Jawaharlal
Nehru University (JNU ) is a Public Central University in New Delhi, the capital of India
Young at forty two years, as universities go, what
has lent strength and energy to Jawaharlal Nehru University is the vision that
ideas are a field for adventure, experimentation and unceasing quest and
diversity of opinions its chief premise. In the early 1970s, when JNU opened
its doors to teachers and students, frontier disciplines and new perspectives
on old disciplines were brought to the Indian university system. The excellent
teacher-student ratio at 1:10, a mode of instruction which encouraged students
to explore their own creativity instead of reproducing received knowledge, and
an exclusively internal evaluation were a new experiment on the Indian academic
landscape; these have stood the test of time. The very Nehruvian objectives
embedded in the founding of the University, national integration, social
justice, secularism, the democratic way of life, international understanding
and scientific approach to the problems of society had built into it constant
and energetic endeavour to renew knowledge through self-questioning.
The once rugged terrain of the Aravali hill range,
where the 1000 -acre campus is housed is now lush green. Parts of it host dense
forests, sustaining a birdwatcher's paradise and some forms of wild life.
The JNU campus is a microcosm of the Indian nation,
drawing students from every nook and corner of the country and from every group
and stratum of society. To make sure that this is so, annual admission tests
are simultaneously held at 37 centres spread across the length and breadth of
the country, and special care is taken to draw students from the
underprivileged castes and ethic groups by reserving 22.5 per cent of seats for
them. Overseas students form some 10 percent of the annual intake. Students'
hostels and blocks of faculty residences are interspersed with one another,
underlining the vision of a large Indian family.
Even as class room teaching and, work in the
library and the laboratories have their share in the mode of instruction,
personal interaction between students and teachers and among students
themselves form an extremely important and lively medium of generation and
transmission of knowledge. Sometimes high decibel disputes about the validity
of theoretical premises or cultural substructures of a particular scientific or
economic thesis do spill over from the class and hostel rooms onto the middle
of the campus roads, at times causing traffic bottlenecks. Happily, these have
never caused a road accident! The annual Students Union elections are conducted
entirely by students. Fierce poster and cartoon wars, verbal duels and
competitive yet peaceful group meetings are a viewers' delight during the
elections. Violence is the only alien on the campus.
Vision
The bill for the establishment of Jawaharlal Nehru
University was placed in the Rajya Sabha on September 1, 1965 by the then
Education Minister, Mr M.C. Chagla. During the discussion that followed, Hon.
M.P. Mr. Bhushan Gupta voiced the opinion that this should not be yet another
university. New faculties should be created, including scientific socialism,
and one thing that this university should ensure was to keep noble ideas in
mind and provide accessibility to students from weaker sections of society. The
JNU Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on 16th November 1966 and the JNU Act came
into force on 22nd April, 1969.
The University is located, since 1976, on a campus that is spread over approximately 1000 acres of land on the Aravali range in New Delhi, which has now been turned into a green and open area though many academic buildings, hostels, and residences for faculty and staff have come up during the last forty years. Presently the University has over 7300 students, who come from all parts of the country and abroad, and from all sections of society. There are over 500 faculty members in addition to administrative staff who, along with students, live on campus, and they interact and mingle with each other irrespective of social or professional status.
The living ambience and social milieu of the campus is also reflected in an integrated, interdisciplinary approach in teaching and research. There is freedom to define and design course content or start new courses. Research themes evolve with new developments in the area and the interface between different areas of study. Everyone at the university competes with himself/herself to excel in their own field of research. JNU is academically and socially a vibrant place where all have space to express their views.
The ten Schools and four special centres of the university produce high quality research publications, books, working papers and M.Phil and Ph,D theses. The JNU alumni occupy important positions, in academics, government, private sector, and in fact in all walks of life. Recently JNU has been ranked by the NAAC as the top University in the country.
The University is located, since 1976, on a campus that is spread over approximately 1000 acres of land on the Aravali range in New Delhi, which has now been turned into a green and open area though many academic buildings, hostels, and residences for faculty and staff have come up during the last forty years. Presently the University has over 7300 students, who come from all parts of the country and abroad, and from all sections of society. There are over 500 faculty members in addition to administrative staff who, along with students, live on campus, and they interact and mingle with each other irrespective of social or professional status.
The living ambience and social milieu of the campus is also reflected in an integrated, interdisciplinary approach in teaching and research. There is freedom to define and design course content or start new courses. Research themes evolve with new developments in the area and the interface between different areas of study. Everyone at the university competes with himself/herself to excel in their own field of research. JNU is academically and socially a vibrant place where all have space to express their views.
The ten Schools and four special centres of the university produce high quality research publications, books, working papers and M.Phil and Ph,D theses. The JNU alumni occupy important positions, in academics, government, private sector, and in fact in all walks of life. Recently JNU has been ranked by the NAAC as the top University in the country.
