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A guide to Delhi University’s Bachelor of Management Studies

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Putting end to all the queries, doubts and apprehensions of eager admission seekers regarding the admission procedure to the course of BMS i.e. Bachelor of Management Studies , Delhi University has issued the related guidelines applicable for admission in the academic year 2014-15 by means of a press release dated June 5th, 2014. Take a look at out course analysis of this relatively new course here.

Step One – Registration

  • The forms costs Rs.500 for General, Other Backward classes (OBC) and children of war widows (CW) candidates and it costs Rs.250 for candidates belonging to scheduled caste(SC)/scheduled tribe(ST) and disabled candidates.
  • The admit cards shall be emailed to the registered candidates between June 20th to June 22nd, 2014.

Step Two – Entrance Exam

  • The entrance test shall be conducted on June 26th, 2014 (Thursday) from 1500 hours to 1700 hours at stipulated exam centers.
  • There will be equal weight age given to the class XIIth score secured by candidates(50%) as well as the BMS entrance exam(50%).

Step Three – Counselling

  • The merit list of candidates selected for counseling shall be released on July 4th, 2014 (Friday) at 1700 hours.
  • Replacing the last year’s interviewing procedure, the counseling session commences on July 6th, 2014.
  • The subsequent counselling sessions have been scheduled for July 10th, 13th & 17th, 2014.

Step Four: Admission

  • The students shall have the time of two days for seeking admission in respective colleges, say the students qualifying for admission in first counseling shall have to get themselves admitted on July 7th & 8th, 2014  between 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.
  • In case of vacant seats, FMS will notify the students for any further counselling sessions (if so required).

Post the counseling sessions, admission procedures and other related formalities, the course shall commence from July 21st, 2014 (Monday).

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Image Courtesy: The Official Website of Delhi University (www.du.ac.in)

 

Featured Image Credits: Official web site of Faculty of Management Sciences (www.fms.edu)

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Making the city safer: By day and by night

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In the wake of some very unfortunate incidents of rape and sexual assault, the city of Delhi was labeled as the ‘Rape capital of India’ and perhaps for the first time in the city’s history, it saw people take to the streets by the hundreds in protest. Some called it a new awakening of consciousness and public responsibility, one that has its crests and troughs albeit. Hullabaloo follows in the aftermath of every such case, and then a period of lull takes over. But here are two projects which carry on in their pursuits of making the city safer, in helping prevent rather than lamenting afterward. And no they are not complex laws of the state. Jo mera hai woh mera hai– an Education Tree initiative by Delhi University students and Safer City Project- an Halonix advertising campaign are here with a cause.

Jo mera hai woh mera hai: Started by Smriti Singhal, Kunal Arora and Karan Katyal, all student of DU, The Education Tree has at its core the idea that education goes beyond the classroom and can also adapt the creative forms of arts like dance, drama and craft. And the most important issue that the group sought to address was that of respect for women keeping in mind the poor levels of gender sensitization in society. “The core belief was that we wanted a result-oriented campaign, spreading awareness was pivotal. The fact is that everyone in this society needs to change their mindset when they look at this issue be it a man or a woman. After the Dec 16 rape case everyone was on the streets protesting but the protests were not leading to anything.

I believe that the youth has a lot of energy and that energy needs to be channelized in the right direction,” says Smriti.The campaign ‘jo mera hai woh mera hai’ loosely translates to ‘my body, my rights’ and is a creative expression of grave concerns like women’s safety.

 

To put their message across, the campaign uses creative art forms like street plays and metro theatres (held at metro stations), flash mobs and freeze mobs. The last is a relatively new concept where a group of people suddenly freeze in their positions and hold up posters with powerful messages and important information in order to attract the attention of those around them.

The aim of the campaign is to deliver important social messages that promote gender sensitization and also to disseminate information regarding helpline numbers, mobile apps and laws pertaining to the issue of women’s rights and women’s safety. Explains Smriti “We are ardent believers of art and therefore, the solution had to be creative. We use art as a medium at The Education Tree to bring social change,”  The campaign was launched a year back and today, it has over hundred student volunteers from the University. Over a 1000 freeze mobs and other events have been conducted across the city from places ranging from markets and malls to schools and colleges to metro and railway stations. The Education Tree hopes to take the campaign across the country and do its bit for the society.

Safer City Project: The Safer City Project is a product of some great promotion strategy on part of Halonix- a lighting company. It uses advertising for a social-welfare purpose like few have. In effect, what the project does is put up billboards carrying  one-line advertising messages which are then lit up at night doubling up as bright flood lights which help light up dark streets.

