Editing Jadavpur University (section)

==Controversies and Criticism==

===2014 Jadavpur University Protests===
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[[File:Students Rally against Vice Chancellor - Jadavpur University - Kolkata 2015-01-08 2457.JPG|thumb|Students rally against the vice-chancellor during the [[2014 Jadavpur University protests]]]]
In 2014 a series of protests broke out in response to the alleged molestation of a female student and beating of a male student by 10 other students on 28 August 2014. Her family and ultimately the student body were unsatisfied by the response of the [[Vice Chancellor]] to the allegations. Protests began on 10 September.<ref name = "BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29307120|title=Jadavpur University boycott to continue despite inquiry|publisher=BBC News|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-date=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922202027/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29307120|url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 September students [[gherao]]ed several officials in their offices, demanding that the Vice Chancellor make a statement on the status of a fair probe. Police were summoned, and later that night the police allegedly attacked and beat the student demonstrators. 30 to 40 students were injured; some had to be hospitalized. Reaction was nationwide, with supportive protests at multiple other cities including [[New Delhi]], [[Hyderabad]] and [[Bangalore]]. On 20 September, Governor [[Keshari Nath Tripathi]], who is also the chancellor of the university, met with student representatives and promised to conduct an impartial inquiry.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/30000-march-in-rain-to-seek-Jadavpur-VCs-scalp/articleshow/43033605.cms|title=30,000 march in rain to seek Jadavpur VC's scalp|date=21 September 2014|work=The Times of India|access-date=22 September 2014|archive-date=23 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923080753/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/30000-march-in-rain-to-seek-Jadavpur-VCs-scalp/articleshow/43033605.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> However, students said they will continue to boycott classes until the Vice Chancellor resigns.<ref name = "BBC" />

On 26 September, a State Government inquiry panel submitted its report, confirming that the female student had indeed been sexually abused on 28 August 2014.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/2-Jadavpur-University-students-held-after-govt-panel-finds-molest-evidence/articleshow/43565358.cms|title=2 Jadavpur University students held after govt panel finds molest evidence|work=The Times of India|access-date=26 September 2014|archive-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927181701/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/2-Jadavpur-University-students-held-after-govt-panel-finds-molest-evidence/articleshow/43565358.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> On 26 September, police summoned two Jadavpur University students to come to the Lalbazar Police HQ for questioning at 4 pm on Friday. They were arrested at 6 pm. "The arrests were made after evidence was found, prima facie, against the duo. Further investigation is on," said joint CP-crime Pallab Kanti Ghosh.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> Mr Ghosh also stated, "(Two names) were arrested because we had enough evidence to prove that they were present at the spot and had carried out the crime as alleged in the victim's complaint."<ref name="telegraphindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140927/jsp/frontpage/story_18878106.jsp#.VCXtL2eSy-Y|title=Molest cuffs on two JU students|work=The Telegraph|access-date=26 September 2014|archive-date=27 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927001215/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140927/jsp/frontpage/story_18878106.jsp#.VCXtL2eSy-Y|url-status=dead}}</ref> The duo were booked under Sections of 354 (assault or use of criminal force on a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty), 342 (wrongful confinement), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 114 (abettor present when offence is committed) of the IPC.<ref name="telegraphindia.com"/>

===2018 Scrapping Entrance Tests===
JU got embroiled in controversy on 4 July 2018, when the executive council announced its decision to scrap entrance tests for six humanities subjects which was met with protests from the Jadavpur University Teacher's Association and the student unions along with other academics and university students due speculations that state education ministry had influenced this decision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/jadavpur-university-v-c-fails-to-cut-ice-with-students-on-day-4-of-hunger-strike-girl-taken-ill-1806455.html|title=Jadavpur University V–C Fails to Cut Ice With Students on Day 4 of Hunger Strike, Girl Taken to Hospital|date=9 July 2018|website=News18|access-date=19 July 2018|archive-date=19 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719173359/https://www.news18.com/news/india/jadavpur-university-v-c-fails-to-cut-ice-with-students-on-day-4-of-hunger-strike-girl-taken-ill-1806455.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2023 ragging allegations===
In August 2023, Swapnadeep Kundu, a 17 year old freshman student studying an Honours course in Bengali fell from the balcony of the second floor of the Jadavpur University Hostel – either by suicide or by murder – after intense ragging. The Kolkata Police arrested several students and alumni who were suspected to have been involved.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/ju-fresher-death-ex-student-arrested-charged-with-murder/articleshow/102663748.cms|title=Fresher Death Ex-student Arrested|website=The Times of India|access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> The incident left a deep impact on the general public, leading to an outcry. Media attention was also given to the need for strengthening security measures within the university, a suggestion that was vehemently opposed by certain sections of Jadavpur University's political circles. [[Chief Minister]] Mamata Banerjee, directed the Higher Education Committee of West Bengal to form a team to investigate the incident. As the student happened to be a minor, the incident was also taken up by the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR). Amidst the investigation, Jadavpur University students protested against ragging.