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THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHITUESDAY, JUNE 30, 20156 TIMES CITY

New Delhi: Admission seek-ers in DU colleges on Mondayheaved a sigh of relief with thesecond cutoff list recording adecease in the range of 0.25-4percentage points comparedto the first one.

Majority of the courses inthe popular colleges, includ-ing BCom (H), economics andEnglish, are now open for ad-mission from Tuesday. Be itBCom (H), economics, physicsor mathematics, the dip in thecutoff will help candidates getadmission in colleges of theirchoiceboth campus as wellas off-campus. Students andeven colleges have the termedlist realistic.

Cutoff for economics (H),which was kept unreasona-bly high in the first list, isopen in all North Campus col-leges besides other popularcolleges except Sri Venkates-wara. Majority of them kepteconomics cutoff at 95% andabove. SRCC (98.25%), which

could not fill the seats for gen-eral category in the first list,has decreased the cutoff by0.50 percentage point. KiroriMal too slashed it by 0.75. Eco-nomics is up for grabs at HansRaj, LSR, Miranda House,Ramjas and many others.

BCom (H), another pop-ular course, did not figure inSRCCs second list. But the

good news is that it is open inmany other colleges for gener-al category students. BCom(H) is also open in Hindu, HansRaj, LSR, Ramjas, Gargi, SriVenkateswara, Kirori Mal,ARSD, Sri Aurobindo, ShyamLal and Kamala Nehru, etc.

In Hindu, subjects like phi-losophy and BSc physical sci-ence with chemistry have

shown a dip by 3 percentagepoints, while there is a 2.5 per-centage point drop from thefirst cutoff in case of BA pro-gramme. At Kirori Mal, thecutoff for mathematics hasdropped by 1.5% point and En-glish cutoff by 1.25% point.

The courses which areclose in the second list are his-tory, political science, sociolo-

gy and geography. Physics is still open in six

campus colleges and over adozen others. At Gargi, it isopen at 95%, while at 96% it isopen in Ramjas, MirandaHouse and Venkateswara.While BCom (H) is open in 44colleges, economics and En-glish are open in 24 and 31 col-leges, respectively.

Courses Like BCom (H), Eng, Eco Open For Admission In Popular Colleges 2nd list: Cutoffs dip, bring relief

College BA BCom BCom (H) Eco Eng Hist Pol Sc Maths Phy Chem

SRCC Closed 97.75

Hindu 95.5 97.25 97.5 97.25 97.25 97 97 97 96.33

Hans Raj 95 97 97.5 96.75 95.5 96.75 96.33 96.33

Kirori Mal Closed Closed 96.75 97.25 95.50 94.75 97 96 95.66 96.33

Ramjas 91.5 96.25 96.75 97 96 95 Closed 96 96 95.66

LSR 96.25 97.25 97.5 97.75 96.5 97 96.75

Miranda 94.75 97 97 Closed Closed 96.25 96 95.67

Gargi 84.5 95 96 96.25 Closed 93 95 Closed

SriVenkateswara 92.5 95.75 96.75

Closed Closed Closed Closed 96 96 95.33

HOPES STILL ALIVE Figures in %TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: There are giantgaps in Kirori Mal Collegespaperwork showing how itspent Rs 1.5 crore given by Uni-versity Grants Commission toconduct National EligibilityTest and two other exams over2012-13. The report of thethree-member committee con-stituted by UGC to conduct aspecial audit of the accountssays vouchers for Rs 89,22,161were not available.

The advance of Rs 1.5 crorewas meant to cover expenses of

five examinationsNET heldin December 2012, June andSeptember, 2013 and educationofficer recruitment exams inJune and July (re-exam), 2013.The reportnot public yet-was signed in February.

It was observed that thecollege did not maintain anycash book or ledger for the ex-penses The vouchers havebeen found to be loosely kept inafile which, too, was in the per-sonal custody of the princip-al, the members write.

The principal was able toproduce vouchers for some ofthe expenses shown but not for

been spent on manpower,but vouchers for Rs 9,300 wereavailable. About Rs 5.56 lakhwas booked towards rent ofthe sub-centres; 51 vouchersfor Rs 3.94 lakh were available.

They write of the same2012 exam: Expenses of 346(scribes) had been shown whe-reas there was no data aboutthe visually handicapped (sic)person registered for the ex-am. A sum of Rs 29,03,600 hadbeen shown as payment to sub-centres against their hand rec-eipts. No list of staff on dutyand acknowledgement of mo-ney receipt, etc. were found. A

sum of Rs 7.10 lakh chalked upto ministerial staff expens-es, is not covered under thishead and is inadmissible.

The funds, says the report,had been transferred to an ac-count opened specifically forUGC-NET; the principal and aRajender Man were authoriz-ed signatories. It was foundthat Rajender Man... was notassociated with the college inany manner. The principal ad-mitted he had not obtained anypermission from the govern-ing body to include Man[And] he further stated thatMan was his close friend.

several big ticket ones. A sumof Rs 2,35,000 had been shownas expenditure incurred on tr-ansport. Vouchers for Rs10,000 were available only. Therest of the details or voucherswere not available and the pri-ncipal could not give any satis-factory explanation aboutnon-availability of the vouch-ers, says the report, referringto the December 2012 exam.

From a review of bank stat-ements, it was observed allthe payments were made bywithdrawing the amount incash from the bank. Again,KMC claimed Rs 1,24,300 had

No proof of how KMC spent UGC exam fundsShreya.Roychowdhury

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New Delhi: Looking for dualdegrees, three-continent (3C)programme or courses likeaerospace engineering orBCom(LLB)something Del-hi University and Jamia MilliaIslamia cant boast of?

