AUD students are protesting new barricades and an additional gate at the Kashmere Gate campus in Delhi, where Dr BR Ambedkar University Delhi and Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women share premises. The two universities have agreed that the gate will remain open from 8am to 8pm, allowing student movement during the day while retaining security arrangements at night.
IGDTUW approached the Delhi government seeking approval for the gate, citing the safety of women students during nighttime hours. AUD opposed what it described as a unilateral installation in an October 3 letter, stating that any decision should follow the Delhi government’s 2009 allocation of space for the shared campus.
AUD said the proposed gate could obstruct faculty and students from reaching classrooms, playgrounds and the auditorium. Students affiliated with the ABVP and SFI were also protesting near the site, saying the gate could restrict access to IGDTUW’s playground. Iron railings were being installed near the proposed gate when Times of India visited the campus.
The dispute comes amid wider access restrictions at AUD. Multiple layers of barricading have been placed around the campus, including iron gates near the vice-chancellor’s office, which has been designated a no-protest zone. The main entrance leading towards the administrative block has remained closed for more than a year, according to the report.
Students said they are being funnelled along a narrow pavement to reach classrooms and have lost access to lawns and other open sitting areas. The administrative block, which includes the canteen, is separated from parts of the campus. Students have also been protesting for 11 days outside a gate near the Dara Shikoh Museum, demanding better infrastructure.
The restrictions followed student protests in 2025 after disciplinary action linked to an alleged suicide attempt at AUD’s Karampura campus. AUD said there was no restriction on students accessing the administrative blocks and described the arrangements near the vice-chancellor’s office as necessary for administrative and security purposes. The university also said it had responded positively to students’ permissible and legitimate demands.
The shared campus has housed both Delhi government universities for nearly two decades, making the dispute a question of how common spaces, circulation routes and security infrastructure are managed between institutions. For now, the agreed 8am-to-8pm operating schedule is the immediate arrangement for the new gate, while the broader disagreement over access, barricading and the campus’s 2009 space allocation remains unresolved.
