{
  "id": 1307355,
  "title": "JNU Vice-Chancellor terms allegations of irregularities in recruitment a ‘malicious campaign’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/jnu-vice-chancellor-terms-allegations-of-irregularities-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T16:40:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/jnu-vice-chancellor-terms-allegations-of-irregularities-in-recruitment-a-malicious-campaign/article71353126.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jawaharlal Nehru University's Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit dismissed allegations of irregularities in the university's recruitment process as a \"malicious campaign\" on Sunday, August 16, 2026. She claimed that despite transparent record recruitments, especially of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes, she has been targeted by a vicious campaign by JNU Students Union and JNU Teachers’ Association. The unions demanded her resignation on Thursday, alleging arbitrary appointments, promotions, and housing allotments based on personal or political-ideological affiliations rather than merit. The university refuted these claims, stating that since February 2022, they had conducted over 400 interviews and filled over 200 positions, with nearly 70% belonging to reserved and marginalized categories, and no complaints have been received from candidates.",
  "summary": "Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit says there is no evidence. JNU administration says disgruntled left-leaning JNUTA figures are behind the 'political campaign’ to embarrass the varsity and the Centre, in the wake of defeats in the Delhi HC involving two ‘urban Naxal’ cases",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}