Engineering admissions at PU: Vice-Chancellor approves reservation for single girl child, border area students

A PU panel had suggested that the reservation should be retained for admissions in engineering courses like earlier.  

Panjab University (PU) has allowed reservation for additional seats for single girl children and students of rural and border areas in engineering courses offered by the varsity for the 2021-22 academic session. A PU panel had suggested that the reservation should be retained for admissions in engineering courses like earlier. The recommendations of the panel were approved by PU Vice-Chancellor Raj Kumar.  

As per a report published in Hindustan Times, the admission process at PU’s University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) and University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology (UICET) has already started. The panel recommended that at least seven days’ time be given to the candidates to apply afresh in these categories and those who have already applied may be allowed to change their categories accordingly. 

According to the proceedings, the panel observed that the students were being admitted against the additional seats from 2016 till 2020-21, and the seats had been approved by the PU governing body. “If the seats are left vacant this year, it may be a loss to these categories,” the panel observed. 

The panel also said that any deviation/change in such provisions could not be implemented without the prior approval of the syndicate/senate and they had unanimously resolved that the seat allocation approved till 2020-21 academic session, which were duly approved by the governing bodies, may be allowed to continue for the session 2021-22. 

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