Stand With Darjeeling Hill University!
Sumendra Tamang | 8 April 2024 | Collective
On September 5th, 2018, the foundation stone for Darjeeling Hills University (DHU) was laid down by the Government of West Bengal, and in 2023, the admission process was halted. New admissions were not taken because the newly established university lacked a campus, hostel, offline classes, proper infrastructure, and faculty to function. Multiple appointments for VC were made, and the faculty and infrastructure of North Bengal University were given added responsibility for DHU. Multiple promises were made but were rarely implemented. DHU currently offers six postgraduate departments, providing MA/MSc in English, Political Science, Nepali, History, Mass Communication, and Mathematics.
The students of DHU were left clueless after the university failed to provide offline classes. Suddenly, the university stopped admissions this year, leaving a batch of students in their second year. The students had nothing left but to speak out against such a state of affairs themselves. As a result, the senior passing students of DHU showed tremendous courage by speaking out against this state of affairs happening under the guise of DHU, the first university of Darjeeling…