Jamia Millia Islamia cancels Safoora Zargar's admission due to unsatisfactory progress in her thesis

Zargar, was earlier arrested in a 2020 riots case and was enrolled with Department of Sociology in the integrated MPhil and PhD course. While speaking on the same, Zargar said the cancellation breaks my heart but not my spirit.

Jamia Millia Islamia cancels Safoora Zargar's admission due to unsatisfactory progress in her thesis

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University has announced that it has cancelled the admission of scholar and activist Safoora Zargar due to unsatisfactory progress in her thesis work. Zargar, was earlier arrested in a 2020 riots case and was enrolled with Department of Sociology in the integrated MPhil and PhD course. While speaking on the same, Zargar said the cancellation breaks my heart but not my spirit.

Earlier, on August 26, the office of the dean, the Faculty of Social Science, said "she did not submit her M.Phil dissertation within the maximum stipulated time of five semesters. The registration of Safoora Zargar from M.Phil. and PhD(Sociology)stands cancelled w.e.f. 22 August 2022, in anticipation of the approval of the same of the Faculty Committee."

The dean's office also mentioned that the action has been taken after the recommendation given by the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) on July 5. On August 22, the matter was approved by the department's Board of Studies, the highest decision-making body of the department.

"On the recommendation of the RAC, dated July 5, the DRC (Department Research Committee) dated August 22, and the supervisor's report, the Board of Studies approved the cancellation of admission of Safoora Zargar, M.Phil./Ph.D Scholar, registered under Prof. Kulwinder Kaur," the notification further read.

The administration further claimed that her performance has been marked as unsatisfactory by her supervisor in the progress report and she has not applied for an extension as a ‘woman scholar’ before the expiry of the stipulated maximum period. "The scholar did not submit her M.Phil dissertation within the maximum stipulated time of five semesters plus on an additional semester of Covid extension (sixth semester), that was also given to her, which ended on February 6," the notification mentioned. 

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