The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

EDUCATION

CAMPUS
Admission blues apart, students itching for college life
Smriti Kak

AFTER the results begins yet another ordeal, that of getting admission to various undergraduate programmes offered by Delhi University. Of the 93,628 students who have cleared the CBSE class XII exams this year from Delhi alone, DU has over 50,000 seats in regular colleges and around 5,000 seats in professional colleges.

While the university attracts a fair share of aspirants from across the city only those students who have scored more than 60 per cent marks can hope to make it to regular colleges. Last year’s statistics reveal that 50,269 students got admitted to regular colleges while 77,189 had to seek admission in non-collegiate and correspondence courses.

But university officials point out that certain students who have scored more than 50 per cent, numbering 76,9790 this year, could get admitted to a few courses like BA Honours in Hindi, Sanskrit and History.

Admission blues apart, students hoping to make it to colleges on the campus are an excited lot. Outstation students are jittery about the residential facilities but for the locals the first few days in college will signify the transformation from a regimented life to that of abandon.

Attires, hairstyles and whatever is hot is already being discussed and despite a ban on ragging there are many who believe that there is “nothing wrong with a harmless ragging session”.

Unfazed by the heat and the stress, students are rushing from one college to another. Excitement, apprehension and trepidation all in place, these students are eagerly awaiting July 16, when the portals to their chosen college will sing in a hearty welcome.

Lecture on WTO organised

Mr K. N. Govindacharya gave a lecture on “WTO – A Challenge to Swadeshi Swaraj” organised at the Mewar Institute of Management.

A lecture on ‘WTO- A Challenge to Swadeshi Swaraj’ was organised jointly by the Pygya Sanathan and the Mewar Institute in Ghaziabad. The speakers included Mr K. N. Govindacharya. The chief guest was Mr Murlidhar Rao, President, Swadeshi Jagran Manch.

The lecture addressed issues pertaining to whether there is a dire need for India to set up a special committee to weigh the pros and cons of entering the WTO agreement and whether India should be a role model for the entire world or will it follow the path of the World Trade Organisation.

Where to get your name registered

The Department of Germanic and Romance Studies which offers programmes in French, German, Spanish and Italian studies will conduct an entrance test on June 21. Students seeking admission to these courses will have to register themselves at the department in the Arts Faculty.

Students seeking admission to B. Sc Hons in Geology and Anthropology should register themselves at the office of the Deputy Registrar, Faculty of Science, and for those seeking admission to BA Hons Music registration will be at the Faculty of Music.

Summit on services marketing held

The All India Management Association, in association with Escotel Mobile Communications Pvt Ltd, organised a two-day summit on ‘Services Marketing’ over the weekend. More than 100 professionals from the service industry participated in the summit.

The two-day summit focused on topical issues of services marketing such as: ‘What delivers success in services marketing’, ‘Factors that really bind the customer, channel partner and employee loyalty by choice’.

The summit director, Dr J.D. Singh, Faculty, International Management Institute, New Delhi, while summing up the session said that “service mindedness is the foundation and solution to service excellence, it is the key to delight the customer and meet the bottom line goals”.

Jewellery design courses

The Jewellery Design and Technology Institute has announced admissions to the regular two-year long-term diploma course and short-term specialised courses.

The JDTI has also launched a six months’ distance learning certificate programme in designing. The courses will begin in July.

PG diploma in psychology at Amity

The Amity Institute of Behavioural and Allied Sciences has announced June 2 as the last date for seeking application to the PG Diploma in Counselling Psychology.

The course is an 18-month full-time programme, which includes basic counselling skills, psychotherapy, supervised field work and corporate counselling.

The institute, in affiliation with Meerut University, also offers a three-year BA degree in Psychology.

Aptech-SMU offer degree programme

Aptech has announced the launch of its UGC-recognised degree programme, B.Sc-AIT (Bachelors in Applied IT) in alliance with Sikkim Manipal University.

Aptech’s alliance with SMU is a combination of formal and non-formal education and offers students an opportunity to attain UGC-recognised degree along with Aptech’s certification.

The programme is a three-year, six-semester programme at the end of which Aptech students will gain dual certification in the form of B.Sc-AIT degree from SMU and an ACCP certification from Aptech.

The B.Sc–AIT program allows for both lateral and fresh entry students currently undergoing any diploma course under Aptech’s ACCP World Programme.

They can upgrade their course to a three-year programme and take a lateral direct entry to the second semester B.Sc by undertaking additional SMU modules.

Career Forum claims success

Career Forum, an institute providing MBA entrance coaching, has claimed that 412 students enrolled at the institutes across the city have made it to top B- schools in the country. It was pointed out that 175 students have made it to the prestigious IIMs.

The institute credits its achievement to its belief in the trinity for success, quality inputs, a structured approach and a competitive environment.

IILM annual convocation held

Eighty-five students were conferred with postgraduate diplomas at the eighth annual convocation of the Indian Institute for Integrated Learning in Management .

The eight annual convocation of the Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (IILM) was organised last week. As many as 85 students were conferred with Postgraduate Diplomas in Business Management (PGDBM). The Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, Government of India, Dr K.C. Pant, presented the diplomas.

In his address, Dr Pant emphasised the importance of management education in a country like India that is fast emerging as a ‘knowledge society’. “Students have to be motivated beyond pecuniary success and use their skills to work for poverty alleviation and social sector programs. India’s public institutions have to work towards this social responsibility,” he said.

IILM launched its PGDBM program in 1993 with the aim to instil knowledge thorough professionalism by exposing students to all aspects of the economy and various other facets. It was pointed out that IILM is launching a new Postgraduate Diploma in Management in the coming session starting from July 2003. The new programme will for the first time give an opportunity to the students to specialise in news areas of management like biotechnology, e-commerce and give exposure to the management of health, social and urban sectors.

Akal Academy: Only first divisions in CBSE class X exams
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 28
Navdeep Kaur of the Akal Academy in Baru Sahib in Himachal Pradesh has scored 92.8 per cent marks in class X exams held by the CBSE. Of the 60 students who took the exam, 34 scored above 80 per cent while six scored 90 per cent and above, said a press release issued in the Capital.

Another distinction is that all the students who took the class X exam have secured a first division.

According to the release, Lovepreet Kaur, Lakhwinder Singh, Navjot Singh, Lakhdeep Singh and Prabhjot Singh scored more than 90 per cent marks.

Akal Academy is a 10+2 residential, co-educational school affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. The academic session of the school begins on February 23 and ends on December 20 when the school closes for winter vacation. New admissions are made to all classes, except class X and XII.

According to Dr Devinder Singh, Principal-cum-Director, gurmat (spiritual) education is compulsory for all students and they are provided a strictly vegetarian diet. Incidentally, Baru Sahib is a place of spiritual importance where many saints, sages and hermits have meditated. The school was founded in 1987 in deference to the wishes of Sant Attar Singh Maharaj, who had predicted that a place exists in the Himalayas from where young children equipped with the best of scientific and spiritual education would spread the message of Guru Nanak all over the world and promote peace in a strife-torn society.