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Parliamentary Panel Slams DU for “Faulty” SC/ST Reservation Roster; Calls for Urgent Rectification

By DU Beat August 13, 2025

Delhi University was recently criticized by a parliamentary committee for ‘faulty implementation’ of SC/ST reservation rosters, leading to lost faculty posts, dismal student admissions, and a call for urgent reforms.

The University of Delhi is currently under intense scrutiny from the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, which has accused the institution of significant lapses in implementing reservation policies. The report reveals widespread “discrepancies” in the recasting of reservation rosters, allegedly leading to the loss of legitimate posts for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and the Scheduled Tribes (ST) faculty and a “dismal” representation of these communities in student admissions. The panel’s report noted that the representation of SC students was below the 15% prescribed quota except in 2024-25, when it barely crossed the required threshold.

The Committee’s principal concern centers on the university’s 2013 decision to switch its reservation policy from “department as a unit” to “university as a unit”. This change, the report contends, resulted in numerous unreserved posts being improperly converted to reserved ones, with the university reportedly failing to notify these newly identified backlog vacancies. In some alarming instances, these reserved posts were even “dereserved” and filled by unreserved candidates, effectively snatching opportunities away from eligible SC and ST applicants.

The Committee are constrained to note that since the inception of the exercise of recasting rosters in University of Delhi, the same has been marred with various discrepancies and shortcomings due to its faulty implementation,”

the report stated unequivocally.

The parliamentary panel also highlighted that the alphabetical arrangement of departments during this recasting inadvertently led to imbalances in the distribution of reserved positions, further aggravating the issue. The committee vehemently rejected the university’s assertion that there are no backlog vacancies. It has issued a stern directive to DU to immediately identify these elusive posts and initiate a special recruitment drive to fill them within an ambitious three-month deadline. Furthermore, the committee recommended that any reserved posts currently occupied by unreserved faculty must be reassigned to eligible SC/ST candidates as soon as they fall vacant. To promote transparency and accountability, it also mandated the online publication of updated reservation lists.

Expressing serious concern about the lack of SC/ST staff, especially at the associate professor and professor levels, the panel urged the university to provide concessions and relaxations for eligible candidates. It criticized the common use of “None Found Suitable” as a reason to reject qualified SC/ST applicants, seeing it as an obstacle to proper representation. To promote job security and fairness, the committee recommended the immediate regularization of long-serving ad hoc and contractual employees from these communities. The panel headed by BJP MP Faggan Singh Kulaste noted that despite there being 68 colleges under DU, the University only has one SC/ST Cell that too “with meagre staff”.

Beyond faculty appointments, the report also highlighted important issues related to student admissions, describing the low enrolment of ST students, despite existing concessions, and recommended a considerable cut-off reduction to ensure that reserved seats are filled properly. The committee also discovered that the reservation rules for hostel accommodations were not being applied consistently and suggested creating dedicated SC/ST hostels to tackle this gap.

To strengthen institutional support, the committee further recommended setting up SC/ST cells in every college under the University of Delhi. It also suggested sharing principal posts among colleges to ensure that reservation policies are effectively applied at this important administrative level. Finally, to improve professional development and exposure, the committee also recommended increasing the nominations of SC/ST staff for foreign training programs.

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Thefts and an Unaccountable Administration Raise Concerns at Kirori Mal College

By DU Beat February 4, 2025

The University of Delhi has once again found itself amid another controversy; owing to a series of thefts that happened within many college premises during the most recent semester examinations. This has raised questions about negligence and disregard for student safety on the university’s part.

On 10 December 2024, several students at Kirori Mal College reported having had their phones stolen. This took place during the semester-end examinations for undergraduate students at the University of Delhi. The students reported being disappointed by the college administration and forced to act independently. Numerous instances of stolen goods at Shyam Lal College, Kirori Mal College, and a couple of others were reported in the last two months. One of the faculty members themselves has reported having had their laptop stolen from within the college staff room.

During our examination, I and a few other students had our phones stolen from them, from outside our classrooms where we were told to leave our bags,

one of the affected students remarked, clearly frustrated with what had gone down.

The Kirori Mal incident saw over half a dozen people lose their phones in a couple of hours. The administration faced criticism, given its allegedly reckless, waiting-for-a-disaster approach to safety, as they had not installed the required number of security cameras. Kirori Mal College only had one camera for the entire floor where the incident occurred. As shared with us by one of the victims, Dinesh Khattar, the principal at Kirori Mal College, allegedly refused to take responsibility and instead used the “government-funded” rhetoric at the students in an attempt to deflect any blame that could have been put on them.

