School recently organized a vision (eye) screening camp in association with the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad (UoH).
The two-day camp was organised under the guidance of Prof. S V S Nageswara Rao, Chairman, of the Campus School Management Committee, P Murali, Principal i/C and Teachers of the Campus School. First-year Masters Students of Optometry and Vision Sciences volunteered and organized the free eye check-up camp for 404 students of the University of Hyderabad Campus School.
Dr. Konda Nagaraju, Bindu Reddy and Meghana Mashagalla along with a team of 15 optometry masters students screened the students and provided referrals as required. Six stations were set up for comprehensive eye screening which include registration, history taking, visual acuity for distance and near, objective and subjective refraction, binocular vision screening (colour vision, HBT, cover tests), torch light examination and management, a press note informed.

The camp was useful as it could identify some students with eye-related issues that needed correction. The early diagnosis helped in proper treatment to avoid further issues.
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April 28, 2023
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Elevate your style with this comfortable pair of Shoes. Featuring a contemporary refined design with exceptional comfort, this pair is perfect to give your quintessential dressing an upgrade.
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 30.5 x 21.5 x 11.2 cm; 1 Grams
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ 14 February 2019
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Campus
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07NQTHP97
Item model number ‏ : ‎ CG-248
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
Department ‏ : ‎ Mens
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Campus, D-1,Udhyog Nagar,Main Rohtak Road, Peeragarhi Chowk, New Delhi-110041
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Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 g
Item Dimensions LxWxH ‏ : ‎ 30.5 x 21.5 x 11.2 Centimeters
Net Quantity ‏ : ‎ 2 count
Included Components ‏ : ‎ 1 pair of shoes
Generic Name ‏ : ‎ Running Shoe Sport shoe
Fit Type: Regular
Shoe Width: Medium
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April 8, 2023
Hyderabad: Historic step-wells on OU campus set for facelift

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Hyderabad: The historic step-wells at the Osmania University College of Education (OUCE) campus are all set to be given a facelift by clearing vegetation- garbage, desilting, structural restoration and beautification.
A neglected stepwell got its due attention after a University College of Education student tweeted to Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao, who directed his department to take up restoration works in coordination with the University administration.
Experts who recently revived a stepwell in Bansilalpet, which won the Big 5 Construction Impact Award in Dubai, will be taking up the restoration of this stepwell.

Hyderabad- based architect and interior designer Kalpana Ramesh, known for her efforts in restoring the stepwell at Bansilalpet, has taken up the initiative to restore the OU campus stepwell.
Restoration works of the Mah Laqa Chanda Bai stepwell at the varsity have recently been completed, and the management now plans to revive more step-wells on the campus.
The University’s vice chancellor Prof. D Ravinder and Registrar Prof. P Laxminarayana along with other university officials on Monday commenced the restoration works.
Prof. Ravinder expressed his happiness that multiple organisations were getting involved to restore the stepwell.
Over 100 students and volunteers from various organisations joined hands in cleaning the periphery of the stepwell on Monday.

About two tonnes of legacy waste was removed in and around the two step-wells on Monday by the Lions Club, St Francis College, the Clean Green team and Fenko Matt.
Talking about her plan, Kalpana Ramesh said that the restoration would have a two-pronged effect in mitigating urban flooding and meeting drinking water needs.
Kalpana further urged the students from History, Archeology, Geology, Engineering and other departments to be a part of this project which will also be documented in a book.
Principal, OUCE, Prof. Murthy, Dean, UCE, Prof. Satyanarayana, director EMRC, Prof. T. Mrunalini, professors and students were present for the event.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 4, 2023
Campus harassment: Human chain, marches as students demand IPCW principal’s resignation

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New Delhi: Students and activists hit the streets and staged demonstrations at the DU’s North Campus on Friday as anger surged over the alleged harassment of students at Indraprastha College for Women (IPCW) during a fest and “inaction” of authorities.
The students held marches at Arts Faculty and inside the IPCW campus.
Inside the college, scores of students formed a human chain showing “dissent over the shameless procedure with which the college administration has been acting and working for the past few days,” according to the Left-affiliated AISA, which is at the forefront of the protest.
The students have demanded the resignation of principal Poonam Kumria.
Some unidentified men trespassed into the college, shouted slogans and harassed women during the ‘Shruti’ festival on Tuesday.
At the Arts Faculty, several students accused the police of brutality as they were detained and filled in the police van. A police official, however, said those protesting were peacefully detained and removed from the area.
Over 200 students marched from Miranda House to Arts Faculty demanding justice to the students of IP College for Women. The students organised the “Azadi March” against repeated incidents of harassment at the campus.
“The Delhi Police showed its ugliest form by beating students and pathetically harassing women and detaining all protesters from AISA’s Azadi March at DU Arts Faculty,” the AISA, which organised the march, said in a statement.

