New Delhi

Two days after the Staff Association of Dyal Singh Evening College called for a protest against the proposed renaming of the institution, its principal has written to the University of Delhi vice-chancellor seeking directions to convene a staff council meeting, it is learnt.

According to the letter accessed by PTI, the communication was sent on Friday requesting guidance on whether a Staff Council meeting could be held on the issue of changing the college’s name.

In December 2025, Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh announced that the evening college would be renamed after Banda Singh Bahadur. The institution is currently named after Dyal Singh Majithia.

The letter, signed by principal Bhawna Pandey and Staff Council secretary Jnanendra Narayan Singh, said the Staff Association had repeatedly submitted representations seeking a meeting to discuss the governing body’s resolution on the name change.

It also referred to the one-day dharna organised on Thursday, noting that the protest had received support from members of the Academic Council, Executive Council and the Delhi University Teachers' Association.

Staff Association president Mithilesh Kumar Singh said the principal had assured protesters that a meeting would be called on April 28, a day before the Executive Council meeting. However, he said no such meeting had been scheduled yet.

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The protest was organised amid concerns that the renaming proposal could be taken up in the upcoming Executive Council meeting. However, the Delhi University registrar told PTI that the matter would not be discussed in the current meeting.