JU engineering faculty council for 90 pc home students in

The Faculty Council of engineering and technology departments of the Jadavpur University Wednesday adopted a resolution for implementing a domicile policy which will keep 90 per cent BE course seats in general category reserved for students of the home state.

After 13 of the 16 departments voiced opinion in favour of such a move, it was decided that the resolution would be forwarded to the Executive Council, the highest decision making body of the university, Dean of Engineering Chiranjib Bhattacharya said.

If a domicile policy as adopted in the resolution comes into effect, 90 per cent of the BE course general category seats in the 16 engineering and technology departments would be reserved for 'home students' - those having passed their Plus-II exams from West Bengal.

"Most of the faculty council meeting participants felt that since JU is a state university, students from the state should get priority," he said.

"While 13 departments of the engineering and technology .