JMI gives nod to cancellation of admission of Safoora Zargar

She was arrested in the 2020 riots case and her admission has been cancelled due to unsatisfactory progress in her thesis work. The matter was approved by the department's Board of Studies (BoS), which is the highest decision-making body of the department.

Jamia Millia Islamia's Department of Sociology has given nod to the cancellation of admission of scholar and activist Safoora Zargar. She was arrested in 2020 riots case and her admission has been cancelled due to unsatisfactory progress in her thesis work. The matter was approved by the department's Board of Studies (BoS), which is the highest decision-making body of the department.

While speaking on the same, the University official said that the notification by Dean's office in this regard will be issued in the coming days. She is enrolled with the Department of Sociology in the integrated MPhil/PhD programme.

Meanwhile, she has accused the administration for being discriminatory and "holding" grudges. Zargar and some Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student leaders have been accused of being the "masterminds" of the February 2020 violence in northeast Delhi.

"Zargar has been given multiple extensions over the years and the university has tried to help her but her performance has been unsatisfactory. Her supervisor and Research Advisory Committee (RAC) recommended the cancellation of her admission," the official said as reported by NDTV.

The recommendation of RAC was then approved by the Department Research Committee (DRC).

"The final approval has come from the Board of Studies. We are expecting notification in this regard in the coming days," the official said. On Wednesday, Zargar tweeted that her application for an extension of Mphil thesis submission has been put on hold for over eight months. "I fear that my admission will be cancelled soon. This is sheer discrimination and no official is responding. I have knocked on every possible door but to no avail," she said. 

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