NEW DELHI: The North Campus of Delhi University (DU) will be converted into a closed area like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). DU vice-chancellor Yogesh Tyagi informed the executive council (EC) meeting on Saturday that the varsity is in contact with the government agencies and departments to convert the campus into a closed one within a year.
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The two-day EC meeting, which ended on Saturday evening, however, witnessed several hours of deadlock over the Institute of Eminence (IoE) issue, forcing the varsity administration to defer the proposal.
The executive council announced that there is an attempt to convert the north campus into a closed campus “to maintain its culture.”
“We have always demanded that the campus should be closed as we want DU to have a character of its own just like JNU and other varsities in the country. The closed campus will also help authorities improve the security on the varsity premises,” said EC member Rajesh Jha.
The EC also passed a resolution to not let the 39-storey building be built in the campus near the Vishwavidyalaya metro station. The council has informed that the DU administration will approach the vice-president of India, who is the chancellor of the university, and the Delhi lieutenant governor to intervene in this matter.
