Jadavpur University Urged To Hold Meeting With Government On Vaccination Drive

All the stakeholders of Jadavpur University have urged its Executive Council (EC) to hold a tripartite meeting with the West Bengal Higher Education Department.

All the stakeholders of Jadavpur University have urged its Executive Council (EC) to hold a tripartite meeting with the West Bengal Higher Education Department regarding vaccination of students, research scholars, faculty and staff along with matters related to reopen the campus.

The EC is the highest decision-making body of the university. "Updates regarding different steps taken for the preparedness of reopening the campus be made on a regular basis to all the stakeholders," said a resolution taken at the meeting held on Tuesday.

Participants at the meeting demanded that a policy decision regarding the priority of a vaccination drive against Covid-19 be made by a committee appointed by the EC within this week. The possibility of a 'Decentralized Vaccination Drive' should be explored by the same committee, the resolution said.

The participants included Dean of Science, Prof Subenoy Chakraborty, Dean of Arts Prof Madhumita Chattopadhyay, Dean of Students Dr Rajat Roy, Registrar Dr Snehamanju Basu, besides representatives of Arts, Science and Engineering students and those of teachers' bodies JUTA and ABUTA.