JNU students, colleagues were delightfully receptive to new ideas: Jagadesh Kumar
He said it was a great honor to be at the helm of affairs of the JNU and its "transformative growth". He also thanked his team members at the university for being "incredibly dedicated".
JNU students, colleagues were delightfully receptive to new ideas: Jagadesh Kumar
University Grants Commission chairman and outgoing Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said that the students and colleagues at the varsity were ''delightfully receptive'' to new ideas and changes introduced by the administration in the functioning of the institution. While recalling his appointment as the Vice-Chancellor of JNU, he said he did not know anyone in the university when he assumed office in 2016.
"When I entered my office on 27 January 2016, I did not know anyone in the JNU. But now in 2022, my wife and I can very fondly say that we met incredible people at the JNU and enjoyed very pleasant interactions with you and your families. It was only because of this that we had a joyful stay on the campus," he said.
"Students and colleagues were delightfully receptive to many new ideas and changes that we introduced in the academic and administrative functioning of the university. I tried always to be available to all the stakeholders - students, staff and faculty members. We used to have weekly afternoons exclusively reserved for such interactions," he said.
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Jawaharlal Nehru University is very widely known for its path-breaking research in the field of Sciences and encourages students towards transformation and innovation in various sectors corresponding to different schools such as the School of Physical Sciences (SPS), the School of Life Sciences (SLS) and the Special Centre for Microbiology among others. JNU is renowned for producing members of various committees of National and International organisations.
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Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) offers a two-year full-time MBA course at the postgraduate level. It is offered by the university through the Atal Bihari Vajpayee School of Management & Entrepreneurship. JNU was ranked 2nd position in the University category by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024. Talking about JNU placements, the median package offered during JNU PG 2-year placements in 2023 stood at INR 9.5 LPA. So, yes JNU is a decent option to pursue an MBA degree.
JNU MCA admission is based on a valid Central University Entrance Test (Postgraduate) CUET-PG score. CUET PG is an all-India-level entrance exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). According to test-takers, the General Test was easy and the Domain Knowledge section was moderate to tough. Although the questions were on the expected lines and within the CUET PG syllabus but according to some students, a few questions were out of the syllabus and tricky. So, the JNU MCA entrance is not very tough but can be tricky.
Yes, JNU offers foreign languages under its BA (Hons) programmes such as Arabic, Chinese, French and German among others. JNU offers a three-year full-time BA (Hons) course in English. Candidates seeking admission must visit the official website of the University to apply for CUET-UG. Based on CUET-UG scores, JNU will release a merit list of selected candidates to appear for the CUET-UG counselling process for seat allotment.
He said it was a great honor to be at the helm of affairs of the JNU and its "transformative growth". He also thanked his team members at the university for being "incredibly dedicated".
"Opening of new Schools and Centres, starting of new academic programmes, and making the admission and administrative processes efficient could be realized only because my colleagues had the commitment and conviction to remain focused on the priorities that would enable our university to turn into one of the finest," he said. He said he received constructive feedback and suggestions from students that helped in the resolution of issues.
On Monday, Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit was appointed as the first woman Vice-Chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University with the Ministry of Education (MoE).
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Jawaharlal Nehru University has been ranked second among the top universities of India in the NIRF ranking 2025. Thus, it is a good university for BSc course aspirants. Many of the top companies also participate in its placements drive such as Adobe, Amazon, Accenture, TCS, HP, IBM, Google, etc. For the JNU placements update, Click Here.
Yes, the university offer two-year MA programme in multiple specialisations. Some of the specialisations in which the course is available are Sociology, Political Science, Economics, etc. The course carries a total of 64 credits. In addition, the course is divided into four semester and there are 16 credits each semester. Admission to this PG-level course is entrance-based.
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Jawaharlal Nehru University is one of the leading university which offers quality education to the students. It has strong academic values with campus culture, research opportunities and other outcomes offered to the students.
JNU Delhi is ranked 2 in the University category by the NIRF 2025. It has
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No, its not hard to get admisison at Jawaharlal Nehru University. The institute accepts admisison based on merit and entrance exams. The institute accepts national entrance exams like JEE Main, CUET UG, CUET PG, CAT and others. It is mandatory to qualify the eligibility criteria set by the universit
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Jawaharlal Nehru University is eminent institute which has world-class academic with vibrant campus life with lush green garden. The univerity offers organises various cultural event and tech fest to motivate students and particiapte in various activities. The overal experince is good which give mas
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No, students cannot apply offline for admission at JNU. The process of application for admission in JNU is done in online mode. For the offline process of registration, the candidate must enquire from the college administration department.
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Yes, entrance tests are accepted for selection in JNU. The selection for admission in preferred programme is based on the merit and the candidate's performance in the mentioned entrance tests:
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- CUET PG
The university also conducts JNU Entrance Examination for admission in PhD.
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Yes. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) conducts interviews for admission, depending on the courses. Students must appear for relevant entrance exam. The final seat allotemnet is done on the basis of personal interview. The interview stage serves to assess subject knowledge, research aptitude, and s
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JNU cutoff 2025 was released for the M.Tech course admission for various All India categories based on the GATE entrance examination, followed by the CCMT counselling process.
To get a seat at JNU, students have to appear for the GATE exam, attain a valid score and then participate in the CCMT couns
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Different categories require different CUET UG scores for admission. For the General AI category, the overall JNU cutoff 2025 ranged from 31.44 to 74.4 for admission to several BA (Hons) and Certificate courses. Hence, students who belong to this category need to attain a score between this range. P
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