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Book Review: Those Pricey Thakur Girls

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“Dabbu’s list of reasons for turning down perfectly nice, healthy, decently earning incomepoops under thirty:

(Compiled by Anjini Singh and Eshu Thakur)

  1. He said “intrusting” instead of interesting
  2. He had hairy ears! (like Yoda)
  3. He had uncool bum
  4. He came first in every exam, all his life, from nursery to IIT to IIM!
  5. He wasn’t Dylan Singh Shekhawat.”

Anuja Chauhan is back again with yet another RomCom hit. After patronizing cricket in “The Zoya Factor” and politics in “Battle for Bittora”, the author takes up press in the backdrop pre-liberalization New Delhi back in the ‘80s.

The story revolves around the five beautiful but troublesome daughters of Justice Laxminarayan who lives in the lavish bungalow on the posh Hailey road with his wife and the two unmarried daughters Debjani, our protagonist and Eshwari, the overly popular girl in school while the other three married ones; Anjini, drop dead gorgeous and incurably flirtatious but childless, Binodini who files a case against her own father to get her “rightful hissa” and Chandralekha, the “black sheep” in the family who elopes on the eve of her wedding.

The hero of the novel, Dylan Singh Shekhawat, Debjani’s “honest, brave and kind” Prince charming and highly patriotic journalist who is haunted by the massacre of the Sikhs in east Delhi and undertakes a personal mission to expose the man behind the riots. The plot thickens when in the midst of on and off romance between Dabbu and Dylan, dirty politics takes over fiery Journalism and our hero is framed with bribery and is sent to jail.

Those Pricey Thakur Girls isn’t just a romantic fiction, it takes us to old India, Delhi in particular. The dialect in which the author makes the character speak makes you laugh with “k****a, and M and B and F words and the mantra gleefully recited in unison by all the sisters: “May she die! May she be eaten by worms! May termites gnaw at her anus!”. The book might apparently be called as Pride and Prejudice of India with all the Indian Masalas of Family drama, sibling rivalry, lover’s quarrel and immense humor.

And because Dylan is “tall and sinewy and muscular”, has “lean dimples”, unruly hair and a torso made up of “muscular toffee-brown bits” I am glad a sequel is on its way.

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Admissions 2013

Economics admissions fiasco at Gargi and JMC

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Unlike other Delhi University colleges that kept their first cut-off high in order to avoid over admissions, Gargi College had its cut-off for Economics at 93%, while the average cut-off for Economics was fixed at 97%.  Gargi, which previously offered BBE (Bachelor in Business Economics) as a course, is offering Economics Honours as a discipline for the first time. The college was over flooded with students aspiring admission for the course. There was shortage of forms and students were provided with tokens instead. It had an intake which was approximately five times more than the sanctioned strength.

While many colleges are still admitting students, there are some colleges that closed admissions after the first cut-off. Gargi also put a stop to its intake process for almost all courses except History, Sanskrit, Botany and Mathematics. Economics is available in 42 colleges in the campus and most of them came out with a second cut-out. Gargi however, closed admissions just after the first cut-off admitting over 200 students against the approved intake of 40 students.

“According to the University policy and guidelines, its not the first come first serve basis for admissions, no one can deny admissions if a student is eligible for a course provided he/she comes within the time specified”, a lecturer from the college said. “When there are over admissions for a course, we increase the number of sections for the same so that the students and the lecturers do not face problems at the end.” the lecturer added.

Generally, at the most departments have two sections in a batch. With such a huge number, the batch might now be divided in to something around four to five sections. Space crunch, limited faculty and overall limited resources are some of the problems that such a situation could result in. When questioned with regard to the same, we got the response that the college is fully equipped to handle the situation and no college would take admissions otherwise.

(Check entire Admissions 2013 coverage here)

Jesus and Mary College reportedly had their own admission fiasco going on. On 3rd July hundreds of students turned up at JMC to try their luck at getting admitted even though they did not satisfy the cut off. Apparently lots of girls withdrew their admission from JMC’s economics course after the second cut off as they qualified for other courses. So JMC offered the jackpot, admission on first come first serve basis however it was not a formal announcement. Indecently more than a few people heard about it and there was a huge admission rush on the 3rd.

“I had called the office yesterday and they confirmed the rumour. But today they did not admit anyone below 95% because of the large number of students scored 95%.”said a disappointed DU aspirant, Varsha. Even though the official cut off declared was 96.5%, students were admitted at 95%.

