Overview

• University officials said the committee will consult stakeholders and submit recommendations, and the library’s existing admission system will continue for now.
• JNUSU has been holding an indefinite sit-in since Friday opposing the planned facial-recognition entry, which student groups call a surveillance tool.
• Student leaders said JNUSU president Nitish Kumar and student leader Manikant were injured by glass shards during a confrontation as contractors worked on the gates.
• Administrators defended the upgrade as a security response to casteist and misogynist slurs found on campus and barred two former students alleged to be responsible.
• The project is estimated at ₹30 lakh, the acting librarian sought action over damage to library property, and student demands include scrapping the system, a 1,000-seat annexe, accessibility upgrades, expanded research resources, and the acting librarian’s resignation.