Jodhpur National University Chancellor Denies Having any Center out of state

Indian education system, having so many of it, enjoys its intimacy with flaws. One after the other, it keeps embracing the blemishes. The dissolution of dissolution of Distance Education Council (DEC) of Indra Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), few public notices from the University Grants Commission (UGC) and sale-purchase of certificate/ degree are some of the examples. Recently, an institution in the national capital region of Delhi was found making claims of being JNU (Jodhpur National University) study center. This was something for the astonishment of all, as the JNU chancellor Kamal Mehta denies from having any of the university operations based outside the Jodhpur city.

A chartered accountant by profession, Mr. Mehta said in his statement, “JNU has been working in the city of Jodhpur to promote educational enrichment in the youth belonging to the sun-city, since its inception. We don’t have any study/ examination center outside the city.”

He further remarked about the university’s plans to achieve global status by taking one step forward at a time. “For the time being, we have kept all our focus on empowering young brains from Jodhpur with excellent form of education, without wandering between places. We have the aim of distributing knowledge all across the globe, crossing all bounds, but for now, we have total focus on creating a niche place of our own within the sun-city only,” Mehta maintained.

In his reply to the question whether there is any study/ examination/ admission center of the university in other state india , the chancellor said, “JNU does not have any center in other state or anywhere else in India, except Jodhpur. We don’t authorize an institution outside the sun-city for taking admission or to conduct classes. Ours is a limited range wherein we want perfection in our system. Unless, we have reached that goal, we don’t want to expand or enlarge our circle.”

From chancellor’s statements it is clear that the university does not have any center in India or even in Rajasthan, apart from Jodhpur city. If any institution is making such claims of being the center of Jodhpur National University, it would be deemed as invalid. The university chancellor refused from having any association with a center in the national capital territory of Delhi.