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Just before the action day, Delhi University revises its Admissions Schedule for PG and Entrance based UG Courses

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Just before the day of action, Delhi University has delayed the date of online registration of its Postgraduate, M.Phil and PhD courses. In a recent press release, the university has declared a new revised admissions schedule for its Ph.D, M.Phil , Postgraduate and Undergraduate (entrance based) Programmes for the academic session 2017-18.

The online registrations for Postgraduate, M.Phil and Ph.D programs which were to begin tomorrow will now begin from 7th June, 2017.  The process of registrations for the admissions will be entirely online. The details of the registration process and other details will be published in the bulletin of admissions which will be uploaded in the website soon. The registrations will go on till 20th June, 2017.

Meanwhile, the date for the Undergraduate entrance based courses will be announced later. The online entrance for these nine courses will be held across eighteen cities across the country.

The offline entrance for postgraduate courses will be held across in six centres across the country. They would be held in Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi, Guwahati and Nagpur while in South India, the centre would either be in Bangalore or Chennai.

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Srivedant Kar

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DU students’ organisation seeks apology from Republic TV

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On Sunday, May 28, Republic TV ran a story about pro-ISIS and pro-Maoist slogans being scribbled on the walls of Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. However, the visuals used in the backdrop while running the story were posters made by students from Disha, a Delhi University students’ organisation.

Republic TV’s broadcast can be seen here.

In response to this, the outfit has written a letter to Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV condemning the irresponsible act of journalism. In the letter, Simran – convener of Disha Student Organisation – alleges that Mr Goswami’s channel has falsely used their posters to cover the pro-ISIS news when they had nothing to do with the alleged ISIS slogans. She further asserts that the pictures contextualised the news piece in a way that wrongly insinuated and defamed their democratic organisation.

The association has since issued an official statement and sought an apology from the channel by asserting, “We strongly condemn this pitiable act of irresponsible journalism. We ask that you run an apology clarifying this on your channel and everywhere where you have run this video story (facebook, youtube, twitter etc). In the event of failing to do so by your channel we will be forced to file a defamation suit against your channel and send you a show cause notice.” (sic)

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Taking their opposition further, the organisation has now planned a protest demonstration against Republic TV on 31st May, Wednesday, at Arts Faculty, North Campus.

It will be interesting to see how this tussle unfolds. Whether Republic TV will apologise or failing which Disha Student Organisation will go ahead with the defamation suit – only time can tell.

 

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Niharika Dabral
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Top Societies in DU Fest Season 2017: Terpsi Chorean, Hansraj College for Choreography

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Every year, the cultural societies in Delhi University work tirelessly to put their best foot forward and emerge as the winner. Likewise, this year, some teams managed to outshine others and win big at various college fests in the Varsity. We bring to you a series with the college societies that bagged the top positions during the fest season 2016-17.

The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions at competitive events held during various cultural fests of this season. Whenever a society won the first prize they were awarded 3 points, for the second position they received 2 points.

In the Choreography category, Terpsi Chorean, Choreography Society of Hansraj College scored the maximum points. Terpsi Choreon’s 16 points were followed by Sparx, the Choreography Society of Gargi College (13 points). The third position was bagged by Sensation, the Choreography Society of Kirori Mal College (12 points).

 

The Winning Society at a glance

Terpsi Chorean, Hansraj College:

Their annual production named ‘The Unfading’ was a thrilling tale full of secrets and broken family ties, depicting the chilling effect that memory can have on us. It revealed how some of us obsess over some memories, run away from some, while others are repressed. The ten minute performance depicted how, contrary to popular belief, our memory is not our friend; it is a monster that controls us.

Palak Aneja, the President of the society says, “It feels extremely proud to have fought through all the odds and emerged victorious. Every word of appreciation from the audience brings a sense of accomplishment, because winning hearts is greater than just winning a competition. You can make the audience believe in your theme only when each team member truly believes in it. A lot of dedication and hard work goes behind the glorious victories, but nothing is impossible when we become each other’s strength, both on and off stage.

