Last week, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi appointed Dr. Rama as the new Acting Principal after the successful tenure of Dr. V.K. Khwatra, the outgoing Principal. It’s the first time in the 67-year history of Hans Raj College that the command of the institution has been handed over to a female.
Dr. Rama had taken over as an Assistant Professor for Hindi at the college in August 1991. She is also the first ever-appointed Principal from the Hindi Department at the college. Dr. Rama is an alumnus of Delhi University with her degree in M.A. and M. Phil. (TV Media) from the University. She also has completed her Ph.D. in Journalism and Magazine Media from here. Dr. Rama also has a Post M.A. Diploma in Translations and Linguistics. Her diploma in Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is widely recognised. She also holds a degree from Kota Open University in BJMC. Apart from various academic achievements to her credit, Dr. Rama has also written nine books out of which five pertained to the studies of mass communication and others were taken up for literature and related subjects. . Her book, ‘Women and Print Media’ received an award by India Map magazine and it also got accolades from all its readers. She was also conferred with various ‘Best Teacher’ awards during her teaching career.
Dr. Rama told DU Beat that she will work in cohesion with the faculty and students and cooperate well to take the college to new heights. The students have already begun to feel the change under her tenure with the tightening of rules.
Image Credits- Principal’s Office, Hans Raj College
University of Delhi has compiled the second round of cut-offs for undergraduate admissions. The admission process begins on 30th June and goes on till 2nd July.
Today, the world woke up to the news of same-sex marraige being legalized in all 50 states of The United States of America. The decision, as any other reform in the past attracted mixed responses from people across the world. The social media saw a major outburst of support for the LGBT community with celebrities, companies and public joining Facebook’s ‘Celebrate Pride’ campaign by changing their profile pictures with the rainbow effect photographs.
Dear @BobbyJindal am so glad you dont consider yourself Indian. After what you said on #LoveWins ( and even before that) we thank our stars — barkha dutt (@BDUTT) June 27, 2015
Admission process for undergraduate courses at University of Delhi closed on the 15th June 2015. Varsity invited applications for around 54000 seats for the upcoming session of 2015-16 and application forms were accepted both online and offline. Total registrations received by students of all categories via both the modes were recorded at 291817. This data excludes the applicants for BMS/BBA/BBE and B.El.Ed. Programme.
Find out our report for the details on individual categories, here.
Office of Dean of Students’ Welfare released the compiled report for the statistics on Admission today on the 19th June 2015. According to the statistics, 122020 female candidates have applied in comparison to 169731 male students. ‘Other’ category for third gender students was introduced for the first time in undergraduate admission applications and 66 students have applied under the same.
For the percentage-wise statistics, around 36000 applicants have secured 90% or above in their Class 12 Board Examinations. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has given University of Delhi the maximum number of aspirants with the number standing at 218872. Other applicants are from ISC or other state boards like UP, Bihar, Rajasthan etc.
Admission process for undergraduate courses at University of Delhi closed yesterday, on the 15th June 2015. Application forms that were accepted both online and offline, declared the closure at 4 PM for the physical sale and midnight for the online submission.
Varsity invited applications for around 54000 seats for the upcoming session of 2015-16. Total registrations received by students of all categories via both online and offline mode were recorded at 3,20,799 making it an average of six student contenders for one seat at the University.
59602 offline applications were sold at eight centres across Delhi University whereas 17300 and 11848 applications were received for BMS/BBA/BBE and B.El.Ed. Programme respectively.
For the online process, 343471 signups were recorded out of which 232049 applicants completed the registration. Of these, 144340 applications were received under the GEN category, 57299 for the OBC category, 24716 for SC, 4988 for ST and 705 from Persons with Disabilities.
Applications have increased by 46418 applications this year with the last year record standing at 274381 registrations.
Details of applications received for undergraduate admissions 2015-16
The registrations for admission to St Stephen’s college and Jesus and Mary College, which had separate admission process being minority institutions, also ended at midnight.
According to a report by IBN Live, the centralised fitness tests for sports admission will be conducted from June 18 to June 20 at the DU polo ground. The aspirants will get a certificate which will be valid for all the sports trials to be conducted by individual colleges.
The first cut-off for the admission process will be released on 25th June and the students will be admitted under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS).
Featured Image Credits: Hindustan Times Information Source: Office, Dean of Students Welfare
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarathi Parishad (ABVP Delhi) and Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) have launched a missed call number and a helpline number for DU admission aspirants for the upcoming admission period. Students can call on the helpline number to get any information about admissions in Delhi University.
By calling on the missed call number students will receive messages from ABVP regarding admission schedule, dates, cutoffs and regular updates. The helpline number will be monitored by the ABVP and DUSU volunteers to answer queries of aspiring students.
