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Indian universities shut door on HPU students, not accepting admissions forms to PG courses
SHIMLA- Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) has taken the credit of becoming the first university to implement the Rashtriya Uchhtar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for undergraduate courses, but the future of graduates is at stake as their forms for admissions to postgraduate courses are not been accepted by universities in other states.
Alisha, Ayushi and Ankit Joshi, B.Sc students of Government College, Sanjauli, with chemistry as the major subject, had applied in Delhi University, Panjab University and Banaras Hindu University for admissions to master courses.
But their forms have been rejected because B.Sc with “pure sciences” is a must for admission to master course. It implies that with chemistry as major subject, the minor subjects should be physics and mathematics or physics or botany or zoology.
Forms of several students of sixth semester, who had applied for MA and MSc courses outside the state, have been rejected and six students of Sanjauli college have brought it to the notice of teachers and the administration.
Introducing Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) from the 2013 academic session, HP University allowed students with chemistry as main subject to opt for mathematics or physics as first minor subject and further gave the option to choose public administration, geography, sociology or any other subject as second minor subject.
Himachal Government College Teachers Association general secretary Dr RL Sharma said being a stakeholder, the association had informed the state government of the situation. It had expressed apprehensions about the fallout of hasty implementation of RUSA in 2013 also, but no heed was paid.
Sharma said utter confusion prevailed over the credit points under the CBCS system in the undergraduate courses as the credit points which were earlier 120 (including 56 major, 40 minor, 9 compulsory, one hobby and 14 additional) have been reduced to 106 (which include 48 major, 48 minor, nine compulsory and one hobby). Now, it is uncertain that the students who have taken 40 minor would be given the degree or not. Moreover, there is ambiguity over eligibility of these students for admission to B.Ed courses, he added.
Pro Vice-Chancellor of HPU Prof Rajinder Chauhan, who was apprised of the issue today, said the problem cropped up as other universities had not switched over to the new system.
We would take up the issue at the meeting on RUSA on February 24 and meeting of the Academic Council on February 25, besides informing the Education Secretary about it,
he said, adding that the students of the sixth subject, who had taken non-science subjects as minors, would be asked to take science subject as minor in the last semester to avoid any complications.
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Solan: Naincy Sagar, an alumna of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni has bagged a fellowship for pursuing PhD from France. Nancy has reached France and will be pursuing PhD in Forest Genetics from the University of Orléans under INRAE fellowship. INRAE is France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Naincy has completed her BSc Forestry from College of Horticulture and Forestry (COH&F), Neri in 2018 and MSc Forest Biology and Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources from UAS, Dharwad, under ICAR’s National Talent Scheme. Before leaving for France last week, Naincy was working as a Junior Research Fellow in a research project at COH&F, Neri.
She had applied for a PhD with a scholarship in Forest Genetics which was advertised by INRAE. Naincy was successful in the interview and was awarded a fellowship for three years for pursuing PhD at the University of Orléans. During the course of the PhD, she will receive a total scholarship of around Rs 70 lakh along with medical reimbursement. Naincy will be working on forest tree larch species in the Project titled ‘Vigour at what cost? ‘Trade-off’ of hybrid vigour in Larch-Phenological, morphological and physiological determinants of hybrid superiority in Larix X eurolepis’ with a team of 20 scientists of Joint Integrated Biology Research Unit having expertise in genetics, genomics and physiology for the enhancement of tree and forest diversity
Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Vice-Chancellor of the university spoke to Naincy via web conferencing and congratulated her. Dr. Kaushal, who has also done his doctorate from France, shared some tips and suggestions. He asked Naincy to explore this opportunity to learn about new cultures along with doing research that could help to enhance and conserve forest wealth in the future.
Naincy expressed gratitude towards her father Satya Prakash Sagar (Retd. SDO BSNL) and mother Monika Sagar, who is working as SDO in BSNL for their continuous support for higher studies. She also thanked Vice-Chancellor Dr. Parvinder Kaushal, Dean Dr. Kamal Sharma and Dr. Dushyant Sharma, Project Investigator and all the university staff for their support and guidance. The university administration, Dean of COH&F Neri congratulated Naincy and wished her success.
Shimla-Dates for admissions to undergraduate courses for the session 2021-22 in colleges affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University has been extended, which has come as a relief to not only those students who were seeking fresh enrollments in the first year but also to the students of the second and third year.
The varsity informed that the decision was taken after considering requests received from various students regarding the same.
Now, willing students can apply for enrollment in both government and private colleges till 5 PM, October 25, 2021.
This extension of date would benefit students who recently passed supplementary exams or those students of the second and third-year who had missed admission due to delay in declaration of their previous results.
Solan– Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, has extended the last date for applying to various Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes in Horticulture, Forestry, Biotechnology, Agribusiness and Business Management. Applicants can submit their complete online application on the university’s admission portal till 18th October.
The normal seats of BSc (Hons) Horticulture, BSc (Hons) Forestry and B Tech Biotechnology will be filled on the basis of scorecard of ICAR-AIEEA (UG) 2021.
Admissions to MSc, MBA (Agribusiness) and PhD (for normal and self-financing seats) will also be conducted on the scorecard of ICAR AIEEA (PG) and AICE-JRF/SRF respectively. Students who have appeared in the ICAR-AIEEA 2021 for UG and PG, or AICE-JRF/SRF examination and are interested in seeking admission, such students must fill the university online application form before 18th October. Undergraduate aspirants who have not appeared in the ICAR test can however apply for the self-financing seats for B Sc and B Tech Biotechnology programmes run by the university by filling the online application on the university website.
The university has also advised the registered candidates to submit complete online application forms along with online payment acknowledgement slip before the due date. The schedule for online counselling will be announced by the University on the website after the declaration of the ICAR examination result. Application forms other than online mode will not be accepted.
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