India, Oct. 20 -- puneletters@hindustantimes.com

Thousands of students from colleges affiliated with Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) across Pune, Ahmednagar, and Nashik are facing academic uncertainty after their Permanent Registration Numbers (PRNs) were blocked. The action affected those who couldn't complete their degrees within the stipulated time, barring them from filling exam forms, applying for admissions, or accessing results and degree certificates.

On October 12, a group of students met SPPU Pro Vice-Chancellor Parag Kalkar and submitted a memorandum demanding urgent action. They cited personal, financial, and health-related issues that had delayed their academic progress and warned that blocked PRNs could lead to irr...