Puducherry CM Seeks 25% Quota For Locals In Central University
Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy submitted a memorandum to VC Jagdeep Dhankar seeking a 25% quota of seats in all courses available in Central Universities in Puducherry for the UT’s native students. Assembly Speaker R. Selvam accompanied CM Rangasamy.
Notably, the Vice President is the Chancellor of Pondicherry Central University under the provisions of the Pondicherry Central University Act 1985. Dhankar is on a three-day visit to Puducherry from Sunday to participate in functions in JIPMER and the Central University on June 17.
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As per the memorandum, the territorial government, the people of the UT, and the student community have been requesting the Pondicherry Central University for a long time for the 25% seats reservation in all courses offered by the institution for the natives of the Union Territory.
The demand was earlier raised in 1990, when the then VC of the University, A Gnanam, extended the reservation of 25% of seats after due consideration with the University’s Academic Council, and the Executive committee extended the reservation in the courses available in the university in 1997.
A reservation of 25 per cent of seats was provided for eight courses in the beginning, which subsequently increased to 18 courses.
The CM pointed out that the reservation was not extended to the courses started at the university. “This denial sowed the seeds of discontent in the minds of the youth of the UT of Puducherry”, the memorandum said.
It also mentioned that the Puducherry government adopted a resolution in the Assembly justifying the quest for providing reservation of 25% of seats in all the 64 courses in the university.
The 3-member committee recommended a uniform reservation of 25% in all courses. This recommendation was accepted and approved by the Academic Council and ratified by the Executive Committee in 2013-14.
Reservation of the Puducherry students in Cetrally supported institutes is not a new phenomenon. The NIT, Karaikal has reserved 50% of the seats for the UT. Similarly, JIPMER, Puducherry has reserved 25% of seats since 1964.
He requested the Vice President to take a compassionate view and take effective measures to reserve 25 per cent of seats in all courses offered now and in the forthcoming courses also in the university.