Colleges are confused and unable to handle the number of aspirants. Some are overloaded while others are adopting under the table method to admit students. The Delhi University admission procedure certainly requires further improvement. Have something to add about the admission mess around? Share it with us in the comments.

Reported by: Shaily Sharma ([email protected]) and Pinakita Gupta ([email protected])

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DU website crashes leaving students anxious

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Delhi University declared the results of May/June 2013 examination for several courses on 2nd July. Twelve courses had their results announced leading to several hundred frenzied students logging on to the DU website to check them. Unable to handle the traffic, the site crashed. ‘The web page is not available’ is all that the students saw and no amount of hitting refresh helped.

“The fact is unless you check the result in the middle of the night when the traffic has thinned out, you shall be stuck up for at least forty minutes on the site.” said a disgruntled Rahul Sharma of Venkateshvara College. Since the declaration, the site has been continuously crashing and the problem still continues.

Rahul’s statement was reaffirmed when students reported on our Facebook post that after continuous trials that went in vain, few students were able to check the result at around 4 a.m. Once the normal traffic on the website came back, so did the crashing problem.

It is ludicrous that the website of one of the top universities in the country cannot even handle one fourth of the students it admits logging on to its server. The site definitely needs reform.

Update: The Delhi University result portal is now active. You can check your results here: http://duexam.du.ac.in/RSLT_MJ2013/Students/List_of_Declare_RSLT.aspx

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Delhi University Colleges: Metro routes

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College Nearest Metro Station Metro Line Acharya Nar. Dev  Govindpuri  Violet Aditi Mahavidyalaya  Rithala  Red A.R.S.D AIIMS Yellow Bhagini Nivedita  Dwarka Mor Blue Bharti College Janakpuri East Blue Bhim Rao Ambedkar  Anand Vihar Blue CVS  Malviya Nagar/Saket Yello Daulat Ram Vishwavidyalaya Yellow Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Moti Nagar Blue Delhi College of Arts and Commerce AIIMS/INA Yellow Deshbandhu Govind Puri Violet Ramanujan Govind Puri Violet Dyal Singh College  JLN Stadium  Violet Gargi Green Park Yellow Hans Raj Vishwavidyalaya Yellow Hindu Vishwavidyalaya Yellow I.P. College Civil Lines Yellow Janki Devi Memorial Karol Bagh Blue Jesus and Mary College INA Yellow Kamala Nehru Green Park Yellow Keshav Mahavidyalaya Pitampura Red Kirori Mal College Vishwavidyalaya Yellow Lady Shri Ram College for Women Moolchand/Kailash Colony Violet Laxmibai College  Shastri Park Red Maharaja Agrasen College Mayur Vihar Ph 1 Blue Maitreyi College INA Yellow Mata Sundri College Rajiv Chowk Blue/Yellow Miranda House Vishwavidyalaya Yellow Motil Lal Nehru AIIMS Yellow P.G.D.A.V.  Lajpat Nagar Violet Rajdhani Rajouri Garden Blue Ram Lal Anand AIIMS Yellow Ramjas Vishwavidyalaya Yellow Satyawati Co-Ed.  Azadpur Yellow Shaheed Bhagat Singh College  Malviya Nagar  Yellow Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies Karkarduma Blue Shri Ram Coll. of Commerce. Vishwavidyalaya Yellow S.G.G.S. Coll. of Commerce. Netaji Subhash Place Red S.G.T.B. Khalsa Vishwavidyalaya Yellow S.G.N.D. Khalsa  Shastri Nagar Red Shivaji College  Rajouri Garden Blue Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College  Punjabi Bagh (W) Green Shyam Lal College Shahdara  Red Sri Aurobindo Malviya Nagar Yellow Sri Venkateswara AIIMS Yellow St. Stephens Vishwavidyalaya Yellow Zakir Husain New Delhi Yellow Image Credit: DU and DMRC official websites.]]>

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Wimbledon 2013: Shocks and expectations

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The lush green grass, the early morning look of the courts, the white dress code, world’s best players all ready to fight it out  and the charm of the best Grandslam that seems to have engulfed the masses. Yes, it’s Wimbledon time of the year again. For some of us, it’s sheer joy to witness some classic tennis every year on those courts. For some others, rivalries are renewed. It’s the age old division of die heart fans into two camps- Federer  v/s Nadal , yet only a few can refute the tension and the excitement that ensues a Federer-Nadal final at Wimbledon.

