NEW DELHI: Tweaking a paragraph on financial help in the strategic plan 2022-47, Delhi University has reintroduced its vision document for consideration by the Academic Council on Thursday.
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While the previous document had stated that “the financial support for higher education, healthcare and research has been and will continue to be cut” under the sub-heading of government funding, the new proposal promises continuation of the financial help. “Financial support for higher education, healthcare and research has been and will continue to be provided by Government of India,” it states.
During an Executive Council (EC) meeting in June, DU withdrew the draft following objections by the statutory body’s members. Two EC members, Seema Das and Rajpal Singh Pawar, had called it a clear blueprint for privatisation and contractualisation and said it laid emphasis on fee hikes and fundraising.
According to the June document, “As an educational institution, the University of Delhi faces potential decline unless it can ‘revitalise funding’ in ways that do not rely only on government funding. New partnerships with industry are essential to financial stability, and the university is well-equipped to maximise opportunities in these areas. Advancement, as communicating, relationship building and fundraising, will be important as the university develops innovative financial strategies for sustainability.”
The revised document reads, “As the cost of infrastructure and consumables is increasing, as an educational institution, the University of Delhi has to make efforts to get more funds from the government and find additional resources to revitalise itself and upgrade its infrastructure.” Like the previous document, it also holds new partnerships with industry as essential to increase financial input and stability, and advancement in communicating, relationship building and fundraising as important for DU to develop innovative financial strategies for sustainability.
Retaining the clause on raising the development fee, it adds, “Broaden the framework for raising development fee component that can effectively supplement the funding of infrastructure maintenance.” On appointing adjunct faculties, it states that the move “improves diversification in faculty by inviting adjunct faculty from other universities”.
The document is a plan for DU to achieve certain goals by 2047 by working on its challenges. “The university challenges pertain to ‘infrastructure’, building a vibrant and enduring ‘research eco-system’, making the ‘disciplines’ dynamic, and facilitating a robust teaching/learning environment,” it states.
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