kolkata three teachers associations of jadavpur university in a joint letter to vicechancellor prof suranjan das have voiced concern over series of incidents in the varsity over the delayed publication of results and the delay in admission of students in the current academic sessionthe jadavpur university teachers association juta all bengal university teachers association ju chapter and west bengal college and university teachers association in a joint letter to das said any attempt of confinement of association members or any harassment of teachers should be firmly dealt with zero toleranceteachers of the university have put their best efforts for the publication of results in the best interest of students even during the pandemic period but they will not discharge any further duty under pressure in future in the recent past many teacher members who attended meetings of academic bodies were confined in such meeting till late into the night in this backdrop we urge the administration to ensure and limit the duration of meetings to a durable span of time the letter saidwe strongly believe in academic autonomy and internal democracy and we strongly feel that the democratic right of a section cannot curb the democratic right of others any problem within the university framework should be solved in the spirit of deliberation and discussion the letter saidthe teacher bodies asked the varsity authorities to take necessary action in consultation with respective faculty councils and examination committee to hold the exams which could not take place in the scheduled time due to the pandemic crisis and felt the claims and objections raised by students need to be redressed within a stipulated time so that their recurring impact can be avoidedabout the exam procedure the three teachers bodies said all confidential data about examination must be kept in the custody of controller of examinations and any third party who may be assigned by the university to develop softwaredata analysis must work under the supervision of the controller of exams appropriate mechanism for better coordination between the jums team and the controller of exams have to be in place for quick and errorfree result publicationobserving the democratic functions of all statutory academic bodies is the need of the hour the three teacher bodies representing all the teachers of the university said we feel any kind of dilution in evaluation of students and result publication will affect the academic reputation of the universitythe organisations said the absence of new university statute which is due since 2013 has made the university system more centralized and less democratic which is also one of the contributing factor behind the present situationwe feel the delay in holding exams and the publication of faulty results is largely due to the non functional state of affairs in the examination section of the university the teachers bodies saidthe letter was signed by juta spokesman partha pratim roy goutam maity from abuta and rajyeswar sinha from wbcutaon december 29 the dean of faculty of engineering and technology jadavpur university amitava datta