Young at forty two years, as universities go, what
has lent strength and energy to Jawaharlal Nehru University is the vision that
ideas are a field for adventure, experimentation and unceasing quest and
diversity of opinions its chief premise. In the early 1970s, when JNU opened
its doors to teachers and students, frontier disciplines and new perspectives
on old disciplines were brought to the Indian university system. The excellent
teacher-student ratio at 1:10, a mode of instruction which encouraged students
to explore their own creativity instead of reproducing received knowledge, and
an exclusively internal evaluation were a new experiment on the Indian academic
landscape; these have stood the test of time. The very Nehruvian objectives
embedded in the founding of the University, national integration, social
justice, secularism, the democratic way of life, international understanding
and scientific approach to the problems of society had built into it constant
and energetic endeavour to renew knowledge through self-questioning.
The once rugged terrain of the Aravali hill range,
where the 1000 -acre campus is housed is now lush green. Parts of it host dense
forests, sustaining a birdwatcher's paradise and some forms of wild life.
The JNU campus is a microcosm of the Indian nation,
drawing students from every nook and corner of the country and from every group
and stratum of society. To make sure that this is so, annual admission tests
are simultaneously held at 37 centres spread across the length and breadth of
the country, and special care is taken to draw students from the
underprivileged castes and ethic groups by reserving 22.5 per cent of seats for
them. Overseas students form some 10 percent of the annual intake. Students'
hostels and blocks of faculty residences are interspersed with one another,
underlining the vision of a large Indian family.
Even as class room teaching and, work in the
library and the laboratories have their share in the mode of instruction,
personal interaction between students and teachers and among students
themselves form an extremely important and lively medium of generation and
transmission of knowledge. Sometimes high decibel disputes about the validity
of theoretical premises or cultural substructures of a particular scientific or
economic thesis do spill over from the class and hostel rooms onto the middle
of the campus roads, at times causing traffic bottlenecks. Happily, these have
never caused a road accident! The annual Students Union elections are conducted
entirely by students. Fierce poster and cartoon wars, verbal duels and competitive
yet peaceful group meetings are a viewers' delight during the elections.
Violence is the only alien on the campus.
Vision
The bill for the establishment of Jawaharlal Nehru
University was placed in the Rajya Sabha on September 1, 1965 by the then
Education Minister, Mr M.C. Chagla. During the discussion that followed, Hon.
M.P. Mr. Bhushan Gupta voiced the opinion that this should not be yet another
university. New faculties should be created, including scientific socialism,
and one thing that this university should ensure was to keep noble ideas in
mind and provide accessibility to students from weaker sections of society. The
JNU Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on 16th November 1966 and the JNU Act came
into force on 22nd April, 1969.
The University is located, since 1976, on a campus that is spread over approximately 1000 acres of land on the Aravali range in New Delhi, which has now been turned into a green and open area though many academic buildings, hostels, and residences for faculty and staff have come up during the last forty years. Presently the University has over 7300 students, who come from all parts of the country and abroad, and from all sections of society. There are over 500 faculty members in addition to administrative staff who, along with students, live on campus, and they interact and mingle with each other irrespective of social or professional status.
The living ambience and social milieu of the campus is also reflected in an integrated, interdisciplinary approach in teaching and research. There is freedom to define and design course content or start new courses. Research themes evolve with new developments in the area and the interface between different areas of study. Everyone at the university competes with himself/herself to excel in their own field of research. JNU is academically and socially a vibrant place where all have space to express their views.
The ten Schools and four special centres of the university produce high quality research publications, books, working papers and M.Phil and Ph,D theses. The JNU alumni occupy important positions, in academics, government, private sector, and in fact in all walks of life. Recently JNU has been ranked by the NAAC as the top University in the country.
The University is located, since 1976, on a campus that is spread over approximately 1000 acres of land on the Aravali range in New Delhi, which has now been turned into a green and open area though many academic buildings, hostels, and residences for faculty and staff have come up during the last forty years. Presently the University has over 7300 students, who come from all parts of the country and abroad, and from all sections of society. There are over 500 faculty members in addition to administrative staff who, along with students, live on campus, and they interact and mingle with each other irrespective of social or professional status.
The living ambience and social milieu of the campus is also reflected in an integrated, interdisciplinary approach in teaching and research. There is freedom to define and design course content or start new courses. Research themes evolve with new developments in the area and the interface between different areas of study. Everyone at the university competes with himself/herself to excel in their own field of research. JNU is academically and socially a vibrant place where all have space to express their views.
The ten Schools and four special centres of the university produce high quality research publications, books, working papers and M.Phil and Ph,D theses. The JNU alumni occupy important positions, in academics, government, private sector, and in fact in all walks of life. Recently JNU has been ranked by the NAAC as the top University in the country.
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