With its wide range ofcourses, Amity University,Noida, is fast becoming a pop-ular destination for higherstudies among students.

The applications for admis-sion to the university for theundergraduate programmesare being accepted till July 15.

The university has 72 un-dergraduate courses30 in-troduced this year at its newlyestablished Greater Noidacampus. But the strength ofthe university is the holistic de-velopment of the students,

said Atul Chauhan, chancellor,Amity University.

We, too, are receiving ap-plications from high scorersbut we dont go by the cutoffsystem which eliminates. Wehave a holistic approach whileenrolling students, he said.

Overall, we have 9,000seats for which we had re-ceived 1.5 lakh applicationslast year. Of these, we hadshortlisted 35,000 for inter-views, Chauhan said.

There are 15,000 Amity stu-

dents availing full or partialscholarships.

Currently, we have 6,000students who have 90% aggre-gate in physics, chemistry andmaths. At Amity, no merito-rious student will be turnedaway due to financial issues.Any student who has scored93% and above gets full schol-arship, said Chauhan.

Under its three-continentprogrammes, students studyin India, UK and USA.

The university has recentlydeveloped the most advancednews and film studios for thejournalism and mass commu-nication courses.

It also has twinning pro-grammes with leading univer-sities like the University of Bir-mingham. The students finishhalf of their BTech, BBA orMBA programme in India andthe rest in the UK or the USA.

Dual degrees, 3C coursesdraw aspirants to Amity

CHART A DIFFERENT COURSE

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES INCLUDE

Total intake | 9,000 Full scholarship for students with 93% and above

Amity University, Noida, has two campuses | Sector 125, Noida & Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida

Undergraduate courses | 72 at Noida Campus & 30 at Greater Noida

Offers three-con-tinent programme for some courses

Last date for applica-tion | July 15

Applied science | BSc (H) in physics, chemistry, maths, statistics, earth science

Architecture | Architecture, planning, interior design

Commerce | BCom (H)

Social sciences, humanities & liberal arts | BA (H) in econom-ics, English, French, German, Spanish, history, philoso-phy, political science

Communication | Journal-ism & mass communication, animation & visual graphics

Engineering | Biomedical, aerospace, civil, com-puter science, electronics & communication, information technology, mechanical and automation, software

Law | Honours courses in BA(LLB), BCom(LLB), BBA(LLB)

Medical & nursing | Dietetics & applied nutrition, medical lab technology, home science, audiology & speech language pathology, clinical optometry, BSc nursing

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Gear up for the grand launch of Times LitFest Delhi on Saturday

A galaxy of stars will inaugurate the festival preview themed Ideas Of The Times. A unique initiative Write India will also make its debut at the event

The grand launch of Times Literary Fest Delhi (TLF-Delhi) promises to be both

erudite and fun, both popular and high brow. The grand launch event scheduled for this Saturday will feature the worldwide launch of Amishs new novel The Scion of Iksh-vaku. Amish will also be in conversation with author and columnist Pritish Nandy.

The TLF-Delhi launch event will also feature a con-versation between Upaman-yu Chatterjee and actor Ra-hul Bose on Being Agastya Sen the literary birth of the Indian in Bharat.

This is a tribute to the fact that the publication of Upa-manyu Chatterjees novel English August was an im-portant moment for English writing in India, a moment when young urban English-speaking Indians perhaps for the rst time found their lives reected in a novel.

The launch event will also feature an introduction to Times Of Indias Write

India initiative, a unique venture by which TOI read-ers partner with 11 selected authors, to each author their own novels. Master of Ceremonies at the launch event is Akash Banerjee of Radio Mirchi.

The grand launch of TLF-Delhi (November 2015) will take place on Saturday July 4th. The festival direc-tors say they have planned the event as a showcase of the variety of the liter-ary scene in todays India. Tastes in reading are di-verse and eclectic, Amish is a massively best-selling au-

thor, but Upamanyu Chat-terjee too has his own read-ership. True to the spirit of the Times Of India, the event is geared to showcase the entire spectrum of liter-ary engagement, from best sellers to niche writers.

The launch event is designed to kick off the TOIs celebrations lead-ing up to TLF-Delhi, slated for November 2015. For the November Fest already a galaxy of authors have con-rmed their participation. From Amitav Ghosh, to Anuja Chauhan, Sunil Khil-nani to Shobhaa De, Fatima

Bhutto to Taslima Nasrin, P Chidambaram and Arun Jaitley, the inaugural Times Lit Fest in Delhi hopes to give the national capital what is has so far sorely lacked: mega literary event that reects the diversity of Delhi and the enthusiasm and spirit of its increasing-ly engaged citizenry.

The highly successful Times Lit Fest Mumbai is now a permanent xture in Mumbais cultural land-scape. TLF-Delhi is planned as an equally salient event, a platform for an exchange of ideas. The theme of TLF-Delhi this year is Ideas Of The Times.

WORD FEAST: Amish (Top left) will be talking to Pritish Nandy on the global launch of his Scion of Ishwaku; Upamanyu Chatterjee & Rahul Bose (Below) will engage on the afterlife of English, August

The July 4 event will kick off celebrations to the Novem-ber Fest for which eminent authors have conrmed their participation. Among them Amitav Ghosh, Anuja Chauhan, Sunil Khilnani, Shobhaa De, Fatima Bhutto, Taslima Nasrin, P Chidambaram and Arun Jaitley

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