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Your College Survival Guide: Places to Know in North Campus

By DU Beat July 30, 2017

When we talk about the University of Delhi, the idea that it is a world of its own springs to our head. You see people from all over, scattered yet together. The educational hub is also the center of accommodation for thousands of students every year; dispersed in hostels, PGs, and flats. With its abundant resources and the plethora of markets, the north campus is dotted with shops to get the little, essential, and trivial things done with immediacy.

Have a look at the places of importance located on the campus to help you overcome those logistical hurdles!

Patel Chest

The bustling lane situated between the crossing of Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College and Patel Chest Institute is where all our stationery/photocopy/reading material problems are resolved. You can get photocopies in bulk for a really cheap bargain, along with that last-minute folder or print-out you might need for your internal submission!

Post Office

The written medium shall always thrive, and to cater to the Messenger services of those who reside within the campus, the nearest post offices on campus are two. First, in the lane that runs opposite to gate no. 1 of Hansraj College. Second, the lane opposite to the back entrance of Sparks Mall, Kamla Nagar. Post away!

The Photocopy Shop, Hindu College

Some subjects or papers might not offer tailour-made resources for the student to delve into. Fear not, for photocopy shops like that in Hindu College, proffer reading material at cheap prices. Any study material, notes, even photocopies of books and guides are available here at a moment’s notice!

The Many Canteens of DU

From the masala coke, kadak chai, egg curry of DSE to the South Indian delicacies of Anna’s Dhaaba (PG Men’s Hostel) and Pandit Ji ke paranthe, you can find multiple ranges of eatables for you to fill the tummy to its fullest (because of their herculean quantity). Also, try your taste buds with the sprawling canteens of Mansarovar Hostel and Hindu College.

24/7, Malka Ganj Chowk

Even at 3 in the night, if you need anything from groceries to personal grooming essentials, this is the place for you. 24/7 is tucked away on the vibrant street leading to Malka Ganj chowk. Get ready to shop, until you drop!

Central Library

From wide ranging books on all subjects and disciplines, it not only provides access to study reference materials, but its quiet environment also gives a place where one can read without any disturbance. The library lies just opposite to the Arts Faculty.

The Kamla Nagar Market

The first place everyone knows about once they step foot here? Yes, the famous Kamla Nagar. It is the hub of every commodity you can think of in your wildest dreams. You can get anything and everything here; from the basics to the very particular requirements.

Laundry

There are so many laundries on campus which charge you based on the kilograms of clothes you want to get washed. R laundry in Kamla, Dhobi Mart in Hudson etc. are popular spots to visit!

Police Station

Safety trumps everything. The nearest police station is that of Maurice Nagar. The police inspectors are very friendly; so feel free to go and report about any issue that perturbs you.

Address: Vijay Nagar Marg, Reids Line Delhi Univ Staff Flats, Sarup Nagar, Delhi, 110007

Phone: 011 2766 7178

Cafes in Hudson

Now that you are in DU, there will come a lot of occasions which will call for parties or get-togethers with appetising food. Hudson Lane is the landmark to be at! Starting from the Big Yellow Door (BYD), Taxi, Mama’s Buoi, Phonebooth, Flames, and much more, get ready to be served an array of dishes on your table!

Be sure keep these places at your fingertips, and you’ll have the key to survival for one of the most vibrant and beautiful campuses of the country!

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Campus Central

DU students can get their voter IDs in this special drive organised by the ECI in their college

By DU Beat July 27, 2017

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to bring the process of ‘becoming a voter’ to DU students. In the initial phase, nine DU colleges in the North Campus have been rostered where registration booths will be set to facilitate the process. This drive will continue from 27^th July to 28^th July.According to a survey conducted by ECI, out of total 6,34,54 Delhi youth falling in the age group 18-19, only 1,80,936 are enrolled as eligible voters. This leaves almost one-third of the potential voices silent. To bridge this gap ECI is running a drive in DU colleges to allow students without voter ID cards to apply.

The exercise which is expected to attract first-year students will start in the following colleges: Shri Ram College of Commerce, St. Stephen’s College, Miranda House, Hindu College, Ramjas College, SGTB Khalsa College, Hansraj College, Daulat Ram College and Kirori Mal College, and the whole process will be facilitated by NSS teams of respective colleges. Students are required to have certain pre-requisite documents like 10^th board certificate, colour passport size photo, Electricity Bill or Rent agreement, Aadhar Card and college identity card. Furthermore, they would be required to fill up ‘Form-6’ at the booths.