Given that we are a government-funded institution, we cannot afford to install more security cameras than we already have. The students were, in any case, warned not to bring their phones on the back of their admit cards,

the students reported the principal saying when we discussed the administrative response.

The crucial detail in the admit card as mentioned by the principal has an intriguing piece of ambiguity attached to it, as the students pointed out. It does warn students against having phones inside the “examination hall” but never quite distinguishes between what qualifies as an examination hall and what doesn’t. One’s assumption would naturally be that the classroom is their designated examination hall, but not if we go by the administration’s alleged words. These students could not afford to leave their phones at home, as most spend hours on daily commutes, often getting home very late.

Moreover, worsening the fiasco was an alleged confession. Speaking to us, one of the first-hand witnesses and victim alleges that they heard one of the staff members joking about the fact that the thefts happened much earlier than they usually do during exams. This alleged blatant disregard, despite being aware of the situation, comes off as negligence of the highest order, which is only paving the way for more such cases, the affected claimed.

Furthermore, the alleged narrative that the college is publicly funded, as spun by the administration, begins to lose steam once we look at where the money is being used. The college is rebuilding its auditorium, which is estimated to cost nearly 10 crores, and regularly invests heavily in events centring around high-profile names. A lack of pressure from the student body to install additional security cameras and security guards to prevent something of this magnitude from happening again is also partly to blame, an inquiry revealed. Many claim that the highlighted failure of the student body is a downward spiral that youth politics in India has found itself stuck in, in the last few years.

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BECon’24: A Beacon Into the Future!

By DU Beat February 8, 2024

From Raghuram Rajan to Kiran Bedi, prominent names graced IIT Delhi’s flagship Entrepreneurship Summit, ‘BECon 2024’, providing insights into start-ups, the economy, and the business industry today!

The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, witnessed a gathering of industry veterans and successful entrepreneurs on February 3^rd and 4^th under the Annual Business and Entrepreneurship Conclave ‘BECon 2024: Genesis Wave of Innovation’. The promising line-up of both days of the conclave, of industry leaders and IIT Delhi alumni alike, was able to gather a bustling crowd of students across universities who flocked the halls of Dogra Hall to listen to the seasoned insights of the speakers. The ambitious line-up of speakers and guests included names like Nitin Gadkari, Raghuram Rajan, Kiran Bedi, and Vijay Shekhar Sharma, to name a few.

The first day of the event was packed with speaker sessions and competitions like Biz-E 3.0, Blueprint, Moonshot, and ‘Launchpad’, the Startup Expo. The day began with a keynote session with the renowned first-woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi, which was a house-full event in the Dogra Hall.

The next in line of the speaker session was a panel discussion ‘Money Moves’ which included a line-up of successful entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders like Sumit Sinha, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Filter Capital; Ankit Mehrotra, Co-Founder and CEO, Dineout; Priyank Garg, Managing Partner, IAN Alpha Fund; Anup Jain, Early Stage VC; and Apurva Chamaria, Head of Startups and Venture Capital, Google India. The session was moderated by Suraj Malik, Founder, Legacy Growth, who was able to engage with the panel on shared industry experiences. The panel engaged in a breakdown of the start-up and investment industries to address current industry trends and the central questions of upcoming entrepreneurs. The panel discussed the growth and rise of the start-up industry in present times with their own stories, along with the youth’s interest in this field. By a show of hands, the panel questioned the audience on who wishes to start their own venture, and almost the entire Dogra Hall raised hands in affirmation. When the female audience members were asked if they wished to start their own ventures, a handful raised their hands. This demographic was also pointed out by Apurva Chamaria and Priyank Garg, who expressed that there is a need for more female start-ups to come forward. Priyank Garg advocated staunchly for more women’s representation in the entrepreneurship industry and remarked that some of his best clients have been women.

Ankit Mehrotra, in a conversation with DU Beat, responded to the differences between his generation of students and students of today:

The key difference is that there is a greater desire for entrepreneurship that did not exist during my time. We were a nation of job seekers; now we are a nation of job creators.

