Students of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow, who are running a virtual campaign against their offline semester exams beginning December 28, have got support from the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI).
Students at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow, who are leading a virtual campaign against their offline semester exams from December 28, have received support from the National Union of Indian Students (NSUI).
Shauryaveer Singh, national secretary of NSUI, the student wing of the Congress party, said in a tweet on Tuesday: “The government cannot suppress the voices of AKTU students demanding online exams. Until their demands are not met, we will continue to support them. “
The students decided to step up their virtual event on Thursday, December 16 on convocation day using the hashtag for the AKTU online exam.
“Governor Anandiben Patel, who is our chancellor, will be there to hand over her diplomas. We hope she will take note of our plea,” said a student.
Some students say they even prepared an invitation asking students to participate in the protest on social media to force the university administration to cancel offline exams and keep them in online mode, which is safer. given the ongoing pandemic.
The students also claimed that only a few months ago the AKTU held online exams. They alleged that in the wake of Omicron and the growing number of Covid cases, AKTU’s decision to hold an offline review was unfortunate.
“Sir #AKTU students are asking for online review. Now that the cases are increasing, I ask you to please step in and help the students and provide them with an online option for the four lakh students,” one reads. tweet from a student.
The students even quoted the Dec. 6 tweet from Chief Minister MP Shivraj Singh Chauhan in which he said that the exam at Rajiv Gandhi University of Technology would be held online for the convenience of the students.
“If the Madhya Pradesh government can organize online exams to protect students, why can’t other state governments? We need to protect our students, ”Anubha Shrivastava Sahai said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, the 19th convocation of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University will be held on Thursday under the chairmanship of the Governor and Chancellor of Anandiben Patel University.
Padma Shri Prof SG Dhande will be the main guest and receive an honorary degree from DSC. Also, diplomas will be awarded to 53,226 students in the service. At the same time, gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to 92 deserving students.
For the first time, medals will be awarded in postgraduate courses. The 92 medals include 1 Chancellor’s Gold Medal, 1 Smt. Kamal Rani Commemorative Medal, 16 gold, 17 silver, 18 bronze in undergraduate courses; 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in master’s courses. In addition, there are 12 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze in government institutes and 5 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in master’s courses.
Rashi Mathur from the Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur, will receive the Chancellor’s Gold Medal.
Also, Smt. The Kamal Rani Memorial Medal will be presented to Seelu Gautam, a student at the SR Institute of Management and Technology, Lucknow.
When convened, 91 academics will be awarded a doctorate. A DSC Diploma will also be awarded to Dr Saurabh Gupta, Co-Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
On this occasion, the Principal Secretary for Technical Education, Amrit Abhijat and the Secretary for Technical Education, Alok Kumar, will be present, said Asheesh Misra, Media Officer, AKTU, Lucknow.
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