And this year happened to be no different. With hopes that high and enthusiasm reaching new levels, we were all set to go all out and root for our tennis champions. But soon enough, those hopes were to be shattered. The string of improbable exits began with Rafael Nadal who had to exit the first round as world number 135 Steve Darcis pulled off one of the biggest successes of his career. This gave a sense of jubilation to the Federer camp which now seemed to have an upper hand. But no sooner, they too were slumped to a shock with the Seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer being stunned by the 116th ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round of Wimbledon.

Well, just when we thought things couldn’t get worse and probably there’s still hope the tournament lost six former No. 1 players on Wednesday: Sharapova, Azarenka, Caroline Wozniacki, and Ana Ivanovic among the women and  Lleyton Hewitt amongst the men.

What was to come more recently was yet another Wimbledon shocker and tragedy with Serena Williams joining the growing list of marquee names eliminated early at this wild and unpredictable championship.

While some of us have called this one of the worst Wimbledon Championships the world has witnessed, there is always a brighter side. With Djokovic and Andy Murray being the last hope for a lot of us, we should perhaps not underplay the immense potential this tournament brings out every year in terms of discovering new talent and for all you know there might be a lot of new Nadals in the making. So for that and the love of tennis which is just unmatched  when it is played at this Grand Slam which has its own charm, let’s keep our fingers crossed  and still be glued to our television sets.

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Let’s not just Sympathize, Let’s ACT- A movement for Uttarakhand Flood victims

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In an effort to aid stranded people in flood-hit Uttarakhand, Ishaan Sadhana Dham is joining hands in support of those affected in the disaster. The movement is calling out for all kinds of help (except money). The Trustees of the organization are themselves accompanying the trucks carrying the supplies for the first installment, which was dispatched on 23rd June’13. It includes more than 15,000 kgs supplies collected within a span of four days.

People can contribute by sharing Packed Food (biscuits, chips, water, ready-to-eat food, raw wheat/rice/pulses/salt), Medical Supplies, Clothes, Towels, Sheets, Quilts, Torches, Candles, Ropes, Umbrellas, Rain Coats, Bags, Boxes, Shoes, Slippers and Toiletries. The initiative appeals every citizen to help the flood victims as much as possible, as soon as possible, and in ANY possible way.

“Let’s not just Sympathize, Let’s ACT” would resurface whenever is a need and a situation wherein people only sympathize, rather than doing anything to change it. Because what brings change in actuality is proactive work, and not sympathy.

Ground Reality from Uttarakhand:
Uttarakhand has already received lakhs of tonnes of relief from all over the country, which is a commendable achievement. However, the bitter reality is that the supplies are not reaching the right people. The tourists have been targeted by rescue operations, rather than the actual locals who are affected the most. There are many specific community-based efforts. Hardly anyone is understanding the plight of the real victims of the floods- the locals. The tourists at least have a place they can call home, the locals have nowhere to go. We are neither for, nor against any political party. But we wish to draw attention to the natives of villages that have been devastated, some have been swept away by the floods entirely. We are collaborating with different small villages and helping them. Our Trustees were themselves involved in the distribution activities.
Everyone has put their best foot forward and we really thank each one for every bit of it. There has been a remarkable contribution by the army, which is under immense pressure. They have limited resources (number of people, choppers, etc) and restrictions in terms of mediums and channels.

It is a request to those in power, those who have the decision making authority, to send their forces as soon as possible and facilitate relief to one and all. A lot is being done, but there is still A LOT more left to do.

Final Stage of Phase 1:
Over 15000 kgs of Food supplies, Medicines, Clothes, Water etc. distributed in a span of 2 days
About 4000 kgs handed over to Raiwala Military Station to be sent via choppers to Joshimath
2000 kgs handed over to flood affected villages in Shiv puri – Biyasi stretch
9000 kgs sent up till Rudra-prayag (where it was possible to go via truck and in person thereafter); distributed in affected villages and tourists around Dev-prayag area.
Our team (Ishaan Sadhana Dham Rishikesh) along with some villagers from Srinagar camped in Srinagar, gathered utensils and prepared food for almost 100 stranded villagers and tourists in Srinagar; villagers who have been homeless for 9 days and in transit tourists who haven’t eaten in days.
On our way back, Maharishi Gurushree, Siddh Maa, Acharya Narottam and Saadhvi even fixed up a house with a tirpal and bamboo sticks (We just had one covering the truck)

After almost 50 hours of seeing struggle, helpful locals and police officers, food rotting in rains with no one to eat, community specific buses, hungry and thirsty kids, homeless people, helpless stranded tourists, spirit of Indian Army, landslide stricken roads, pouring rain, and the wrath unleashed by mother ganges we reached back to the base camp in Rishikesh.