To identify which streets were in need of immediate lighting, Halonix used its Safer City Project Facebook page to take the opinion of the city’s residents. On popular vote, Vasant Kunj was the first to get one such board, this was followed by areas in Dwarka and Gurgaon amongst others. The Project has now expanded to cover other cities like Chennai, Lucknow and Mohali. Moreover, Halonix has no copyright over the idea and is open to, even supportive of other companies following suit. Making our cities safer by the night is their primary concern.

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Admissions 2014

DU issues list of colleges giving concession to female students

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As per the guidelines issued by Delhi University for Admissions 2014, colleges are not permitted to declare any additional eligibility criteria beyond the rules set by the University. However, colleges were allowed to send in requests to provide a certain percentage concession to female students.

14 colleges, including Morning and Evening colleges both have sent in such requests. While most of them have included all courses, some of them, like Ram Lal Anand, have specified certain courses for which the concession will be applicable.

The highest amount of concession goes up till 5% ( as given by Motilal Nehru College),while the lowest stands at 1%.

Requests obtained from different college for Concession to Girl candidates for the year 2014-15

NameofCollege Course Concession
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam Allcourses 3%
Deen Dyal UpadhayaCollege Allcourses 3%
DyalSinghCollege Allcourses 3%
DyalSinghCollege(Evn) Allcourses 3%
 

 

MotilalNehruCollege
  1. Hindi
 5%
  1. Sanskrit
 5%
  1. PolticalScience
 5%
  1. Physics
 5%
  1. English
 3%
  1. History
 3%
  1. Commerce
 1%
MotilalNehruCollege(Evn) Allcourses 5%
 

 

RamLalAnand(Evn)
  1. Commerce
 3%
  1. English
 3%
  1. Economics
 3%
  1. PolticalScience
 3%
  1. Hindi
 3%
  1. History
 3%
  1. Mathematics
 3%
 

RamLalAnand
  1. Commerce
 2%
  1. Geology
 2%
  1. Hindi
 2%
  1. History
 2%
  1. PolticalScience
 2%
RamanujanCollege
  1. Hindi
 2%
  1. PolticalScience
 2%
  1. English
 2%
ShaheedBhagatSingh(Evn) Allcourses 3%
ShivajiCollege Allcourses 3%
ShyamLalCollege(Evn) Allcourses 2%
SriGuruNanakDevKhalsaCollege 1.Commerce2.Economics3.English4.Hindi5.History6. Mathematics7.Poltical.Science8.Punjabi9.Hindi Journalism 2%
SwamiShraddhanand
  1. Commerce2.Mathematics
 3%

 

 

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Admissions 2014

St. Stephen’s College and Jesus and Mary College open online applications

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While applications for most colleges under Delhi University are centralised through the OMR form, minority colleges like St. Stephen’s College and Jesus and Mary College follow a separate procedure that is conducted solely online. Take a look at the details for the two colleges below:

 

Jesus and Mary College

 

Students who wish to apply to JMC should keep the following guidelines in mind:

  • The online form can be filled here between June 2-16 2014.  Each applicant can fill only one form.
  • The prospectus of the college which covers information regarding the departments, societies, faculty members, syllabus and so on can be viewed here.
  • The college has outlined various department-specific guidelines and criteria (most of which are in accordance to the ones issued by the University).
  • Students applying under sports category shall be required to appear for sports trials between June 17-20 2014 along with all original documents/certificates as per the schedule to be put up on the college website / notice board. Minimum eligibility: For appearing in trials, a student must have  I/II or III position at the zonal level or I/II or III position at the State level.
  • Students applying under ECA category shall have to appear for ECA trials on the 19th and 20th of June along with all original documents /certificates.
  • The cut off  lists of the selected candidates will be put up on the college website/notice board as per the Delhi University schedule. Hence the first cut off list comes out on June 24th.