The next speaker session, “She Means Business,” saw a panel of women entrepreneurs who are successful founders of leading start-ups, which included Ruchira Shukla, Head for South Asia, VC, IFC, World Bank Group, Shaili Chopra, Founder, SheThePeople, Swati Bhargava, Co-Founder of CashKaro.com, Tanya Singhal, Founder, Mynzo Carbon, and Swati Vasudevan, MD, Khan Academy. The session was moderated by Somya Matta, Senior Manager, Aditya Birla Ventures, who interacted with this dynamic panel of change-makers. The women spoke about their journey in the field and echoed the sentiments of the previous session with the rise of the start-up industry, while also commenting on women’s active participation in the same. The leading entrepreneurs gave insights on building a successful business and the factors to keep in mind for the same.

Swati Bhargava, in a conversation with DU Beat, gave a message to upcoming women entrepreneurs:

Support each other; there is enough room for all of us at the top. It’s not me versus her, but all of us will make it together.

The second day of the Entrepreneurship Summit at IIT Delhi commenced with great anticipation in the Dogra Hall., as attendees eagerly awaited the keynote address by Raghuram Ranjan, the esteemed former governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Ranjan’s insightful discourse set the tone for the day, inspiring budding entrepreneurs with his wealth of experience and profound insights into the world of finance and entrepreneurship.

Following the keynote address, the summit delved into a riveting session on investing in innovation, featuring a distinguished panel comprising Satya Prakash Singh, Col. KiranDeep Singh, Dhruv Dhanraj Bahl, Suraj Malik, and Piyush Bansal. The panellists captivated the audience with discussions on the transformative potential of deep tech in vital sectors such as healthcare, space technology, and sustainability.

CVCs (Corporate Venture Capital) are the future of entrepreneurship and are going to set the stage for the future of Indian startups.

– A panelist on the role CVCs would play in the start-up ecosystem in India.

Moreover, they shed light on the burgeoning phenomenon of corporate venture capitalists and its implications for the entrepreneurial landscape.

The day culminated with a compelling session titled “IIT Delhi Effect,” where illustrious alumni from various batches, ranging from 1995 to 2008, took centre stage. Vikram Gupta, TP Miglani, Nitin Jain, and Raghav Verma shared nostalgic anecdotes from their time at IIT Delhi, underscoring the pivotal role of their alma mater in shaping their entrepreneurial journeys. They fondly reminisced about the competitive ethos and invaluable connections forged during their college years, which laid the foundation for their subsequent successes as trailblazing entrepreneurs.

Overall, the Entrepreneurship Summit at IIT Delhi was an enriching and enlightening experience, showcasing the power of ideas, innovation, and collaboration in driving entrepreneurial excellence and fostering transformative change.

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Ahead of Semester Exams, SPM, Hindu Students Face Attendance Woes

By Kartik Chauhan November 25, 2019

The past week has seen turmoil over the matter of attendance and the issuance of admit cards to the students of the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College for Women, and Hindu College.

Affiliated to the University of Delhi and located in Punjabi Bagh, the college boasts of a rich legacy of more than fifty years in serving quality education to young women.

According to a series of posts on social media, as well as first-hand student accounts, the administration and Principal of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College refused to give admit cards ahead of the University semester exams scheduled in November and December months, to the students who had been irregular in classes during the past semester. This move by the college administration has been taken on account of their attendance being less than the minimum mark of sixty-seven percent (67%), as specified by the University.

Moreover, as per the students, the Principal is not willing to accept any medical certificates or submission of leave applications. The students have also said that the college authorities have made it clear to the students that they will have to spend four years (i.e. 3+1 years) to complete their degree, in light of this decision.

In response to these decisions, the students of the college, led by Tushar Baisla, the Chief Executive Councillor (EC) of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU), raised their voices and organised a sit-in at the college gate to demand for their admit cards. The ABVP-backed student leader’s posts on social media regarding this matter read ‘…she (the Principal) said in front of all the students that she will charge a case of molestation to me and rusticate students who are asking for the admit card. I request upper authorities to have a look at this matter so that students of the college do not face any problem.”

A final year Economics Honours student of the college, who chose to be anonymous, said, “They (the college administration) should have warned us, they cannot take arbitrary decisions.”

A final word from the college is awaited on this matter.

A similar situation was also faced by the students of Hindu College, where those having less than forty percent (40%) attendance during the semester, were denied admit cards. However, the admit cards were given to the students by November 25th, 2019, after the ‘Collective – Hindu College’ planned to address the college authorities, on this matter.