Performing members: 

  • Palak Aneja – President
  • Anoushka Chopra – Public Relations Head
  • Shreyasee Sen – Treasurer
  • Pawni Singhal
  • Vidhi Maheshwari
  • Gauri Shukla
  • Rishita Sachdeva
  • Nehul Goyal
  • Sharvika Deo
  • Damanpreet Singh
  • Saksham Bhargava
  • Keshav Khurana
  • Deven Chhabra
  • Simran Sahni
  • Deepak Arora
  • Deepika Dubey
  • Shreya Setia
  • Raghavi Chauhan
  • Soumya Mittal

Winners Tally: Terpsi Chorean

Out of the considered fests this year, 8 had conducted a competitive Choreography event, namely Crossroads, Montage, Ullas, Tarang, Confluence, Mecca, Reverie and Nexus. Here is the list of winning performances by Terpsi Chorean (Hansraj College):

 

1st Position: Crossroads, Tarang, Montage, Nexus

2nd Position: Mecca, Reverie

 (Hover over the icons to know more about their victories)

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Lovleen Kaur

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Your-Space – The New Student Living Experience

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Your-Space is an eco-system that serves as a safe residence for students in Delhi. They foster holistic living and create a jovial atmosphere to provide not only a form of accommodation, but a true home for students. They offer safety, convenience, and comfort for the youth by building a brand of uniform, standardised, secure private accommodation that is trusted by students, parents, and institutions across India.

Your-Space provides a number of luxurious facilities that are otherwise unavailable at regular hostels and paid guest accommodations. They range from beauty parlour services to vending machines to yoga zones.

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After the successful launch of the first girls only hostel in Greater Noida, Your-Space has now expanded to Delhi University and brought the luxury student living experience to two South Campus girls’ hostels. Admissions are now open for the following locations:
Kailash Colony, New Delhi – 110048
Greater Kailash I, New Delhi – 110048

 

They will also soon be expanding to North Campus, thereby offering over 170 new rooms this academic year.
Here is a preview of the locations they currently offer.

GREATER NOIDA

 

SOUTH CAMPUS

 

Your-Space has also launched an app which allows you to pay bills, book meals, view other available properties, relocate between different campuses, and sign up for ancillary services such as seminars and laundry.

 

This organisation is not merely an experimental project. In fact, it has attained recognition and coverage by several national media outlets, highlighting its uniqueness and innovation.

 

Not only are parents such as Mr Uppal and Mrs Sharma extremely pleased with how their daughters were treated at the Greater Noida hostel, but an independent investor survey revealed that the average student score for this establishment was a whopping 8/10.

So what are you waiting for? Visit Your-Space and apply now! You can also contact 8383027664 for further queries.

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Top Societies in DU Fests 2017: Samranjini, Gargi College for Indian Music

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The societies from across Delhi University showcase the exceptional talent of students in various activities during the annual Cultural Fest season. Competing neck to neck this year as well, the societies put up enthralling performances in different activities displaying their dedication towards their art and winning positions in college fests across the varsity.

From all the societies that participated, a tally of top 3 positions was created and from those, the society that emerged as the top society was selected. Every society that won the 1st position was awarded with 3 points, the 2nd with 2 points and the 3rd with 1 point.

Following this scheme, the societies that bagged the 1st,, 2nd and 3rd positions in the Indian Music (Choir) category were Samranjini, Gargi College with 17 points, Swaranjali, Hans Raj College with 7 points and Tarkaas, Institute of Home Economics with 6 points respectively.

 

The Winning Society at a glance

Samranjini- The Indian Music Society of Gargi College, with their belief in diligence and dedication towards music sought to present ideas that serve as the springboard of thought and activity across the field of music; through their music composition.

Quoting the society’s president, Samridhi Sinha, “We at Samranjini believe that diligence and dedication helps achieve one’s goals. This year we knew what we wanted early on. Keeping that in mind we approached Mr Avinash Kumar for his able assistance.”

For the year 2016-17, Samranjini’s music composition comprised of two raagas namely Raageshri and Lalit and a moorchana showing a shade of raaga Todi. The composition is a unique combination of a sweet,romantic raaga with a deep and serious raaga.

“One of the factors that worked in our favour was using two contrasting raagas that no other college went for. After selection of the raagas and preparing the basic structure; a lot of work had to be put in to refine the piece”, she added.