There are starved children, homeless women, unsupported elderlies and unemployed youth in families of thousands in Uttarakhand. A week since the disaster, the spark might have died down, but the flame still burns the hearts of those who lost their homes to the floods and the landslides. The job hasn’t even started yet. We are in phase one of disaster management, evacuation; no one knows yet, no one is planning about phase two when the restoration sets in; that will be a major task. We ought to start thinking about it now and not when the D-Day arrives.

Let’s not just Sympathize, Let’s ACT!

A small effort on your part can make a BIG difference.

For details, kindly contact: Maharishi Gurushree +91 9999929939, Acharya Prakashanand +91 9310311133

Collection centres: J-1087, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon – 122017; C1/194, Second Floor Janak Puri – 110058

About us:

Ishaan Sadhana Dham is a Charitable Trust, or rather, a movement founded by Gurumaharaj Shree Ravindranand Shrestha to empower one and all to holistically develop and improve quality of life, through awareness
We are an international organization, with followers from Russia, Germany, Canada, US etc.
We have conducted more than 100 sessions in Delhi-NCR and 7 outstation trips
Purpose: To elevate life to a standard where people are in tune with their own self, realising the power within and being constructively useful to the world
Mission: This entire cosmos is in extreme love with its own self and here at Ishaan Sadhana Dham that is what we are aiming to achieve, because everything that we do has just one basic reason behind it and that is love.

Through our sessions, we aim at improving the quality of life under these 9 basic aspects of life around which the life keeps revolving.
1. Career growth
2. Spouse/ Love
3. Health/ Property/ Assets
4. Money/ Stability
5. Spirituality/ Family tree
6. Society and socialism
7. Dharma/ Children/ Patience
8. Wisdom/ Mental strength and capacity
9. Fame

Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/IshaanSadhanaDham

Email ID: ishaansadhanadham@gmail.com

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Journalism and Mass Communication under FYUP: Course analysis

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Journalism as a course was offered in five colleges of Delhi University presumably, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Kamala Nehru College, Lady Shri Ram College, Maharaja Agrasen and Kalindi College. A separate Honours programme in Mass Media and Mass Communication was available in Indraprastha College for Women, only. The new 4-year undergraduate programme has amalgamated these courses into a single entity: Bachelor in Journalism and Mass communication (BJMC), offered in all 6 colleges.

As per the FYUP guidelines, students of this subject will have to take up 30 subjects in their course of study. The course located within the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities (FASSH), has been designed to provide theoretical and practical knowledge, with the help of four skills based papers, and provides the students with technical skills to help them in their careers.

Admission: Cut off list based on merit

How different is the course now?
From a shift to Journalism and Mass Communication from plain old Journalism, a change is somewhat expected. However, when given a look at the course, it still happens to be extremely dominated by Journalism. The papers in the first year have been minimized to two per semester as opposed to the four earlier. While many papers have been shuffled to different years, a lot have been completely removed, for e.g.: Indian State and Democratic Polity, Indian Economy and Business and International Politics, find no place in the current system. Also, a contemporary paper like  – ‘IT and Online Journalism’ earlier taught in the first semester, has been dissolved into New Media (Semester 3) and Online Journalism (Semester 7) in the new FYUP.

Practical or Theory?
With the obvious decrease in theory papers, many papers from the earlier system find themselves extinct in the current programme or are amalgamated with various other subjects to create a new paper which represents them faintly. For e.g.: Global Politics and the media, in the 6th semester of FYUP, has extractions from various previous papers.  There is an increase in skill based papers which give practical hand on knowledge, like Print Production (Semester 3), Writing and reporting for Print (Semester 4), Documentary Production (Semester 6) and others. The course is definitely no longer just theory based. There are practical subjects in four semesters while two others have research based projects similar to the previous model of a dissertation. Papers such as Media and Cultural Studies and History of Media have survived the brunt of the FYUP, keeping the media theory bits intact.

Discipline Courses – IIWhile Political Science and Economics papers have been scrapped in the new system, the concept of ‘minor’ or DC-II courses might enable students to experience subjects such as Political Science and Sociology. With the present uncertainty around the concept, depending upon the college you are studying in you might be given a choice for your minor field. Most probably, these options would include courses such as English, Sociology and Political Science. You would then be doing six papers in the subject that would be your minor. So in the end if you do get to have Political Science as a minor subject, you would actually be studying more of the subject than in the previous system.