Speaking to DU Beat, the officiating Principal of Hansraj College Dr.Rama welcomed the moved by ECI and said, “ It will create a sense of awareness among the students and strengthen the roots of democracy and electoral politics in the country.”

Meanwhile, election commission officials have assured that the delivery of the Election IDs would be completed within a month. Speaking to India Today Padam Singh, the district electoral officer said,“ We are conducting this to ensure students are not bereft of the opportunity to vote in the upcoming elections. This is an interesting pool of students aged between 18 and 21.” The registration process is open for anyone above 18 years of age.

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DU Student allegedly beaten up in a case of Road Rage

By DU Beat July 26, 2017

Another case of road rage has rocked the University campus. According to a Times of India report, a Delhi University student was roughed up by two men, when he complained to them about their wrongly parked vehicle. The incident unfolded near Bungalow road on 21^st July when the victim was heading back to his hostel with a friend. He was on a scooter when he saw a car parked in the middle of the road with the owner standing on the other side. The victim, who is a resident of Jubilee Hall, walked upto the car owner and asked him to move his car in order to clear the traffic which was built up due to the wrongly parked vehicle. This allegedly enraged the accused who then trashed the victim in front of several people who remained mute spectators to the event.

The victim even accused the persons of trying to run him over twice. The victim was also threatened by the accused not to register a complaint regarding the incident. In a copy of the FIR, which is available with this newspaper the accused was reported threatening the victims with words like “tera university mein rehna mushkil kardenge, hum chandrawal ke gaali no.7 ke rehne waale hein” and “beta agar police ke pass gaya toh tu mara jayega”. The accused fled from the spot as people started building up around.

The victim was taken to Bara Hindu Rao hospital from where a PCR call was made and his family members were informed. The police officials informed that a case has been registered and teams were formed to identify the accused. The accused duo have been arrested, while one of them is a DU student the other one works in a private firm. Speaking to DU beat on condition of anonymity a senior police official informed that the investigation in on and further information would be revealed after investigation is over.

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Admissions 2017

Delhi University declares Schedule for 7th Cut Off

By Srivedant Kar July 26, 2017

In a recent press release, Delhi University has declared the schedule for the seventh cut off for admissions to its undergraduate courses. The seventh cut off for merit based admissions will be declared on 27th July, the admissions for which will take place on 27th and 28th July. Although a majority of the seats for admissions have been filled, still some few seats remain for grabs in a few colleges of the University.

University will also declare two more cut offs for NCWEB. The sixth cut off which will be declared on 27th July will admit students on 27th and 28th July whereas the seventh cut off list will be declared on 1st August, the admissions for which will happen on 1st and 2nd August.

According to a report by Hindustan Times, while Shyam Lal college has the highest number of courses open for admissions several most sought after colleges have already closed their admissions.

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Admissions 2017

Admissions date extended, DU to declare sixth cut off and a special drive for reserved categories to fill remaining seats

By Srivedant Kar July 20, 2017

In a recent press release published in the University website, Delhi University (DU) has extended the date of admissions based on the fifth cut off till 20^th July 2017, i.e-today. Students who couldn’t take admissions in any college due to various reasons can take admissions in colleges today.

After 20th July 2017 , he admissions for the fifth cut off list would be closed. This would be followed by the sixth cut off which would be announced on 22^nd July 2017. Admissions for the same would commence from 22^nd July to 25^th July. The admissions would be announced for all categories and admissions will take place on all other days except for Sunday.

According to the new release, every student who had registered for admissions for the session 2017-18 with the University and had failed to take admissions in earlier lists due to various reasons will be eligible for admissions in the sixth cut off.

Meanwhile the University has also planned to start a special drive for admissions in the reserved categories. This drive which would take place from 31^st July to 5^th August would include all the reserved category admissions like SC, ST, OBC, PwD, CW, Kashmiri Migrants and Sports.

While the orientation of some colleges have already taken place, but many other colleges have their orientations lined up for today as the academic season begins. While most of the seats for UG courses have been filled, the University is still in the process to finishing with the Post Graduate admissions which has led to several doubts, if the University would succeed in beginning its new academic season from 20^th as declared in its academic calendar.

