The JNU Staff Association is a recognized association and it was established in 1972. As per its constitution, the office bearers and EC members are elected by the members of JNU Staff Association. Dr B.K. Roy and Shri Jagdish Lal have been the first President and General Secretary of JNU Staff Association in 1972-73. Dr P.C. Kesavan, Shri Bhawani Dutt, Shri P.K. Ghosh, Shri S.K. Madanpotra, Shri Inderaj Singh, Shri Balwant Singh Negi, Shri Amar Singh Rawat, Shri Chiranji Lal, late Shri Bhagat Singh Negi, Shri Devender Tiwari, Shri Gufran Khan, Shri Vijay Kumar, Shri Basant Yadav and Shri Tek Chand have been the Presidents of this Association. Likewise, Dr Kirshan Gopal, Shri J.S. Baweja, Shri Devi Sahai, Shri Prakash Singh Chahar, Shri Victor Voiz, Shri K.N. Joshi, Shri Radhey Shyam Sharma, Dr P.N. Jha, Shri R. S. Bhartwal, Shri Jagdish Vidyarthi, Shri Ajay Kumar and Shri Amar Singh Yadav have been the General Secretaries of this Association. Shri Avais Ahmad, ex Registrar of the University, was also been the President of this Association in 1984.
As per the notification dt: 30th April 2026, Elected Office Bearers are:
1. STAFF ASSOCIATION: 18 posts (07 Office Bearers, 10 JNUSA Executive Committee Members) and 01 JNU EC Member
| President Shri Vinod Singh |
General Secretary Shri Krishan Dev |
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Vice-Presidents-I Vice-Presidents-II |
Joint Secretary-I Joint Secretary-II |
| Treasurer Shri Uttam Singh |
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| JNU EC Member Shri Amar Singh Yadav |
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| JNU Staff Association EC Members (10 Post) Shri Gajendra Sah, Shri Om Prakash, Shri Manjeet Sharma, Shri Satyawan, Shri Kanhaiya Lal Bairwa, Shri Om Prakash II, Ms Pragati, Shri Murari Lal Meena, Shri Praveen Kumar Singh, Shri Sumit |
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2. STAFF ASSOCIATION CULTURAL CLUB: 5 posts
| President Shri Khushal Singh |
General Secretary Shri Ganesh Chand Joshi |
| Vice-President Shri Rohit Thakur |
Joint Secretary Shri Ajay Kumar |
| Treasurer Shri Narendra Kanwar |
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The Office of the Association is located on the ground floor of the School of Computer & System Sciences' building (adjacent to JNU SC/ST Employees Association's office). The telephone number of the Association's office is 011-26704631 and email address is: jnusa[at]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in. It has a mail/suggestion box, fixed in front of the office and a notice board for display of notices, etc. All JNU community, associations of other Universities and academic institutions are welcomed to JNU Staff Association's office. The JNUSA is also affiliated with the national bodies representing the Universities and Colleges like All India Universities Employees Association/Confederation.
With full cooperation of its staff members, the JNU Staff Association has been working for the welfare of its employees as well as for the University's prosperity and development since its inception.