Applied Courses
One of the positive attributes of the FYUP, are the Applied Courses. While in the earlier system, Documentary production was a voluntary activity with no merit awarded to it and photography skills had to be acquired outside of college, FYUP carves out dedicated papers to this skill based subjects. Print Production (Semester 3), teaches students the various design softwares needed in print media. Still Photography (Sem 4) emphasizes on the importance of still photography in media and gives foundation knowledge on composition and framing alongside technical know how. Documentary Production (Semester 6), will provide specialized knowledge for Radio and Video Documentary. The final product of this paper will be a 12-min documentary by the students.

(Journalism and Mass Communication 2013 cut-off)

Expected workload
The students can enjoy a load free first year but there is an incremental increase in difficulty and subjects with each year, as opposed to the firm, four papers every year, in the previous programme. The students will have to manage their time and workload in the third year especially, with five papers at hand. Practical paper based projects will tend to take up a lot more time and energy of the student.

Scope for co-curriculars
Being a professional degree course, Journalism takes up a lot of time of the students, with classes six days a week. But, in the present system there is a relief in the first and second year especially, and students can engage in extracurricular activities.

Exit Points
There are three exit points in this programme. The supposedly Diploma degree after the second year fails to provide wholesome skills and knowledge to the student. These students will do far less number of disciplines as compared to the 4-year student. The biggest fallout will be in terms of the employability of the Diploma and Bachelor degree students who will exit after 2 and 3 years because they will be considered as students who failed to complete the entire 4 year programme. Exiting with a Diploma degree will be a complete waste of time.

Employability
What might improve is the ability of the graduating student to decide on his/her area of interest, as the course gives a brief outlook on all aspects of journalism. The reflection on Mass Communication and other aspects such as Marketing Communications can also help students take career paths in other fields.

Conclusion
With Journalism already being one of the most expensive subjects of Delhi University, students will now have to expend some more. Also, there is the common problem of a serious lack in the teaching department, with a lot of colleges resorting to Ad-Hoc teachers. While the course has not lost much of its originality, the inclusion of technical and skill based disciplines will be of much help to the student.

So while the subject will probably be more enjoyable due to the inclusion of skills based papers and projects, the theoretical knowledge and the fundamental knowledge has been decreased significantly.

(For analysis of other courses click here)

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Courses to Look Out For: B.Tech under CIC

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DU’s endeavor to pass on the highest quality of education to its students, led to the inception of the Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC), a research facility that has been guiding the development of B.Tech courses with the aim of making them more comprehensive, innovative, practical and responsive to the changing times.

The programs offered include B.Tech Innovation with Mathematics & Information Technology and B.Tech Humanities.

B.Tech Innovation with Mathematics & Information Technology:

The importance of Information Technology and Mathematics in today’s technology obsessed world cannot be stressed enough. This course offers students a chance to acquire in depth knowledge of Maths and IT along with disciplines like genetics, molecular biology, management, economics, electronics etc.

Each semester consists of Interactive Learning Modules and activity Modules.

In the former, students get in depth knowledge of disciplines like Seeing the world through calculus: First Steps, Modeling continuous change through ordinary differential equations and the Art of Communication.

In the Activity Module, the students get to interact with the real world with projects, internships and industry training to promote holistic development of the pupil’s personality.

The program is a result of an initiative of National Innovation Council and is the first at DU to introduce interdisciplinary approach and unconventional project based learning. Another advantage enjoyed by the students is the small class size which allows the development of each and every student to the best of his abilities. A large number of partnerships with research institutions and labs such as IIT-Bombay, DRODO, PhD Chamber of Commerce etc. helps link academia to other sectors where technology is highly desirable. 

B.Tech Humanities

B.Tech. Humanities is divided into five streams-Journalism, Education, Historical Tourism, Art & Design, and Counseling. This revolutionary program, started through the MetaCollege concept,  is extremely different from its predecessors. The course encourages a student to ‘design his own degree’. A student is guided by a mentor and can chose from a variety of courses offered in various colleges, in all his semesters except for the first and the last. A student will be required to take some compulsory courses prescribed by Cluster Innovation Centre in the 1st and the 8th semesters only.