As per the message that had been circulated on WhatsApp groups by the Collective, ‘withholding of admit cards by the Hindu College administration, has happened for the first time, no prior information was given to the students about this intention of the administration in the beginning of the semester. Thus, no due process of issuing a warning to students was followed by the administration, as mandated by the University.”

Notably, students active in the performing arts society were targeted by the administration, to much agitation and revulsion. The nation-wide representation of the college, made possible by dramatics, dance, and music societies was levelled down as the parents and concerned guardians of these students were alerted via unsolicited calls. The administration went to the extent of suggesting the parents to remove their wards from the respective societies and instead enforce academic aspirations. It was only after this performative disciplinarian action that the students were given their admit cards, however, not without signing an undertaking first.

While on the one hand, the issue seems to be resolved by the Hindu College administration, uncertainty still looms over the decision in Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College.

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A Not-so-Humble Guide to Travelling in Delhi Metro

By Kartik Chauhan November 21, 2019

The Delhi metro is arguably the most important element in a student’s life, especially when she needs to get to that 8 a.m. lecture. Read further for a guide to a more satisfying metro experience.

The metro is the most frequently used mode of transport for most of us students at the Delhi University, and for so many others. So much so that many of us spend long hours everyday on the metro itself. If this ride plays such a prominent role in our lives, it might as well be a rather satisfying experience, if not entirely pleasurable. To ensure this, we must understand and respect the personal space of those travelling with us.

Let’s begin with a very basic, yet overlooked issue- do not request people to make room on the bench when there clearly isn’t any.

Everyone on the metro is already crammed up. There is no point fitting six people on a five-seater bench when no one is comfortable. Which brings me to my next point. If you can, please stand. Stop eyeing younger passengers into giving you their seats. They probably had a worse day than you. Be a little more compassionate towards us, please.

Note: For those of you standing and holding on to the handles for support, maybe try wearing a deodorant? I don’t blame you for having sweaty armpits; we live in Delhi, I’d be surprised if you didn’t. But now that you’re shoving it in so many faces, might as well be a little more considerate of the others around you. After the long, tiring days everyone goes through, sniffing at smelly armpits is really the last thing they need.

Moving on, try to avoid too much PDA.

I mean, call me orthodox but watching a couple snuggling up in a corner while having your own nose deep in your course book can be highly irksome (?). Sure you’re generating enough heat to warm up the entire metro in this winter season, but kindly spare all the single people out there. They don’t need this kind of negativity in their lives.

Please do not throw up in the metro.

Again, I understand, it’s a genuine problem. But you cannot ruin the already-melancholic mood of the metro, and then conveniently exit at the next stop. You don’t just throw up. If you feel icky, you get off at the next station and get yourself some medicines. But you don’t wait for it to get worse. It’s about your health only, you see?

Now there are other issues to be kept in mind.

Listen to Rini Khanna and Shami Narang when they ask you not to eat in the metro or play music.

Trust me, ketchup smells disgusting. We know you want to enjoy your burger to the fullest, but nobody wants to smell that ketchup. No offence, but you don’t even have the best taste in music. Man created earphones for a reason. Now is the right time to flaunt your airpods.

There is so much you can do to while away your time in the metro while not encroaching upon anyone’s personal space (unless the metro is jam-packed, in which case you can only pray). So let’s try to make our journeys more peaceful and satisfying for all of us.

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Bazinga: Exams Postponed Due to Bad Weather

By Kartik Chauhan November 21, 2019

The end of semester exams, are reportedly now to commence from 10th December owing to the high rising pollution in Delhi.

On the 21st of November, the Examinations Department of Delhi University (DU) declared that the end-semester examinations for undergraduate students would be now postponed owing to the high rising levels of pollution observed in the city of Delhi. The order was signed by the Dean of Examinations, Professor Viney Gupta, quoting, “With the pollution level in Delhi rising to such hazardous levels, the department believes it is highly unsafe for the students to step out of their houses and expose themselves to such toxic atmosphere.”

The Department holds that the examinations will now commence from 10th December onwards, by when the pollution level is expected to lower down. A new date sheet will be prepared by the 24th November, and uploaded on the site, www.du.ac.in. However, the gaps provided between the examinations will be lessened so as to not waste students’ precious time.

This decision was an outcome of lengthy debates held in the Examinations Department following the protests taking place across the University campus for the past few weeks. Protestors had argued, “Numerous students have already fallen prey to the pollution in Delhi. This would severely affect their performance in the examinations, hereby bringing down the average grade of the University itself.”

