DU V-C Dinesh Singh finally meets DUSU leaders
The meeting was held on the insistence of the VC, who had spearheaded DU's controversial FYUP, recently invited four office-bearers of DUSU to meet him.
Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Dinesh Singh, who has not met students and teachers on Monday since the FYUP row cropped up, finally met the office bearers of ABVPled Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) on Monday and discussed the issues concerning students, including the hostel crunch.
The meeting was held on the insistence of the VC, who had spearheaded DU's controversial FYUP, recently invited four office-bearers of DUSU to meet him. While this can be seen as Singh's attempt at bridging the gap between the VC office and DUSU, the student leaders, who attended the meeting, said that nothing concrete came out of the meeting.
Last week, the VC had made his first public appearance since FYUP rollback when he attended a function of Department of Sanskrit.
"The VC called us for a meeting and we were looking forward to discuss issues with him. We told him about all the issues facing us but there was no assurance from his side on anything. He listened to us and only said he will think about it," said Mohit Nagar, the president of newly-elected DUSU.
While the contentious issue of post-FYUP reforms was largely left untouched, DUSU leaders did ask the VC to look into the issue of getting AICTE approval for the BTech courses, which were started under FYUP and granted permission to continue only for the 2013-2014 batches.
The meeting was attended by Pravesh Malik (vice-president), Kanika Shekhawat (secretary) and Ashutosh Mathur (joint secretary). The ABVP had swept DUSU polls earlier this month by winning all four posts.
The major issues that were discussed in the meeting included women safety on the campus and opening up of new campuses. "We told him about hostel crunch and requested him to open more hostels. Another important issue that was discussed was the need to start new colleges," said Nagar.
DUSU on Monday opened its office with the four ABVP leaders officially taking over their posts. DUSU has put up a 'suggestion box' at their office where students can anonymously drop their complaints and suggestions. "We will document our daily activities and maintain a record of how many students come to them with problems and how many days it took the union to solve the issues," said Nagar.