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DU steps up its Anti-Ragging and Women’s Safety measures

By Priyal Mahtta July 15, 2017

The University of Delhi, in its supervisory meeting with the officials of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), Delhi Metro and Delhi Police on 14th July, 2017, decided upon taking certain measures for making the campus ragging free and more disciplined in the upcoming session.

As per the press release by the University, two Joint Control rooms would be set up in North and South Campus from 20th July to 2nd August, so as to ease the induction process for the freshers. It has also been decided to deploy Delhi Police’s women personnel from the Special Police Unit for Women and Children (SPUWAC) trained in martial arts in the campus for keeping a check on eve-teasing and ragging inside. It has also been decided to provide special defense training to female students.

The measures also include extra vigilance around food joints inside the campus along with picket points providing special assistance to women’s colleges.

Moreover, sensitive areas of the campus have been put under electronic surveillance along with prohibiting unauthorised entry of outsiders in college hostels to curb ragging or any kind of indiscipline inside the campus.

The University has also issued steps on filing a compliant in such cases. This can be done by calling on the national anti-ragging helpline at 1800 180 5522, the North Campus Control Room at 011-27667221 or South Campus Control Room at 011-24119832.

The University’s authorities seem to be taking these measures as a step towards reducing indiscipline, however, it would be interesting to ask why such activities continue in the campus, keeping in view the already existing measures. With mandatory anti-ragging cells in every college and several women’s safety measures already in place, the efficiency and their implementation in campus becomes an important question to be pondered over.

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This DU Startup aims to be the ‘Amazon’ for Socially Conscious Products

By Srivedant Kar July 13, 2017

Stories and tales of ‘how hard work will change one’s future and fate’ seemed not be working for the members of a deaf and mute community in Delhi. Their dedication and willingness to fight the society by earning their own bread was all visible in their beautiful handicrafts, paintings, gift items and other items but the filled cupboards told another story of lost hope. Their hard work and products which were supposed to change their lives couldn’t reach the market.

“It was just another appalling sight of the plight that any college student who takes up a project on social welfare will surely encounter”, says Saurabh Patel one of the co-founders of Lithics.in. “The condition was such that even one of the heads of the NGO, which worked for these communities had to cut down on staff and take up a part time job to generate money for the organisations”, he says as he recalls the past times.

Taking lessons from one of their college projects at Cluster Innovation Centre and doing some further research, these students realised that the situation was not much different for other NGOs in the country. After days of pondering over the problem of market access to these communities, they came up with an idea of a creating a social enterprise that could help these marginalised communities sell their products at a full price to its customers. Aiming to end this plight, three students Desh Deepak Dwivedi, Saurabh Patel and Kirti Krishan started Lithics.in in order to provide an online marketplace for helping various NGOs and Co-Operative of weaker sections of the society like organisations of differently abled people, jail inmates, marginalised women from rural areas, local artisans, and war widows among many. Currently being housed in the Technology Business Incubator of Cluster Innovation Centre of the University of Delhi (DU).

Today more than thirty small and big organisations sell their products through their web portal. Ms.Sujata Kumari, the founder of Agrima Foundation who earlier had to cut down on the staff as she was unable to sell her products now has recruited several new of them. “Now I am busy packing products for the orders that I receive from as far as Darbhanga in Bihar to Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu. Now I know that I am receiving my due recognition”, says Sujata.

Within six months Lithics has gone forward to win several accolades. From winning the Pollination Project Grant, receiving special appreciation at DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia 2016 and was selected for entrepreneurship training at DO School Brazil. One of the co-founders got selected for Younus and Youth Fellowship program.

“We are planning to expand our reach of NGOs outside Delhi. Currently, we are eyeing towards Mumbai and Bangalore”, says Kirti Krishan who is one of the co-founders.

On being asked about what motivates them to work day in and day out, Desh Deepak says “Many people come across pain of marginalised people and go back by just showing sympathy. We wanted to do something more than that, so we empowered them. Their happiness is our sole currency.”

*Special Note

The start-up has made it to the final rounds the International Entrepreneurship for Good Program 2017, Brazil. You can make them win this competition by voting for them by clicking on the link given below.

https://thedoschool.org/ventures/lithics/

(You would need to enter your email and confirm the same on the mail that you receive in your mailbox)

*You can buy any of their products here to support weaker communities to earn a living.

