A day after greater than 60 college students gathered exterior the College Grants Fee (UGC) headquarters at ITO, dozens of Delhi College (DU) gathered close to Arts College in North Campus on Wednesday, in demand of “full rollback of the UGC Fairness Laws”.
The scholars additionally submitted a memorandum to the DU Proctor’s workplace, stating, “We, the involved stakeholders, demand rapid rollback of the unjustified UGC (Promotion of Fairness in Greater Schooling Establishments) Laws, 2026, that are biased and divisive along with being shrouded in ambiguity, adorned with loopholes and adorned with vagueness.”
A PhD pupil current on the protest, Aman Sharma, stated that the rules will “irritate the prevailing variations as a substitute of sensitisation”.
Alokit Tripathi, one other PhD pupil, stated, “We wish DU, as one of many largest central college within the nation, to be aware of our memorandum as nicely and help the entire roll again of the rules to keep away from an atmosphere of unrest and anxiousness that’s certain to observe the implementation of the rules. Now we have additionally knowledgeable the college authorities that we’ll go on an indefinite strike if we don’t get a response from the involved authorities by 2pm on Saturday (January 31).”
DU proctor, Manoj Kumar Singh, stated, “Now we have obtained the memorandum. There might be discussions on the identical sooner or later.” He added that the dialogue on the matter might be taken up with UGC.
The rules had been notified by UGC on January 13, 2026. Below the brand new framework, universities, faculties and deemed-to-be universities should set up an Equal Alternative Centre with an “Fairness Committee” to deal with discrimination complaints and promote inclusion. The rules purpose to eradicate discrimination based mostly on faith, race, caste, gender, hometown and incapacity. The committee, chaired by the top of the respective establishment, will inquire into complaints, suggest corrective motion, defend complainants, apart from operating a 24×7 fairness helpline and an internet reporting system.
