Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Jadavpur University Tightens Attendance Rules, Cites Work Culture
Jadavpur University has reminded employees to follow fixed office hours.
They must arrive by 10:15am and stay until 5:30pm.
Arriving after 10:15am counts as being late.
Arriving after 10:45am can lead to being marked absent in red ink.
Employees also need permission to leave before the office closes.
Acting registrar Debajit Datta said the rules should help restore a regular work culture.
The university also sent three years of executive council records to the higher education department.
A teachers’ organization wants the department to examine decisions it says may have been illegal.
Officers and non-teaching staff must work from 10:15am to 5:30pm.
Employees arriving after 10:15am will be marked late, while those after 10:45am will be marked absent in red ink.
Employees cannot leave before closing time without permission from the relevant officer, director or head of department.
Acting registrar Debajit Datta said the rules were reiterated after he found many employees were not following office hours.
The Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh has urged a review of executive council decisions from the previous three years.
- Who
- Jadavpur University officers and non-teaching staff, acting registrar Debajit Datta, and the Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh.
- What
- The university tightened enforcement of attendance and office-hour rules and submitted three years of executive council records to the higher education department.
- When
- The notification was issued on Thursday; Datta became acting registrar on September 9.
- Where
- Jadavpur University.
- Why
- Datta said the rules were reiterated after finding that many employees were not following office hours; the Mahasangh separately sought a review of earlier decisions.
University administration
Teachers’ organization
Attendance enforcement
University administration
The administration says strict adherence is needed to restore work culture after observing that many employees were not following office hours.
Teachers’ organization
The Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh is not directly quoted on the attendance rules, but has raised broader concerns about decisions made under the previous administration.
Earlier executive council decisions
University administration
Jadavpur University sent the higher education department records of executive council meetings from the past three years after a departmental request.
Teachers’ organization
The Mahasangh says many previous decisions were illegal and wants the higher education department to review them.
Acting registrar’s appointment
University administration
The higher education department appointed Debajit Datta as acting registrar after objections to extending Selim Box Mandal’s tenure beyond six months.
Teachers’ organization
The Mahasangh had objected to the extension of Mandal’s tenure, while the article says its unit characterized earlier decisions as influenced by Left-leaning teachers.
- Office hours
- 10:15am to 5:30pm
- Late attendance
- Reporting after 10:15am will be marked late.
- Absence threshold
- Reporting after 10:45am will be marked absent in red ink.
- Early departure
- Employees need permission to leave before closing hours.
- Acting registrar
- Debajit Datta, an associate professor in the history department.
- Records submitted
- Minutes and resolutions from executive council meetings over the past three years.
- Review demand
- The Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh wants earlier decisions reviewed.