The new admission norms impose limits on the number of scholars each teacher can guide for MPhil and PhD courses. Teachers and students have said the UGC notification was adopted by manipulating the minutes of academic council meetings. Sangharsh Rahul Telang, a second-year political science student who joined the sit-in today, said: "Eighty of us will graduate this year. Such a norm imposed on a research university like JNU will ruin my career." Registrar Pramod Kumar, who was prevented from entering his office, said: "The administration cannot bargain over a seat cut.

Source: The Telegraph February 10, 2017 22:01 UTC