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Admissions 2017

Seats slashed for General Category students in Faculty of Law

By Joyee Bhattacharya July 10, 2017

Students of the general category are now facing a tough competition ahead. Unlike previous years, the total number of 2,310 seats this year is inclusive of the supernumerary categories, which were reserved for:

Students with physical disabilities,
Children of war widows
Foreign nationals

This has been announced through a notification issued by the university on July 7. Hence, there will be only be 1,033 seats for general category students this year.

Previously, there were 2,310 seats in place which were meant for students in the unreserved category as well as Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. The 310 supernumerary were separated from this. The new notification was announced days after the tussle between the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the Delhi University Law Faculty. The judgement then stated that the varsity must admit 2,310 students this academic session as opposed to BCI’s order of admitting only 1,440 students.

Earlier this year, the BCI stated the university cannot admit more than 1,440 students and that the university must comply with the Legal Education Rules, 2008, and place a limit on the number of students. The case then reached the Delhi High Court, wherein the university was allowed to admit 2,310 students for the LLB programme.

Hence, this year, the general category will have 1,033 seats as compared to 1,167 till last year. Now due to the reduction of seats for unreserved category, those in the reserved category will also face a slash number of seats reserved. The break up has been decided upon as:

OBC: reduction of seats from 623 to 552
SCs: reduction of seats from 347 to 307
STs: reduction of seats from 173 to 153

No details have yet been revealed on how the seats will be divided between the three centres: the Campus Law Centre, Law Centre-I and Law Centre-II.

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Admissions 2017

Delhi University fills up 57 per cent of its seats in Undergraduate courses

By Deepannita Misra July 9, 2017

With the admission season well underway and the University of Delhi (DU) having released its third cut-off list for undergraduate courses, it has now been confirmed by the Admissions Committee that more than half of its seats are already full. “Over 30,00 out of around 52,000 seats in various DU colleges have already been filled, along with payment of fees,” confirmed Professor Maharaj K. Pandit, the Chairman of DU’s Admissions Committee. The university has yet to release the fourth and fifth cut-off lists, which are expected to be released on 13th July and 18th July, 2017, respectively.

That within a span of three cut-off lists in a mere fortnight, more than half of the seats should have been filled up, only attests to the university’s ever-growing popularity among students. B.A. (Hons.) English and Economics remain the most sought-after courses. DU clearly is very much a top choice for aspiring undergraduates, as the statistics reveal that several colleges such as Lady Shri Ram (LSR) and Hindu College have already closed the admissions to some of the courses. This year, a marginal dip was recorded in the cut-offs. Yet, the highest percentage, as per the latest and third cut-off issued by DU, remains 98 per cent for B.A. (Hons.) in Psychology in LSR College. By the fifth cut-off, almost all seats are expected to be filled up. As it turns out, the sky-high percentage and quickly disappearing seats which make DU one of the most viable and prestigious education institutions of the country, also make it the hardest to gain entry into. The admission season, so far, has been anything but a smooth-sailing for both the university and the parents and students. But with more and more seats being grabbed and choices in terms of the courses narrowing down, if there were ever a time to hurry in order to make it to DU, it would be now.

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Nearly 70% of the questions in DU’s Buddhist Studies MPhil exam repeated in the PhD entrance exam: Students claim

By Anagha Rakta July 8, 2017

Students claim that almost 70% of the questions that were asked in the Department of Buddhist Studies entrance exam, held on 5th July between 8am to 10pm, were repeated in the PhD entrance exam, held on the same day between 4pm to 6pm. A few students, who appeared for the PhD entrance exam, have filed a written complaint with the University on Friday, 7th July, saying that the paper repeated 36 out of the 50 questions asked. It seemed to be a matter of concern as many students apply for both the courses and those who appeared for the MPhil test had advantage over the others as they had the time to discuss the answers before they appeared for the PhD test.

“It was shocking to learn that questions asked in the MPhil test and the PhD entrance were the same. Students who had applied for both the tests benefitted,” the complaint said. However, the head of the department, KTS Sarao said: “It is not possible that so many questions will be same. Many departments hold same test for admission to both MPhil and PhD but we conduct separate exams. The syllabus is similar so there is a possibility that 3-4 questions are same but not as many as some students are alleging,” and rejected the allegations.

With inputs from Hindustan Times.

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