Performing members:

  • Samridhi Sinha
  • Sonali Dey
  • Ananya Samajdar
  • Poorvi Gaur
  • Aishwarya Unni
  • Meera Kalyani
  • Monika
  • Sharvini Shivapuri
  • Pooja Joshi
  • Anisha Jhawar
  • Sohini Chakravorty
  • Teertha Sukesh

Accompanists

  • Ashutosh Verma (Tabla)
  • Anshuman Sharma (Keyboard)

 

Winners Tally : Samranjini

A total of 8 fests was included in our analysis for this series. These were, : Reverie; Gargi College, Montage; Jesus and Mary College, Nexus; Sri Ventakteswara College, Crossroads; SRCC, Mecca; Hindu College, Confluence; Hans Raj College, Ullas; Kamala Nehru College and Tempest; Miranda House.

 

The fests in which Samranjini bagged positions are:

I Position: Crossroads, Nexus, Reverie and Montage

II Position: Ullas and Tempest

III Position: Mecca

(Hover over the icons to know more about their victories)

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“Pro-ISIS” slogans painted on the walls of DU, DUSU secretary files police complaint

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On 27th May, a “pro-ISIS” slogan was discovered on the walls of commerce dept., Delhi School of Economics.

Immediately reacting to it, Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) secretary and a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Ankit Singh Sangwan filed a police complaint against the slogan on Saturday. He reported the matter to the authorities and subsequently filed a complaint with Maurice Nagar Police Station after some students supposedly informed him about the objectionable slogans. After filing the police complaint, he also shared the photograph of the wall that was tainted with slogans in blue and pink on personal Twitter handle. He also attached the copy of the complaint.

In his police complaint, Sangwan wrote, “I found that ‘I am SYN ISIS’ was written on the wall, which means that an organisation like ISIS is to be supported.”

 

He also asserted in his complaint, which is written is Hindi that various slogans such as ‘Justice for Naxals’ , ‘AFSPA’, ‘Aazadi’ , ‘LGBTQ’ were also written alongside the walls of the Department of Social Work. The complaint ended with a plea to take strict action against the perpetrators of the act and request the immediate painting of the walls.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Jatin Narwal took cognizance of the complaint and assured that Delhi Police would now examine the matter.  With presence of CCTV cameras around, it is expected that it will not be difficult to figure out who wrote the message on the wall of Department of Commerce.

(With inputs from PTI)

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Niharika Dabral

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Delhi University scraps its plans of conducting Online Entrance for PG Admissions

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In the recent meeting of standing committee for admissions held yesterday, Delhi University has decided to scrap the idea of conducting online entrance exams for its Masters, M.Phil and PhD courses. Earlier the standing committee had given approval for the same on 19th May. There was a large opposition from student groups led by Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Delhi University Student’s Union (DUSU) against online entrance claiming that this could disadvantage students from rural backgrounds.

The university decided to carry on with the offline exam this year because of the unfeasibility of conducting entrance in both online and offline modes. “Logistics involved in conducting both kind of examinations were not feasible. Several stakeholders were consulted and it was found that it needed a large exercise,” a member of Standing Committee for Admissions told PTI.

“Diverting the same resources for two examinations would not only involve more cost but also manpower. Also time is very short,” the member said.

Next year the plan would start little earlier than usual and the feasibility of the same will be tested. However some members of the committee felt that this move would need a nod from the academic council of the University.

The entrance would be held in offline modes in six centres across the country. They would be held in Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi, Guwahati and Nagpur while in South India, the centre would either be in Bangalore or Chennai.

However, online entrance would be held for the nine under graduate course on a pilot basis this year across eighteen centres. Entrance for all entrance based courses are going to begin from 31st May onwards.

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Srivedant Kar

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Class 12 CBSE results announced

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The Class 12th Board Results have been declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education on May 28th, 2017 in the forenoon. The examinations were conducted between March 9 and April 29 of this year. The results can be checked on the Board’s online portal (www.cbseresults.nic.in). The CBSE announced the results of more than 11 lakh students today.

Steps to check your result:

1. Log in here

2. Add your Board roll number, school code, and centre code

3. Result will be displayed on the screen

4. Take a printout or a screenshot for future use

This year the results have been embroiled in chaos due to the Board’s decision to scrap off the marks moderation policy, which invited a contending ruling by the Delhi High Court on May 23rd. The MHRD, after consultation with the Board, declared that the policy would be upheld and implemented on May 26th. However, there would be no spiking of marks, and the five-point policy would be followed.

The Board results are decisive for candidates aspiring to enroll in the University of Delhi, as the Best of Four percentage is used as the foundational criteria to check the cut-off applicability for various college and courses.

