India, Oct. 30 -- Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) decided on October 30 to provide another opportunity to those students whose academic registration numbers (PRNs) were previously blocked after exceeding the time limit for degree completion. The decision, taken in the university's Management Council meeting held on Wednesday, will benefit more than 97,000 students from affiliated colleges across Pune, Ahmednagar, and Nashik districts.

Over the past few months, students whose PRNs were blocked, had been consistently demanding that the university allow them to appear for pending examinations. Many of them had even met the VC to request an extension. Following deliberations in the Academic Council and the Board of Examination meetin...