Another student organisation, the Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS), also participated in the march.
The students held placards that read, “Lock up these lumpens, not our hostel’, ‘Then Miranda Now IP’, ‘Where are women safe-Fight for women’s safety’ and ‘Strict action must be taken against the hooligans, police and DU authorities’.
As soon as the march reached the Arts Faculty, the police beat up students and filled them up in two separate buses, AISA alleged.
“The Delhi Police, under the orders from ACP Civil Lines, Satender Yadav, unleashed a gruesome attack on the students. AISA demands immediate termination of ACP Satender Yadav, who could not provide a safe campus to IPCW students and now has harassed students himself,” the group said in the statement.
Earlier in the day, the AISA led another protest inside IPCW.
Hundreds of students gheraoed the principal’s office and demanded justice, the group said.
Holding placards, the students of the all-woman college raised slogans against Kumria.
“Around 200 students have gathered here against the incident. We are demanding action against the goons, resignation of the principal and establishment of GSCASH (gender sensitisation committee against sexual harassment),” a protesting student said.
Later in the day, AISA shared photos of women students holding hands in the IPCW campus.
“Several brave students of the IPCW have formed a human chain showing dissent over the shameless procedure with which the college administration has been acting and working for the past few days,” the AISA said.
“Amidst heavy surveillance and barricades surrounding the college campus entraping students inside, a human chain has been formed in protest of the committee formed by the college administration which includes the principal herself to look into the mishandling and misbehaviour of the female students by drunk miscreants,” the group added.
Following the incident on Tuesday, police registered an FIR under IPC sections 337 (causing hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 188 (disobedience to an order lawfully promulgated by a public servant) and arrested seven people.
An AISA activist alleged the men who trespassed the college campus were heard chanting “Miranda, IP dono hamara (Miranda House and Indraprastha College both are ours)” and “Miranda nahi chhoda to IP bhi nahi chhodenge (We didn’t leave Miranda, we won’t leave IP either)”.
The police, on their part, said there was an excess crowd near the college gate during the fest.
Around 3 pm, some overzealous students started to enter the college in a hurry. In the process, there was heavy pressure on the gates and some students fell down, they said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 31, 2023
Australia’s Deakin to set up campus in India; Will Oxford follow?

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Australia’s Deakin University has become the first foreign university to have set up its campus in India.
This is one of the two Universities (Deakin University and Wollongong University) which have high global rankings and have got clearance to establish a university campus in India.
Both are going to come up in the state of Gujarat in the Gift City.
Former cricketer Adam Gilchrist global ambassador of Wollongong University has helped in the establishment of the Universities.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that the government of India was interested in partnering with Australia to provide quality education to students which is affordable and accessible.
Pradhan stressed the point that as one of the key strategies of Australia is education, knowledge, skill development and vocational training, India, being a young nation, would like to collaborate with Australia.
The debate on allowing renowned foreign universities to set up campuses in India has been going on for a long time.
However, now that the UGC has formed draft guidelines for foreign universities in India it may not be surprising if in the days to come following Deakin and Wollongong, we may have the campuses of Oxford University in Delhi, Yale in Mumbai and National University of Singapore in Chennai.