The varsity commenced the registration process of its merit-based courses from May 22nd, which are slated to close on June 12th. Applicants can register themselves at https://ug.du.ac.in/app/ and proceed to submit their applications after filling in all the sections.

The schedule for admissions can be viewed on our portal here, and the guide to the varsity’s process can be viewed here.

You can view the Best of Four calculation guide here, the ECA Quota categories here, and the Sports Quota categories here.

We wish all the applicants good luck for the new journey which awaits them eagerly.

 

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Top Societies for DU Fests 2017: WMS, Lady Shri Ram College for Western Music

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Every year, societies from colleges across the campus compete neck to neck and put up spectacular performances during the fest season. This year too, saw certain teams shine a little brighter than the rest. We bring you a series with college societies that put their heart and soul into their respective fields and took home the top prizes at various cultural fests.

The best college society in each category was selected by creating a tally of the top 3 positions at competitive events held during various cultural fests of this season. Whenever a society won the first prize they were awarded 3 points, for the second position they received 2 points and for the third position, 1 point was added to their tally.

For the Western Music category, the Western Music Society (WMS) of LSR scored the maximum points in the tally. Western Music Society of LSR secured a total of 12 points, which was followed by 11 points each of Zephyr (Kamala Nehru College) and Echo (Jesus and Mary College).

The Winning Society at a glance

The Western Music Society of LSR

The society has been a consistent performer in the Western Music category and this is their fourth consecutive time winning the title of the Top Society for the Western Music Category. Their pieces are known to be classical with a touch of peppy, and they are admired by music lovers of all kinds.

Megha Lama, the President of WMS said, “We are a big family which loves performing and believes in having a great time on as well as off stage! Each on of these wonderful ladies have a major contribution, which keeps us together and helps us grow as a society!”

Names of performing members:

  • Megha Lama (President)
  • Maulshree Kumar (Secretary)
  • Imlikokla Kichu (Treasurer)
  • Pallavi Pervela
  • Thinley Chodon
  • Sparsh Bajpai
  • Ynaiita Warjri
  • Sangey Dolma
  • Sangey Thungon
  • Faith Mathing Kasar
  • Nirupama Kumar
  • Niharika Katoch
  • Kimbiakhoih
  • Lalrinzuali Chhakchhuak
  • Alankrita Bari
  • Ananya Redkar
  • Ishana Arya
  • Joy Malsawmhlui
  • Mharhoni Josephine Humtsoe
  • Himanshi Pandey
  • Sreenidhi Maddur

 

Winners Tally: Western Music

Eight college fests were referred to while evaluating the top societies tally this fest season which were: Tarang, LSR; Ullas, KNC; Tempest, Miranda House; Montage, JMC; Mecca, Hindu College; Reverie, Gargi College; Nexus, Sri Venkateswara College; and Confluence, Hans Raj College. The society emerged victorious at the following fests:

1st Position: Mecca, Montage, Ullas
2nd Position: Tempest
3rd Position: Nexus

(Hover on the icons below to know more about their victories)


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Anagha Rakta
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CBSE to declare Class 12th results on May 28th

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After the uncertainty, which stemmed from the Delhi High Court’s ruling regarding the marks moderation policy, the Class XII Board Results will be announced on Sunday, May 28th in the forenoon by the Central Board of Secondary Education.

Previously, the results were scheduled to be declared on May 24th. However, in lieu of the divisive ruling of the High Court on Tuesday which directed the Board to continue with the marking policy, the CBSE results were inevitably delayed.

After a meeting called by the Human Resource Development Minister, the Board discussed and deliberated on the legal aspects of the High Court’s ruling. It has decided to adhere to the five-point moderation policy for this year, without spiking the marks and following the resolution undertaken in the April 24th meeting. “Results will be declared on Sunday. We will follow the moderation policy as enshrined in Rule number 59 of examination bylaws of CBSE,” said RK Chaturvedi, the chairman of CBSE.

Post the announcement of the results, the process of marks verification will be intimated on the website, allowing students to appeal for the re-evaluation of marks. Conforming to the decision taken in the meeting, a dip in the scores is anticipated. However, an official said, “This also depends on the performance of the students too. In case they have performed well, it might not dip as such.”

The candidates can check their scores on www.cbseresults.nic.in on May 28th.

 

 

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