Delhi University (DU) on Friday started its offline admission process for the undergraduate (UG) courses to bring relief to the aspirants finding the online process uncomfortable.
Those applying for admission under sports and extra-curricular activities (ECA) faced some problems as the centralised form did not clearly mention the sport or activity one could apply for in a particular college.
Rajat Kothari, an under-19 national boxing champion, told IANS, "Although the university has simplified the admission process, there is no clarity about the college to be opted in terms of preference."
"I am applying for B.Com but I have no idea which college will provide me boxing facility. I have to do the research all by myself."
Richa Gupta, a state-level basketball player, was at Gargi College to collect an offline form for the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) course.
"The process needs to be streamlined more. A list at the help centre, displaying the various sporting facilities available in colleges, would have saved a lot of time," she said.
When the issue was raised with deputy dean of students' welfare G.S. Tuteja, he told IANS, "No one has complained to us about this so far, but I assure you that the issue will be addressed on a priority basis."
Day one of the offline registration saw applicants to the various undergraduate programmes queuing up at the eight designated centres.
Some students reached the centres as early as 7.45 a.m. to collect the form at the earliest. Most students, however, said they preferred on-campus colleges for submitting their forms, as they felt the process there would be quicker.
Salil Malhotra, an applicant at the Dyal Singh College centre, said, "I have come to collect the form at 8 a.m. After this I will go to the university for its submission. That speeds up the process."
Echoing similar views, another aspirant, Apurva Singh at Gargi College said, "The forms submitted in off-campus colleges will reach the university a day later. So why waste time when we can submit it directly."
Joint Dean of Students' Welfare Malay Neerav told IANS, "It's the students' personal choice. Where they submit the form has nothing to do with any delay in process."
The registration process for sports quota and extra-curricular activities (ECA) quota is also available in offline mode. Delhi University will release the first cut-off list by June 25, he added.
The university has set up eight centres for students to complete the admission process for various undergraduate courses. The last date for submitting admission forms is June 15.
On the ninth day of registration, the total number of applicants who registered online was 2,35,728 of which 1,41,590 had made payments.
On the first day of offline registration, the total number of optical mark recognition (OMR) forms sold at the eight centres was 21,813, out of which 5,111 have been submitted.
(Muhammad Zulqarnain Zulfi can be contacted at mohammad.z@ians.in)
