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Delhi University Cancels 'Dialogue on Freedom of Expression' After ABVP Protest | The Wire Get regular DUTA updates.   

MU Students & NE organizations to hold press conference at Delhi - E-Pao Get regular DUTA updates.   

Former UGC chief bats for reservation in private sector | Deccan Chronicle Get regular DUTA updates.   

Teachers plan pay protest - The Telegraph Get regular DUTA updates.   

DU cancels interviews for PhD admissions | TOI Get regular DUTA updates.   

Two DU departments cancel interview process amid MPhil, PhD admission row | The Indian Express Get regular DUTA updates.   

Sitaram Yechury protests HECI Bill, writes to PM Narendra Modi | The Indian Express Get regular DUTA updates.   

DU Admissions: With New UGC Norms, Several MPhil, PhD Seats Go Empty | The Wire Get regular DUTA updates.   

Eminence is just a tag | The Indian Express Get regular DUTA updates.   

Havoc in DU: No SC, ST Students in M.Phil. and Ph.D. Courses Following New UGC Rules | Newsclick Get regular DUTA updates.   

Central Universities in India Are Vastly Understaffed | Newsclick Get regular DUTA updates.   

HECI DRAFT BILL 2018 – THE WAY FORWARD | For Better Universities Get regular DUTA updates.   

The Danger That Lies in Academic Bureaucrats Taking Over Our Universities | The Wire Get regular DUTA updates.   

Regarding issues pertaining teachers and Delhi University To Professor D.P. Singh The Chairman                                                                        University Grants Commission Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi-110001 July 23, 2018 Sub: Regarding issues pertaining teachers and Delhi University Dear Professor Singh, We write once again to draw your attention to some of the long pending issues and seek your intervention for their resolution. 1. Immediate Release of Second Tranche of Posts under OBC Expansion Plan: As you know, the OBC expansion was implemented in 2007 in a phased manner. Teachers welcomed this as the inclusion policy was to be strengthened by commensurate expansion of higher education in terms of infrastructure and faculty strength. However, in Delhi University only half the sanctioned posts were released to colleges. The plan for Delhi University has remained incomplete as the second tranche of teaching posts has not been rel

Pursuing MPhil/PhD while working will cost teachers their experience: UGC | DNA Get regular DUTA updates.   

Monsoon Session 2018: Md Salim takes a swipe at ’eminent’ Indians | The Live Mirror Get regular DUTA updates.   

HECI: The Tool to Dismantle India's Higher Education System | Newsclick Get regular DUTA updates.   

Jio Institute projects Rs 100 crore revenue from student fee in first year | The Indian Express   Get regular DUTA updates.   

Govt drops plan to control funding of universities after criticism from states under proposed HECI | Hindustan Times Get regular DUTA updates.   

UGC’s Graded Autonomy Scheme Chokes Academic Freedom: Know How | Newsclick Get regular DUTA updates.   

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Institute of Eminence: Ploy to Promote Corporate Cronies, Strangle Public Funded Higher Education | Newsclick Get regular DUTA updates.   

The Unwanted Makeover of India’s Higher Education | The Wire Get regular DUTA updates.   

Don’t disband UGC, CM urges PM | The Hindu Get regular DUTA updates.   

UGC's Laziness Has Led to Needless 'Institutions of Eminence' Controversies | The Wire Get regular DUTA updates.   

Commercialisation Too Slow for Government? Central Universities Urged by MHRD to Re-send MoUs | Newsclick Get regular DUTA updates.   

Tamil Nadu Opposes Higher Education Commission Bill, Says No To Scrapping UGC | NDTV Get regular DUTA updates.   

5 March UGC Notification on Roster leads to crisis in DU, teachers protest Hundreds of teachers participated in a DUTA Protest Rally and burned an effigy of the Vice Chancellor as the University fails to respond to the crisis generated by the 5 March UGC Notification on Roster. Delhi University and colleges have been following the 200 point Roster using the College/University as a unit on the basis of EC Resolution 64, 28.09.13, as per UGC guidelines of 2006. The UGC Notification of 5 March 2018 directed all universities to revise the Rosters for teaching posts treating the Department/Subject as a unit rather than the University/College. Since Departments/ Subjects are often quite small units, it has resulted in a massive reduction of ST, SC and OBC seats. Because of the opposition, the MHRD and the UGC subsequently filed SLPs against the Allahabad High Court judgment. A circular notifying this was sent by the UGC to all Universities on 20.4.2018. The matter is now subju