Help desks for online admission at several places in Delhi have also been launched to help aspirants in filling form online at the spot. Two such centers are running at Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station and Arts Faculty. Up till the first half of 29th May 2015, the organisation recorded around 7000 missed calls to register for admission updates. Some 500 students also called up the helpline number which has been connected to 5 different lines.
“There is a lot of confusion pertaining to admissions each year in respect of what subjects to include and how to go about filling the form. For those who are applying online, such help is very important. Therefore, our team has been answering all the admission queries regularly and at physical sites we have been helping the students to fill the forms”, says Saket Bahuguna, State Secretary, ABVP Delhi.
Such centres have been set up in South Campus as well. Apart from this, such help centers will be set up at more than 15 places all over Delhi in all zones.
In relation to admissions, ABVP also demanded North Campus to be one of the centers for the offline admission process. After constants efforts by various such groups, Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College in North Campus was declared to be one of the centers for offline admissions.
‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ is a film which is a crowd puller and an extreme entertainer. The movie went short of a few steps to impress me (unlike for most of the other viewers) in terms of story and plot. With a very weak sequence of events and a predictable plot, the movie slides away from perfection. The story fails to explore the right aspects of a love triangle and pulls out the romantic ‘feel’ from the rom-com.
TWMR scores high on comedy with fabulous one-liners, which force the audience to laugh throughout the film. Maximum points should be awarded for performances, with the supporting cast doing top-notch work. Deepak Dobriyal’s character (Pappi) wins all the hearts and helps the audience bounce in their seats whereas the same can appear to be over the top for very few viewers. Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub (Chintu) emerges as the promising character with a fine sense of acting which has been seen in movies like Ranjhanna as well.
Jimmy Shergil (Raja Awasthi) keeps himself at ease whereas Madhavan (Manu) goes a bit too serious about the ‘ease’ factor. Kangana Ranaut plays two characters with one overshadowing the other. Kusum Sangwan, the Haryanvi girl accentuates the accent in an impressive way and wins the whole show whereas Tanu plays the high-headed modern girl from London and is originally from Kanpur.
Major parts of the film have been set up in India with Delhi and Punjab being the prime locations. Kusum Sangwan is playing the role of a girl from Ramjas College, University of Delhi and is an entrant of the sports quota. Parts of the movies have been shot in colleges like Hans Raj College and Shri Ram College of Commerce. Direction by Anand. L Rai is appreciable in all terms. Music by Krsna Solo and Tanishk-Vayu complemented the scenes exceedingly well with a few great tracks by Jyoti Nooran and Ankit Tiwari.
Tanu Weds Manu Returns can be watched with both family and friends. The movie might not stay with you for long but the short impact like that of the comedy factor and characters like Kusum Sangwan may take you to theaters twice.
Delhi University recently declared a few guidelines for admissions to undergraduate courses that are scheduled to be held in the upcoming month of June 2015. A 23-member committee was set up to list various recommendations for this year’s admission period.
The admission committee, which held its first meeting on 10th April, included members who are deans from faculties of science, commerce and arts, nine college principals and other staff from the executive and academic councils. Dean of Students’ Welfare, Prof. J.M Khurrana is the convener of the committee. Analysing the positives and negatives of admissions in 2014 and years before that, the committee, on 16th April has come up with proposed changes that they think would facilitate smooth functioning of matters during admissions.
Admission Dates and Admission Process
‘Admissions 2015’ will commence from the first week of June and will majorly be conducted online over the official website of Delhi University. However, an offline process would take place at a very few selected centres in the last few days of the stipulated time period.
Prof. Nachikketa Singh, a member of the Admissions’ Committee says, “A few seats last year were left vacant due to early closure of admissions. This year we are planning to shift the last date of admissions from July 31st to August 14th. The session, however, will commence from the usual dates, which will tentatively be July 20th or July 23rd.”
Admissions’ Guidelines | Designed by Prateek Chauhan for DU Beat
Cut-offs
The expected number of cut offs to be released remain the same at 6-8 cut offs with proposed amendment in the gap period of their release.
To avoid confusion amongst students and facilitate better communication, there will be one day gap between each cut off unlike last year, when a few courses released continuous cut offs on consecutive days.
Who can apply?
Students with successful pass percentage in Class 12th Board Examinations can apply. Applicants should bear a certificate of any central or state education board. However, any specific guidelines for various different boards have not been mentioned yet.
Students with any number of gap years after their Class 12th examinations can apply and will be entertained by the University.
Required subjects
Keeping the tradition alive of the years that went by, Delhi University will take into account the marks of four subjects that the students have scored maximum in.
Prof. Bharat Singh, another member of the Admissions Committee says, “For the courses of Commerce and Economics, subject of Mathematics has to mandatorily be a part of the Class 12 mark-sheet. It may or may not be included in the Best of 4 subjects while calculating the percentage but has to be passed in order to pursue these two courses.”
“If subjects like Physical education are included in the Best of 4 evaluation, there will be 10% reduction in percentage for cut-offs”, Prof. Singh added.
