DU 4th list: 42 bag BCom(H) seats in Hans Raj

NEW DELHI: The fourth cutoff came as a relief to those eyeing a seat in Hans Raj College. The college witnessed a rush of students seeking admission to BCom(H) on Monday, the first day of admissions after the fourth list came out. As many as 42 students bagged seats in the college. Meanwhile, 32 students withdrew admission from Hindu College.

Under the fourth list, the percentage of BCom(H) has dipped by 0.25%. With the 42 new admissions, Hans Raj now has 109 students in the course, exceeding the number of seats. The college has 105 seats for BCom(H) in the general category.

Movements among campus colleges have started with the beginning of fourth cutoff admissions. And the first indication came from Hans Raj College which is keeping the admissions open for the popular BCom (H) course.

"We couldn't fill up all the seats in BCom (H) at 95.75%. So we brought down the cutoff by 0.25% in the fourth list. And, on the first day itself, all general seats were filled. There are three more days left for admissions. We hope to the close the admissions for the course in the fourth list," said principal, Hans Raj College, V K Kwatra.

Hindu College, which closed admissions to BCom (H) after admitting 68 general candidates against 32-odd seats, witnessed 15 withdrawals from the course on Monday. The exodus can be seen as a result of Hans Raj College bringing its cutoff on par with Hindu at 95.50%.

"We had 15 cancellations in BCom (H) on Monday, though a few students from the OBC category got admitted. There have been a few more withdrawals in other courses too, which is expected, as engineering and medical counselling is on. In fact, by the end of the third list admissions we had admitted more than 250 extra candidates, as we expected withdrawals," said the media coordinator of Hindu College, Anju Srivastava. According to admission officials, Hindu College witnessed around 32 withdrawals on Monday.

Kirori Mal College too had a dozen withdrawals, including six from BCom (H). The college has admitted just 27 candidates in the general category and the course is expected to remain open even in the fifth cutoff list. "As compared to the first list we have decreased the BCom cutoff by 2% in the fourth list, yet there are comparatively less takers. So probably the course will remain open even in the penultimate list," said the principal of KMC, Bhim Sen Singh.

DU Fourth Cut-Off List May Have Little to Offer

New Delhi: With the fourth cutoff list of Delhi University to get declared on July 2, it may have little to offer to general candidates aspiring for a seat. Into the second day of admissions after the third cutoff, most colleges have exhausted their general category seats across courses, leaving little for the subsequent lists.

Admissions have already been closed at Ramjas College in the third list itself. Hansraj, Miranda House and SGTB Khalsa, too, are set to close their admissions for the general candidates. However, Daulat Ram College may have few options for BA (H) philosophy, Sanskrit and BSc life sciences. Ira Pandit, media coordinator, Daulat Ram said: Though our admissions will remain open in a couple of courses we have made over-admissions in many courses. So far, we have admitted 1,180 candidates for 1077 seats. But we are expecting some withdrawals in economics, commerce and biochemistry

With a total of over 994 admissions in the general category so far, Hindu College will have nothing to offer in the fourth list except BA (H) Sanskrit. Anju Srivastava, media coordinator, Hindu College, said: As of now, barring Sanskrit (H), we will have to close admissions for general candidates. We are open in eight courses in the third list right now, but all the seats are filled up. OBC admissions will continue and we will relax the cutoff by 10% to fill up the seats.

Kirori Mal College, will keep the BCom programme open in the fourth cutoff. But, however for other courses, it is likely to close its admissions for the general category.

Sri Venkateswara College, in South Campus, will close all admissions for general candidates, while Motilal Nehru will just have Sanskrit (H) to offer. Ram Lal Anand will keep BSc (H) zoology and BA (H) Hindi open with a dip of 1% in the cutoff in the fourth list.

Nirmal Kumar, admission convener, said that most of the courses have exceeded the total number of seats in the general category and there won't be a fourth list for Sri Venkateswara. The college has admitted 1,096 candidates for 1,090 seats.

Off-campus colleges like Gargi College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma, Maharaja Agrasen and Dyal Singh are also likely to close admissions for the general category in the fourth list.

On the other hand, Zakir Husain will have a good number of its courses open in the fourth list as well. Sarita Passey, media coordinator of the college said that 790 candidates have been admitted so far as against 1,200 seats. Admissions in most of the courses are still open and quite a few options will remain open even in the fourth list.

Inderjit Singh Bakshi, principal, Dyal Singh College, said: There has been over admissions right from the first list and we will have to close admissions now. OBC admissions will remain open in five courses, but all general admissions will close in the fourth list as we have not witnessed significant withdrawals so far.

DU to make admission process easier for disabled aspirants

New Delhi: The Delhi University, which is gearing up for another busy admission season that will commence soon, is making extra efforts to ensure that the admission procedure is easy for physically disabled aspirants.

The Equal Opportunity Cell (EOC) at the university has decided to write to Delhi's Ministry of Social Justice and ask them to set up camps for conducting check ups for disabled students that will help them obtain disability certificates easily.

Nisha Singh, a member of the EOC said that the university wanted to make the admission process easier for disabled students. "We want the ministry to set up health camps for students where they can be checked by a board of doctors. The students will also be given disability certificates quickly," she said.

She further informed that the admission procedure fro disabled students at the university is most likely to begin on May 28 and will continue till June 8.

Through the duration of the admission procedure for disabled students, they will have to get themselves registered under the Physically Handicapped quota. The registration of the students will take place at the office of the Dean of Students' Welfare.

1600 seats at the university are reserved each year for disabled students. The document that is most necessary for admission to DU under the disabled students quota is the disability certificate.

According to the rules of the university, a candidate should have at least 40% disability to seek admission under the quota for disabled students. The lack of a disability certificate is the biggest reason why several candidates fail to seek admission under the quota.

J.M. Khurana, Dean of Students' Welfare said that the certificate should not be older than 5 years and should also have a picture of the candidate that is recognizable.

A three-day workshop had earlier been conducted by the EOC for special educators in schools and was attended by around 300 teachers. "We informed the teachers about the admission procedure at the university and the requirements necessary for it. Our aim is to take the number of admissions under the disability quota higher this year," Nisha Singh said.

NET loss: UGC guidelines may lead to faculty crunch

NEW DELHI: While the Delhi University (DU) has increased the seats in its colleges by 7,000, taking the total to 49,000, the University Grants Commission's new guidelines on making National Eligibility Test (NET) mandatory for college teachers may result in a `faculty crisis' in DU.

According to the All India University Researchers' Association officials, DU's over 700 ad hoc teachers and guest faculty will face the axe because of UGC's new provision and there won't be enough teachers to conduct the classes, which begin from July 16.

Prior to the guidelines, MPhil or a PhD degree holders were exempted from NET and could teach in colleges. With the new rule in place, only those with a PhD have been exempted, that too in `special cases'. Also, the new guidelines would even apply to those who have completed their research and are already teaching on temporary basis.

Speaking about the crisis, vice chancellor of DU, Deepak Pental, said: "This sudden change making NET mandatory would definitely pose some problems, but the university would plan accordingly before the start of the session. The teachers might have to take a few extra classes for a short period.''

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