This is a dire and drastic decision which is not supported by all. It was argued that the postponement of the examinations could lead to a delay in the declaration of the results as well as the commencement of the following semester, thereby making it even more difficult for professors to finish the syllabus on time. “The Department fails to realise the adverse consequences this delay in examinations may bring forth. However, I do hope that they have planned the following semester accordingly and know how to deal with the repercussions,” said Ms Shilpa Khureshi, a professor in the Delhi University.

Dean Viney Gupta argues, “The Department is taking utmost care and looking deeply into the issue. The planning will be done such that not many changes would have to be made to the schedule of the following semester. The students’ health needs to be prioritised over exam schedules.”

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Faculty of Law Students Complain Against the Shooting Of Web Series On Campus

By DU Beat October 12, 2019

A political drama-thriller web series by the name Tandav has come under scrutiny after students expressed their distress with the shooting interfering in their day to day college life. A letter has been sent to the Delhi University’s (DU) Registrar with respect to the same as the shooting takes place at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.

In a strongly-worded letter by Amit Kumar Diwakar, student of the Faculty of Law, DU, on behalf of the students of the Law Faculty, brought into limelight how the shooting of a web series by director Ali Abbas Zaffar was causing great trouble to the students.

Diwakar registered a strong protest against the permission given for shooting on campus.

In his letter to the Registrar, he wrote, “…shooting for the web series… is creating a huge disturbance and affecting day to day affairs of the University including research, classes, library and movements of students in the campus”.

He also mentioned how the violation of various guidelines issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) as well as the Supreme Court of India are being violated for the purpose of shooting.

He put this issue ahead as a grave matter of concern and one which requires interference of higher authorities since there has been a violation of fundamental rights such as the Right to Privacy, along with the violation of the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016 since disturbance has been caused in the movement of disabled persons such as the blind students in the campus.

Noihrit Gogoi, a student at Ramjas College, DU, comments, “I believe the key term here is ‘priority’. We enrol ourselves in a University like DU to engage ourselves in and prioritise an academic environment with, of course, some extracurricular activities. When elements outside of our University like shooting for a film, barges in and interrupts our regular college activities like, even as trivial as going to the library, it compromises the said priority, and that too without our consent while subjugating the ideal environment of a university.”

“Other practical problems like common paths being blocked, disruption in classes, and how many students complained that the film crew was extremely rude and unapologetic during the shooting of Kabir Singh in DU, are always a problem,” he added.

Tandav is one of the most exciting projects taken up by director Ali Abbas Zafar for which he took a year to work upon and will mark his entry into the digital space. The series is co-written by Gaurav Solanki who penned down the well-received film Article 15 which was released earlier this year.

Tandav will be majorly shot in Delhi and is centered around the idea of power corridors of Indian Politics.

The series is set to stream after its shooting is over on Amazon Prime Video in the upcoming year.

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Student-Teacher Relations in College vs School

By DU Beat October 6, 2019

The adrenalin rush on the first day of college, to the jitters on the first day of fests, college gives you a taste of it all. But how different is the teacher-student equation in college from the equation in school? Let’s find out.

For most of us, the transition from school to colleges has been fascinating at the very least, as we learn to navigate through the freedom in the college corridors. After twelve years of getting discipline ingrained into every cell of our body, college sweeps in like fresh air. This evolution from schools to colleges impacts our relationships too- be it friendships, or teacher-student relationships. While our friendships also change as we enter the Delhi University (DU), there is a stark difference in the way our relationships build with professors in DU.

In schools, we were used to the everyday prayers and good morning greetings as soon as the teacher entered the class. In DU, though, the obligatory “good morning, ma’am/sir” rituals bid you farewell.

A prime characteristic of the teacher-student relationship in school life was the presence of this teachers’ pet, no matter the school or the subject. The child who would always butter up the teacher and volunteer for all the work (and who we all were secretly annoyed with) to get those extra two marks in exams. However, in college, barely any of that works. “Forget favouritism from professors, they teach and that’s it. That buttering doesn’t work here,” says Leha Biswas, a student at Lady Shri Ram College.

In schools, we always had this one teacher who would make it their mission to personally be updated with what is happening in their students’ lives. Through summons to the staff room to hushed conversations in the class, this teacher knew more about you than your classmates did. At the same time, you could somehow always count on them to get you out of those principal’s detentions. In college, though, the relationship cools down. “I have the coolest teachers, so we have a professor who would be leaving soon, we told him that we would miss him. His response was the best – “Oh come on, it’s too soon to miss me.”