These include Mathematical Awareness, Art of Communication, Innovation

Management, Social Enquiry and Legal Literacy.  For all the other semesters, a student can opt for courses according to his preferences. In the end, a student will get to specialize in one of the five streams. This course is tailored to help students take up professions as per their inclinations.

The CIC offers excellent labs and research centers along with partnerships with reputed research institutes. Hostel facility is available to boys and girls.

Both courses are 4 year programs with 40 seats in each. Aspirants should note that the institute follows its own procedure for admissions which includes an entrance test (75% weightage) and an interview (25% weightage). All details regarding eligibility criteria and the admission form can be found at the CIC website. Last date to submit the form is July 16, 2013. The test is scheduled to be held on July 21, 2013.

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Bachelor of Management Studies: Course Analysis

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While BMS aspirants wait for the result of the entrance, we take a look at what you can expect out of the four year undergraduate programme in Management Studies.

BMS or Bachelor of Management Studies replaced three courses i.e. Bachelor of Business Studies, Bachelor of Business Economics and Bachelor of Financial and Investment Analysis. Under the FYUP, the course is now overlooked by the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University, a reputed institute for management education. However, studying BMS for a year will make you realize that the Faculty of Management Studies has nothing to do with it apart from its sole contribution being the redesigning of the syllabus and the scrapping of the interview that was followed earlier in the admission process.

BMS, like the three courses it replaced, is a course that is meant for students who wish to go beyond theoretical education. Since the admission is based on the Board marks, the entrance exam, it gives students an opportunity to study at reputed colleges in DU, even if their Board marks are on the lower side.

Here’s a look at some aspects of this relatively new course:

Syllabus
The syllabus for BMS is very similar to that of BBS, with certain elements from the syllabi of BBE and BFIA like Basic Econometrics and Financial Modeling and Derivatives added to it.

Some topics, which were earlier simply a part of subjects in the 3 courses, are now full fledged papers under the new syllabus like Database Management System and Consumer Behaviour. BMS students will have to study a language under the new syllabus as an Applied Course.

Students can choose from the following subject areas for their DC II papers: Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Management of Services, Management of Global Business and Tourism Management.

On one hand, this is a plus because the students have more choices now, as the old courses had less number of options for specialization. Moreover, students can choose a DC II paper from their second year. This gives the students an added advantage of studying a specialization subject for three years which was previously taught for only a year (final year).

However, though initially these six courses were meant exclusively for the students pursuing BMS, Delhi University revoked its decision and made it available for the students pursuing any course subject to the guidelines mentioned here. Therefore, the exclusivity that students pursuing BBS/BBE/BFIA had of specializing in a subject has been taken away from the course.

A bonus year
An extra year for BMS students, brings with it various opportunities. The 3 courses it has replaced have always laid emphasis on extra curricular activities. Students can intern for another summer and try their hand at working in different industries, start ups, NGOs and so on. Apart from that, it is another year full of B Plan competitions, Mock Stocks, B Quizzes etc. Those who wish to take up this course are usually inclined towards gaining practical exposure. With a bonus year, students can apply themselves in a much better way and hone such skills. Additionally, a student graduating after 4 years will be awarded an Honours degree, though 2 of the earlier courses were not Honours courses.

The exit options
The exit options might prove to be a boon for those students who aspire to be entrepreneurs. They can finish their graduation in 2 or 3 years and use the knowledge acquired to set up a business. This route is not for the faint hearted, of course. This option may also prove useful for students who plan to join their family’s business post graduation.

College Choices
Though BBS, BBE and BFIA were taught in 3, 10 and 1 college(s) respectively, BMS will be taught in only 6 colleges, namely:

Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (or CBS)
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (DDUC)
Keshav Mahavidyala (KMV)
Bhimrao Ambedkar College (BRAC)
Maharaja Agrasen College (MAC)
College of Vocational Studies (CVS)

This move came as a surprise since reputed colleges like SGTB Khalsa, Gargi and SGGS College of Commerce were not given a green signal by the University to start this course. In all, 840 seats have been allotted to this course.

Based on the counseling sessions of last year, CBS was the first choice for most students. KMV and DDUC followed next, and were more or less equally popular. CVS too, saw many takers especially since they have 300 seats for this course. MAC and BRAC were the next options taken up by students.

Overall, the changes made were mostly positive, with fairly decent to good placements depending on the college, a myriad of extra curricular activities and a balance of theory and practical exposure.

 Tushar Diwan and Priyanka Banerjee

(For analysis of other courses click here)

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