The move made by the Australian universities must make us confident to say that the move to allow foreign universities having their campuses in India is a move clearly in the right direction as it will provide an opportunity for a large number of students to get a degree from a prestigious university while studying in the country itself.
The qualification will boost their career prospects.
Degree from these international institutions is valued much more than degrees from Indian institutions and gives the opportunity to students to strive for higher posts in companies.
The Australian universities which have established themselves here had been earlier advertising for enrolling Indian students in their Universities in Australia for many years now and have a sizeable population of Indian students studying there.
Affordability could still be a matter of concern for some because UGC is not going to decide the fee structure of foreign universities.
One must realise that studying in a foreign university is today talked in terms of lakhs, even though in India to study in universities here may still be in thousands. While giving them freedom to decide on fee structure UGC has pertinently said that it has to be “reasonable and transparent”
The advantage of multi-cultural set up and cosmopolitan environment on the campus may still be there because these universities would draw many students from neighbouring countries.
The flexibility of the courses which allows the students to choose their own course based on their interests as even some universities in India are trying out today would be another advantage. This feature adds to the employability of the student.
What is hoped for is that these universities will bring in internationally renowned scholars or faculty.
As these Universities are known to give students lot of scholarship opportunities and financial aid to meritorious students, it is also hoped that those who find the fee structure very high may attempt to get scholarships.
With these international universities will come another advantage that of access to leaders in the field of academia, government and industry as their entire alumni is virtually spread all over the world in many high-ranking positions.
The UGC has been very careful in their guidelines to stress that the foreign varsities must ensure quality of education imparted at their Indian campuses is on par with their main campus in their own country.
The fact that approval granted to foreign varsities will not be final and will be renewed depending on their meeting conditions set by UGC shows clearly that Indian government is not relinquishing its overall control.
The draft regulations for ‘Setting up and Operation of Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India’ has rightly said that the universities will have freedom to devise their own admission process.
However, the universities have been debarred from offering online or distant learning programme as it would nullify the whole purpose of setting up a campus here. The idea for a prestigious international university to set up a campus here is so that students need not travel abroad to study.
Besides giving an “international dimension” to higher education, it would enable Indian students to obtain foreign qualifications at affordable cost and make India an attractive global study destination.
The UGC guidelines are making it clear that the foreign university wanting to enter India must have secured a position within the top 500 of overall / subject-wise global rankings, clearly to stop all the run of the mill universities attempting to take entry.
It should be a reputed institution in its home.
The UGC has also stressed on the provision of full or partial need-based scholarships.
Neither has UGC insisted that the faculty and staff have to be from India. The universities shall have the autonomy to recruit faculty and staff from India and abroad as per its recruitment norms.
Interestingly UGC says that the foreign faculty appointed to teach at the Indian campus shall stay at the campus in India for a reasonable period.
One of the binding clause which UGC has rightfully put is that the Universities have to ensure that the quality of education imparted by it in its Indian campus is at par with that of the main campus in the country of origin, and that the qualifications awarded to the students in the Indian campus shall be recognised and treated as equivalent to the corresponding qualifications awarded in the main campus located in the country of origin.
So that once one gets a degree from the college for example Deakin University in Gujarat, it would mean the same thing as if one got a degree from Deakin University , Australia.
There would be no seeking equivalence from any authority.
The University according to rules shall not offer any such programme of study which “jeopardises” the national interest of India or the standards of higher education in India, the UGC has stressed.
It will also not undertake promotional activities for academic programmes in their country of origin.
To maintain quality the UGC has also asked the Universities to undergo a quality assurance audit and submit the report to the Commission at the time of an extension.
To stop any fly by night institutions it has stipulated that the foreign University will not discontinue any course or programme or close the campus without UGC’s prior approval.
Thus, the overall control would be of the government of India’s body the University Grants Commission for monitoring the working of the foreign universities and any violations made by them. It would also award penalties under law if required.
The question now remains whether besides these two Australian universities other internationally renowned universities will take up the offer and be ready to invest in India knowing full well that India produces the best of brains and has a strong academic tradition going back to the University of Nalanda, considered to be the world’s first residential University near Patna, one of greatest centres of learning in the ancient world where students from outside India also came to study ages ago.
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March 7, 2023
Video: Telangana engineering student collapses due to cardiac arrest on campus

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An 18-year-old first-year engineering student at CMR Engineering College, located in the Gundla Pochampally municipal limits, died due to cardiac arrest on Friday.
The deceased who is identified as Sachin collapsed suddenly while walking in the corridor on the campus. Though he was rushed to CMR Hospital, doctors declared him dead.
As per the details of the incident that took place in the afternoon, Sachin was along with his friends when he collapsed.
It is also reported that the student had attended the classes before the incident.
After receiving confirmation from the doctors that that he died of a cardiac arrest, his parents, who live in Suchitra, Rajasthan, were informed. Later, the college authorities handed over his body to them.
It is not the first incident, earlier too two such cases wherein young persons died of cardiac arrest in recent times. A 19-year-old boy died in the Adilabad district while dancing at a marriage function, and another young person collapsed while playing badminton and never recovered.
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March 4, 2023
Pune’s CSIR-NCL sets up sanitary pad disposal mechanism on campus