St. Stephen’s College

Students who wish to apply to St. Stephen’s College should keep the following guidelines in mind:

  • The online form can be filled between June 2-16 2014.
  • The guidelines for admission related criteria for all departments can be seen here.
  • Candidates applying under a foreign board can view specific guidelines here. Predicted grades are not accepted.
  • The college has provided detailed instructions for those applying through sports and has also outlined the schedule for the trials to be held on the 17th and 18th of June.
  • Admission is based on two components with the following weights:(i) Class XII marks: 85% of effective BFS percentage(ii) Interview: 15%The College interviews approximately:
    • four applicants per seat for Economics, History and English
    • five per seat for Mathematics
    • six per seat for Sanskrit, Philosophy, Chemistry  and Physics
  • The tentative interview schedule has been put up on the site. The confirmed dates and list of selected candidates for the same will be put up on the website on June 18th.
  • The interview will cover questions related to academics, co curriculars, general awareness and sense of values.
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ABVP passes special resolution against FYUP in National Executive Meet

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After the triumphant victory of its principle party in the national elections, Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad is set to move to the Ministry of Human Resource Development and seek a rollback of the Four Year Undergraduate Programme, introduced during UPA-2’s term.

The issue was also tabled at ABVP’s recently concluded National Executive Meet in Mangalore (26th-29th May), in which a special resolution was passed to express complete dissatisfaction over the implementation of FYUP. In an exclusive interview to DU Beat, Saket Bahuguna, ABVP’s State Secretary for Delhi, said, “For the past 5 months we have been taking delegations to various BJP leaders and expressing our worries for the University. Now that BJP is in power in the centre, a delegation will meet Minister of HRD, Ms. Smriti Irani, as soon as senior ABVP Delhi leaders return from the National Executive Meet. It is a matter of great urgency as the University plans to begin the process of admission from the 2nd of June, thus we passed a special resolution in the meet.” The Leader went on to challenge the FYUP on grounds of proper approval from the appropriate authorities. He also said that the programme is in contrast with the National Policy of Education, which recommends the 10+2+3 system. BJP’s student wing also cited arising problems in the University’s School of Open Learning (SOL). The institute will not be able to award honours degrees henceforth, courtesy of UGC’s new ruling which prohibits a University from awarding the same degree in 2 different ways.]]>

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Admissions 2014

Aspirants skip online form, call DU admission process rocket science

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The process of admission for 54,000 seats and 70 colleges in Delhi University officially began today with the sale of the common admission OMR form. The offline forms are available in 18 information centres around Delhi; the online forms on the other hand are available on the University website and also through the Android app DU UG admissions 2014  designed by a DU Professor, Dr. Gurpreet Singh Tuteja.

The first day saw a huge turnout of prospective students and their parents. Queues had already formed before 9:00 am, the time for the sale of the forms to actually begin. The windows for general and SC/ST and OBC categories were separate in every college. The prices of the forms for the categories are also different.

Anxious parents were seen all around, some even more so than their children. Their was a lot of confusion regarding the new rules of DU in calculation of marks and the subjects that they can use in Best of four calculation. Students are under the common dilemma of what is more important to them, the college or the course.

One such aspirant Katherine D’ Joy came with her father to pick up a form. Katherine aspires to study Sociology from one of the top notch colleges in DU. She agrees that there is a lot of undue pressure on students to choose  career oriented subjects .”Students are under a lot of pressure from their parents and I am fortunate to have a relatively much liberal choice when it comes to my career,” she says.

Describing the admission process in Delhi University as “Rocket science”, Katherine’s father relayed the trouble he faced in filling up the online form. “We tried to fill it(form) online last night but the website kept crashing. So now we had to come all the way to Gargi to pick up the form.”, he said. He hopes that improvements in the functioning would be made in future.

Another confusion that is prevalent among students is admission through ECA and sports quota. The information about the release of forms, trials to be conducted has not been made available as of yet.

Bharat Mohindru

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Admissions 2014

DU Beat guide to Delhi University admission 2014

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With the admission season officially beginning tomorrow in Delhi University, here is the information that you need to keep in mind.

1. The Information Centres:

The Offline Application Form for DU 2014 admissions in different colleges can be accessed at the information centres provided below –

 NorthDelhi/CentralDelhi

Daulat Ram College, North Campus

Hansraj College, North  Campus

SGTB Khalsa College, North Campus

Indraprastha College for Women, Sham Nath Marg

Swami Sharadhanand College, Alipur

Zakir Husain Delhi College, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg

Kalindi  College, East Patel Nagar

 SouthDelhi

A.R.S.D. College, Dhaula Kuan

Gargi College, Siri Fort  Road

P.G.D.A.V. College, Nehru Nagar, Ring Road

Dyal Singh  College, Lodi Road

Deshbandhu College, Kalkaji

 EastDelhi

Shyam Lal College, Shahdara

Maharaja Agrasen College Vasundhra Enclave

Vivekananda  College, Vivek Vihar

 WestDelhi

Rajdhani College, Raja Garden

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College, Punjabi Bagh

Bhaskracharya College of Applied Sciences, Dwarka

 

 

2. Connectivity:

If you are travelling by metro, here is a list of the metro stations nearest to the colleges: Metro connectivity to DU colleges

Notice for people travelling by car: Vehicular movement will be restricted from Vishwavidyalaya Metro Station to Delhi School of Economics on Chhatra Marg and on GTB Khalsa Road (North Campus) from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm w.e.f. 2nd June to 16th June 2014 (except 8th & 15th June 2014 being Sunday).

