Jaipur: The University of Rajasthan Thursday put on hold the admissions to its PhD programme until further notice.Convener of the Rajasthan University PhD Admission-2025 Prof S K Gupta, in a letter to all department heads and directors of centres, said, “In view of the representations received from students, the university administration has decided to keep the PhD admission interview process under RUPA-2025 on hold until further notice.”“Accordingly, all scheduled interviews and related admission activities are hereby put on hold with immediate effect. You are requested not to conduct any interview or issue any further communication in this regard until revised instructions,” the letter further mentioned.The university said that the revised schedule and further directions will be communicated separately.Student unions said that the interview list released by the university administration raised questions regarding adherence to reservation policies, the transparency of the selection process, and the potential for arbitrariness in the final selection.They argued that without making the category-wise interview list public, it is impossible to verify whether reservation rules have actually been followed.National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) national spokesperson Ramesh Bhati said, “As candidates were called for interviews from June 16, they alleged that bifurcation of reservation was not mentioned in the list. For different departments, candidates twice the number of seats available were called, but there was no way to understand if the reservation norms were being followed.”“Without making the category-wise list of interview candidates public, the possibility of favouring preferred candidates at a later stage cannot be ruled out,” Bhati added.
