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Education Ministry Seeks Explanation From JNU Vice-Chancellor for Skipping Central Universities Conference

The education department sent a formal letter after Pandit skipped the Kevadia gathering marking NEP 2020’s five-year milestone; it has not yet received her justification.

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Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, Vice Chancellor, JNU
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Overview

  • The Ministry of Education has asked JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit for a written explanation of her unapproved absence from the July 10–11 Vice-Chancellors’ Conference in Kevadia, Gujarat.
  • Pandit missed both days of the event despite an acknowledged overlap with JNU’s Indian Knowledge Systems conference and had been expected to join on the second day.
  • Officials said her absence was taken seriously because her insights on NEP 2020 implementation and higher education governance were missed.
  • A senior department official confirmed Pandit was the only vice-chancellor to receive such a notice this year, reflecting past practices of issuing reminders to absent university heads.
  • There has been no response to calls, messages, emails or the ministry’s formal letter, leaving the department awaiting her reasons for skipping the conference.