We all were also very used to the teachers scolding us for not finishing our classwork, for not submitting our assignments, for not faring well in exams, for not being quiet in class, for not… you get the point! School was indeed a second home where sometimes the only right way to behave was how your superiors wanted you to. Coming to college did make us all realise it is okay to let go sometimes. Moreover, the professors don’t mind a few mass bunks, which was a sin back in school. Harsh Singh, a first-year student at Shri Ram College of Commerce said, “In just the first week of college we bunked a class, casually walked our way to Hudson lane for lunch! I guess this sounds quite normal, but for people coming fresh from school where all sorts of fire alarms would go off and the school would come charging at you with tear gas bombs, lasers, and tranquillising darts, even if you step out of your classroom in a free period, I must say that there is definitely some contrast here”.

Teachers at DU have an ornamented CV, jewelled with achievements and degrees. Well, it would be tough to generalise them, but, if you love your course then they would make you sing. Nevertheless, they would make you yawn as well! They don’t restrict you to be glued to your books – they want you to participate (but not too much!). They address every taboo for which you were shush-ed in school. They know that their students are adults and dialogues form a part eventually. Be it the menace of the education system or random talks, casual to heated discussions are pretty usual.

And let’s address the elephant in the room; they do know your craze for the much-awaited fests. And hold on for a second, brushing off the dust from books ten days before semester examinations, well that is not a secret, professors know that deal! The attendance fiasco, although, remains a challenge as getting their sympathy over Extra Curricular Activities is a hard nut to crack.

Where school provided comfort, college provides novelty. Nighat, a first-year student at Aryabhatta College says, “In school, we were attached to the teachers on an emotional level. In college, we can relate to our professors on a spiritual level.”

Both relationships have their own charms. Familiarising ourselves with the new environment should not make us forget our roots. And as students, it is for us to cherish our school teachers and look forward to our college professors!

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Live! DU Releases Fifth Cut-off List

By Kartik Chauhan July 19, 2019

The University of Delhi has released the fifth cut-off list today on the official website.

The admission under the DU 4th cut-off list ended ended on June 17th. The DU 5th cut-off list will be all about filling the seats in the reserved category in most colleges.

So far, the University has filled 67,419 seats out of the total 62,000. After the release of DU 5th cut-off, the admissions will take place from July 20, which will also be the first day for those who have already completed the admission process.

The candidates should note that this year, the university will notify just five cut-off lists.

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DU Admissions 2019: ECA Schedule and Guidelines Out

By Kartik Chauhan July 16, 2019

After the declaration of results, several rounds of admissions to follow in the supernumerary seats of the ECA category.

On Monday, 15th July, the University of Delhi (DU) announced the schedule as well as detailed guidelines for aspirants seeking admission to its colleges under the Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) quota.

The University conducted the Preliminary rounds of trial for fourteen categories of the ECA quota from 25th June 2019 to 5th July 2019. The results of shortlisted students to appear for the Final round of trials was released on 6th July 2019 and the Finals were conducted from 9th July 2019 to 14th July 2019.

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According to the recent information uploaded on the DU website, the result or the merit list prepared after the Finals, will be notified on 17th July, 2019 at 5 pm. After which, there will be several rounds of registration and admissions for candidates whose names figure in ECA Merit Lists – four rounds have been scheduled so far. Aspirants should note that each college will conduct its registration process separately, and that there is no centralisation of this process. Therefore, they will have to apply separately to each of the colleges they are seeking admission to, during each of the registration and admission rounds.

The first round of registration is scheduled from 18th July 2019 to 20th July 2019, and the colleges will release their first notification of admitted candidates on 22nd July 2019 by 10 am. The candidates who secure admission in each of the rounds of admission, are required to pay their fees on the DU portal by 3 pm on the next day of taking admission.

There are 1,050 seats up for grabs under the fourteen categories according to the DU’s Bulletin of Information for candidates seeking admissions to Undergraduate programmes. The varsity has also specified that a maximum of five percent of the total seats in a college have to be put up for admission under this category.

Lastly, the aspirants seeking admission under ECA must keep in mind that they are required to carry all relevant documents in hard copy for the admissions procedure, and will also have to sign a bond on a non-judicial stamp paper, committing to take part in that ECA activities of the college, throughout their stay in college.

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