Delhi University (DU), one of the most renowned universities of the country, has started admissions to undergraduate courses from June 2 for the current session 2008-09. Campus is rushed with young boys and girls with lots of questions in their mind regarding the procedure and selection of the course. Students are confused from getting and filling up the forms and selecting the right course and college. Here is the required information to ease their stress.
The first step is being getting the form. Forms will be available till June 16 and the venues assigned to obtain and submit the same are as follows:
North: Dean, student’s welfare, Kirori Mal College, Faculty of arts
South: Deputy dean, students welfare, Deshbandhu College, ARSD College, Gargi College, PGDAV College, College of Vocational Studies
East: Shyam Lal College, Vivekanada College, Maharaja Agrasen College
West: Rajdhani College, Bharti College
Central: Zakir Hussain College
Forms cost anywhere between Rs 10 and Rs 50. College prospectus costs between Rs 50 and Rs 150. So if you plan to do 10 colleges a day, carry the required money for the forms. A student will be allowed to buy two forms at a time. There are 63 colleges under Delhi University and OMR forms will be available from 10 am to 1pm at these 15 centres.
Almost 1.5 lakh students from across the country are expected to apply for 51 courses offered by the university. There are 43,000 seats available in DU. Break up of seats are as follows: 27,500 for general, 6,296 for SC, 3,148 for ST and 5,000 for OBC categories. Nine per cent will be reserved for the OBC, 22.5 per cent for SC/STs, three per cent for physically challenged and 5 per cent for the children/widows/wives of soldiers killed or disabled in action.
Metro is proving its popularity in the season of DU admissions as seven of the above venues fall on the metro route. You can personally get the forms from these colleges and get the required information about the course with getting a round of the college also. You can download the same from the site of the respective colleges as most of them are giving the facility of online forms. All colleges except St Stephens and Jesus Mary College accept OMR forms. With the University this year asking the various centers to sell only one form per person, passing on the responsibility to a friend may not help this time round.
The first cut off list will be put up on June 26. With DU introducing the Other Backward Class (OBC) reservation this year, candidates are advised to get their certificates ready.
Other updates can also be obtained from this link – http://www.du.ac.in/admissions/2008/ug/ug08/index.html
Admissions through Extra curricular activities (ECA) gives students a benefit that may not have very high percentage marks to still get enrolled in a college of their choice. As in the case of sports quota, DU colleges have some seats reserved for those possessing skills in the fields of drama, debating, music, fine arts, photography etc.
“Almost all the colleges have certain seats reserved for extra curricular activities (ECA). Though the number of such seats could vary from three to five per cent as per the policies of the college, but it gives a golden opportunity to students to get admission for their talents,” said Dr Seema M Parihar, Deputy Dean of Student Welfare
In case of any problem or confusion, students can approach the grievance committee of the college concerned and in case of the problem not being addressed write to the Central Grievance Committee set up in the North and South Campus.
With cases of harassment increasing in the recent past, the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) too has issued a helpline. Students can ring up the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North Delhi, Anurag Kumar (23811770), ACP Civil Lines (9810300830), SHO Maurice Nagar, Rajendra Pathania (9810030663), SHO Roop Nagar (9899090920), DUSU president Narendra Tokas (9811746913) and DUSU vice-president Ashok Basoya (9212005012). Wednesday will also be the first day of the counseling sessions for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes students. To be held at the University Sports Complex, there will be four sessions every day till June 15 of one-hour duration each.
Helpline number facility is also provided to students in case of any confusion regarding the admission. The helpline (011-27662507, 27662508), is manned by a panel of 17 faculty members and student counselors. They answer queries ranging from which course one should opt for or which college is good for which subject or whether the admission form for accommodation facilities can be filled by a relative.
The official website of Delhi University is - http://www.du.ac.in/
The DU helpline website http://www.delhi-university.in/ maintained by DU alumni can also answers your other queries and gives most of the required details.
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