Parking of the private vehicles would be owners’ responsibility at their own risk. Only the vehicles with valid University stickers will be allowed entry.

3. Common Admission forms/OMR Forms:

OFFLINE FORM:

1.These will be available at the Information Centres mentioned above from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm excluding Sundays.

2.The Online Pre-admission form is common for all the courses listed in the form and valid for all colleges except Stephen’s College and Jesus & Mary College.

3. The OMR form is common for all colleges except  St.Stephens and Jesus and Mary College. Contact the college for the form.

4. Only photograph required during filling application.

Cost of the offline form:
For General Category – Rupees One Hundred and Fifty  (Rs. 150/-)

For SC/ST Category – Rupees Seventy  (Rs. 70/-).

ONLINE FORM:

The form will go live on the University website: www.du.ac.in

Cost of the online form:

For General Category – Rupees One Hundred  (Rs. 100/-)

For SC/ST Category- Rupees Fifty  (Rs. 50/-)

 

5.Very important stuff:

We strongly suggest you carry:

  • One maybe two water bottles
  • An umbrella
  • Black/blue ball point pens
  • Glue stick

Weather: At all cost avoid satin, black, glitter and anything blingy. Summer in Delhi can be stroke inducing. Click here if you don’t believe us:Weather in Delhi

Delhi University Admission Helpline:011-40360360

The App that will make admissions easy: Download this app on your phone immediately. We demand it. Check it out her: DU UG Admission 2014

Contact us: At any point of time, if you need our help connect with us on Facebook or Twitter. We will be happy to assist you.

Click here for all about Delhi University Admissions 2014: Admissions2014

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Four minority colleges exempted from reserving 27% seats for OBC quota

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The Delhi High Court has passed the plea filed by Mata Sundari College for Women to allow the four minority colleges to exempt the 27% reserved seats for the students from Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.

The minority colleges include Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, Guru Gobind Singh College, and Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College including Mata Sundari College for Women. These colleges come under Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), constituted under the Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act.

In August 2011, the above mentioned colleges won minority status which allowed them to exempt 50% reservation from other categories. Earlier this week Mata Sundari College for Women appealed to the High Court to exempt the 27% OBC quota.

In response to why only the OBC quota has been removed, Dr. Kawaljit Kaur, principal of the college said, “It is the order of the court. As the minority status has not been confirmed yet, we had to seek for the exemption from the court for the OBC quota. As of now, only temporary relief has been given to the college only for this year. Till now, we have not received any order in written from the court. We have only read about this in the newspaper.”

According to her, the OBC reservation should not be applicable to the minority institutions because their management is seeking for a minority status under which 50% can be reserved for their own minority but the college does not plan to remove SC/ST quota.“We have been admitting SC/ST and People with disability (PWD) students all this time and we will continue this practice.” She said.

Since the 27% seats from the OBC quota have been exempted, Dr. Kawaljit Kaur said that these seats will now be distributed among the General category candidates.“Since it has not been confirmed, we will be admitting minority students with a little relaxation in their marks as per the previous years.” She added.

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Smriti Irani requests VC to reinstate suspended officials, VC denies suspension

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Since DU is an autonomous institution I have put forth my personal appeal to the VC to reinstate the officials. — Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 31, 2014 Congress leader Digvijay Singh earlier slammed the Modi government accusing it of “not caring for transparency”. He went on to mock the central government by tweeting, “Achhe din aa gaye hein.”

After Smriti Irani’s tweet, Digvijay Singh thanked her and asked to her to come clean with her true educational qualification. Irani and her defendants continue to appeal to the masses to judge her by her work and not on the basis of her educational background. Though certain officials from the University issued statements about the suspension, the Vice Chancellor, through a Press Release yesterday, said that “The University has learnt that no suspension order has been issued to any employee of the School of Open Learning”.]]>

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