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Pune: In a bid to provide an improved work environment to its women researchers, the Pune-based CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), a premier research and development institute in the field of chemical sciences, has deployed a sanitary pad disposal mechanism on its campus.
Through this disposal system, the treated sanitary pads are recycled to create different things, including flower pots, pencils and diaries with the help of their cellulosic content, while their plastic content is separated and mixed with concrete to make paving stones, the laboratory said.
The sanitary pad disposal mechanism and vending machines have been installed with the help of Padcare, a start-up incubated at NCL’s Venture Centre.
The process started after a woman PhD student from the institute, during an interaction with Union minister Jitendra Singh last year, had flagged the lack of proper sanitary pad disposal mechanism in many institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), to which the NCL Director had said that an “inventive” solution was in the offing and would be deployed at the hostels and labs.
Replying to a query by PTI, the CSIR-NCL said it has deployed and implemented a sanitary pad disposal mechanism developed by a start-up incubated at the NCL Venture Centre, which is a smokeless and recyclable solution.
It said that some essential criteria for the choice of this method included not only usual parameters like capital investment and ease of deployment, but also convenient routine operation.
“Its use is quite intuitive, and deployment involves just the physical placement of the bin in each stall. The pickup is also simple and done by personnel of the company. The treated waste sanitary pads are separated for their cellulosic and plastic content. The cellulosic content is recycled into flower pots, pencils, and diaries. The plastic content is separated and mixed with concrete to make paving stones. Many disposal bins are installed in the washroom stalls designated for women in the institute and the hostel premises,” the institute said.
Prof Ashish Lele, Director of the CSIR-NCL, said that CSIR-NCL is happy to have set up a facility that allows easy access to and safe disposal of sanitary pads thereby enabling an improved work environment for our women researchers and enabling them to reach their full potential.

Dr Anu Raghunathan, one of the scientists involved in deploying the menstrual hygiene management system, said that based on the data acquired, the menstrual hygiene management solution implemented is quite circular.
“Sustainable menstrual practices have been adopted at the NCL and will definitely help us. Menstrual waste should not be treated like normal garbage, and installing these bins has brought a major relief to us,” Bhagyashree Likhitkar, a third year PhD Scholar, said.
Shikha Thakur, a fourth year PhD scholar, said that sanitary pad disposal bins have brought about a huge relief to the waste collectors/segregators across the NCL campus. In addition, safe and healthy disposal practices reduce the risk of infection or disease to sanitary workers.
Ajinkya Dhariya, the founder of Padcare, a Pune-based start-up for sustainable sanitary waste processing and recycling, said that the start-up has installed 12 sanitary napkin vending machines and 45 sanitary napkin disposal bins.
“On a monthly basis, our team goes to the locations to pick up the sanitary waste, thereby helping the girl students from the hostels and educational institutes. Till date, we have recovered more than 15,000 to 20,000 sanitary napkins and culled of almost 100 metric tons of carbon equivalent while impacting women’s health, hygienic privacy, and giving a hygienic environment to our waste pickers as well,” he said.
He said that besides NCL, his start-up has installed the mechanism at the city-based Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and also at Venture Centre.
He added that their sanitary disposal bins and vending machines serve one million menstruators in the country.
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February 22, 2023
Former AMU student shot at on campus, condition critical

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Aligarh: A former Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student was shot at outside a hostel on the campus, police said on Saturday.
Mohammad Faizan, who is a boarder at the Ross Masood Hall hostel, was rushed to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College hospital and his condition is stated to be critical, they said.
AMU proctor Md Waseem told PTI that Faizan was shot at on the night of February 3. “Though the motive behind the attack is still not clear, police are investigating the matter,” he added.
AMU students held a protest march on campus against the law-and-order situation. In a memorandum addressed to the vice-chancellor, they demanded that elections to various representative bodies, including the students’ union, should be held for restoration of democratic rights.
The protesting students also demanded that the university should take urgent steps against those elements who are trying to disturb the peace on campus and are “defaming the institution”.
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February 4, 2023
JNU renews contract of campus security firm despite controversies

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New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Tuesday said it has renewed the contract of Cyclops Security a firm whose staff has been accused of mishandling student protesters and committing theft on the campus.
The JNU Teachers’ Association and several student bodies have raised the demand of replacing the firm.
“This is for information of all that w.e.f. 01.02.2023 at 0700 hours new Security Service Contract with Cyclops Security will start,” the JNU administration said in a statement.
“All new Civilian Security Guards will take over the duties from Ex-Serviceman officers Security Guards. All JNU Residents are, therefore, requested to cooperate with the new security guards,” the notification added.
The administration said that security is the collective responsibility of all residents and their active cooperation with the security staff is required for a safe and secure campus.
Several incidents of theft on the campus have been reported in recent years. JNUTA too highlighted the issue of increasing incidents of theft last year in a statement.
“The Cyclops Security and Allied Services Pvt Ltd have to be held responsible for what can be described at best as their complete dereliction of duty to carry out the services they were hired for,” JNUTA had said in a statement last year in March.
Cyclops Security has been in charge of JNU’s security since the time of the previous Vice-Chancellor, M Jagadesh Kumar. However, despite multiple thefts, the security firm has not been dismissed.

Following the 2020 clashes on the campus, the security agency was accused of colluding with ABVP by allowing them to enter the premises of the University and attack staff and students.
On 5 January 2020, masked people armed with rods and sticks attacked several students and teachers and injured scores of them.
After the incident, Jagadesh Kumar had said that the administration was in the process of appointing a new security agency.
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January 31, 2023