Reductions in percentage
Maximum of 2.5% deduction in percentage will be taken in account for those applicants who wish to take the subject that they didn’t study in Class 12 as their major course subject. These applicants, however are applying for the same stream that they studied in Class 12. For example: A humanities’ student of Class 12 who did not study Political Science in school but wishes to pursue B.A Political Science Honours would fall in this category.
Maximum of 5% deduction in percentage will apply for those applicants who wish to study a different stream from the choice of Humanities, Commerce and Science. For example: A humanities’ student of Class 12 who wishes to pursue B.Com (Honours) falls in this category.
Percentage of such deductions in both these cases can differ from college to college but must not be higher than 2.5% and 5% respectively.
Relaxation in percentage
Maximum of 10% relaxation in cut-offs will be given to students who want to opt for language courses like Punjabi Honours, Urdu Honours, Hindi Honours, etc.
Girls’ concession will be provided upto a maximum of 3%. Relaxation to women for cut-offs has been lowered down this year from 5% concession that has been taking place for a few years before this. The percentage 5% of lower than that can be decided by the discretion of college authorities.
No updates have been received yet for ECA Admissions.
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 award 3 points, for the second position they received 2 points and for the third position, 1 point was added to their tally.
For the Fashion category, Galore, the fashion society of Maitreyi College scored the maximum points with their tally being at 9 points. Kalindi College followed next with 3 points and fashion societies of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce(DCAC), Amity College and Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS) shared the third spot with 2 points each.
At Galore, the team and its costumes have tried to glorify the spectacular Tiger stripes with vibrant golden stripes on black ensembles. The act uses various banners like “Ban Tiger Trade” and “No Skinning, No Poaching, No Hunting.” According to the team, the ultimate intention is to make the audience aware of the suffering of this big cat, and glorify its existence.
U S Kiranmai, President of Galore says. “The complete wardrobe, and props have been made by the team in college premises and it appeals to many because it emphasizes on the theme of tigers and is relevant in every sense. Also, we make sure that we do not include excessive dramatics in our show and stick to showcasing a proper fashion show sans any sort of dance or drama. At practice we focus the most on walk and coordination and no practice is conducted with even a single member missing. Team’s unity is the key to our success this year.
Performing Members: U S Kiranmai, Surbhi Sareen, Sanjeeta Lama, Mittali Puri, Vanshika Mendiratta, Aarushi Uttam, Tanisha Sharma, Mili Nanda, Raashhika, Thakran, Shipra Yadav and Prathishtitha Baishya | Choreographer: Mr. Buvinder Jeet Singh | Background Painting: Kevin Massey | Music & Introduction: DJ Navendu Malik, U S Kiranmai, U B Anurag.
Winners Tally: Galore
13 fests were included in our analysis for this series. Out of the considered fests, only 4 had conducted a competitive Fashion event. Here the list of winning performances by Galore:
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 award 3 points, for the second position they received 2 points and for the third position, 1 point was added to their tally.
For the Fashion category, Galore, the fashion society of Maitreyi College scored the maximum points with their tally being at 9 points. Kalindi College followed next with 3 points and fashion societies of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce(DCAC), Amity College and Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies (VIPS) shared the third spot with 2 points each.
At Galore, the team and its costumes have tried to glorify the spectacular Tiger stripes with vibrant golden stripes on black ensembles. The act uses various banners like “Ban Tiger Trade” and “No Skinning, No Poaching, No Hunting.” According to the team, the ultimate intention is to make the audience aware of the suffering of this big cat, and glorify its existence.
U S Kiranmai, President of Galore says. “The complete wardrobe, and props have been made by the team in college premises and it appeals to many because it emphasizes on the theme of tigers and is relevant in every sense. Also, we make sure that we do not include excessive dramatics in our show and stick to showcasing a proper fashion show sans any sort of dance or drama. At practice we focus the most on walk and coordination and no practice is conducted with even a single member missing. Team’s unity is the key to our success this year.
Performing Members: U S Kiranmai, Surbhi Sareen, Sanjeeta Lama, Mittali Puri, Vanshika Mendiratta, Aarushi Uttam, Tanisha Sharma, Mili Nanda, Raashhika, Thakran, Shipra Yadav and Prathishtitha Baishya | Choreographer: Mr. Buvinder Jeet Singh | Background Painting: Kevin Massey | Music & Introduction: DJ Navendu Malik, U S Kiranmai, U B Anurag.
Winners Tally: Galore
13 fests were included in our analysis for this series. Out of the considered fests, only 4 had conducted a competitive Fashion event. Here the list of winning performances by Galore:
Ist Position: Manjari 2015 (Daulat Ram College), Ullas 2015 (Kamala Nehru College), Mecca 2015 (Hindu College)
(Hover on the icons below to know more about their victories)
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