Friday was a shocking day for the students of Indraprastha University’s Vivekanada Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS) when a new notice from the college authorities asked them not to wear sleeveless dresses and short trousers on the campus, sources said.
The notice was put up on March 17 on the notice board of Journalism Department at VIPS, was carted off early in the morning on Friday.
There are about 800 journalism students and nearly 3,600 students at the institute. “Short pants and dresses are barred on the campus except during social functions. Wearing sleeveless dresses, transparent see-through or low neckline dresses are banned. Public display of affection, hugging or holding female/male students and any kind of unhealthy behaviour or exhibition of affection is strictly prohibited in the campus,” the notice said.
Drawing attention to that the notice that it does not have any signature, Director of Journalism Department Charulata Singh said she had not issued any such notice.
“There is no official communication from my end. The notice does not bear my signature, which is a must. We are looking into the matter and finding out how did it come up on the notice board,” Singh told MAIL TODAY.
But, as per the sources said, the notice board is locked and keys are always with Singh and therefore it is not possible for anyone but her to put up anything on the board.
“It is not an open notice board. Nobody else can go and paste something on it. She has the keys and only with her permission can someone paste anything on the board,” a source said.