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Chandigarh: With
cut-off for admissions in Bachelors of Commerce (B.Com) course in
leading Delhi colleges touching an unbelievable 99 to 100 percent,
many students from the national capital are seeking admission in
Chandigarh colleges.
The University Business School, the centralised office of Panjab
University for B.Com admissions, has received a good number of
applications from Delhi students this year.
"We have received scores of applications from New Delhi students
for admissions in the B.Com course. Right now it is difficult to
give the exact number, but they have surpassed the last year's
number. High cut-off in Delhi colleges has prompted the students
to move towards Chandigarh," A.K. Vashisht, coordinator of B.Com
admissions of the varsity, told IANS.
This year the university is conducting online centralised
admissions in B.Com for the first time. There are around 4,000
seats in B.Com in 26 colleges in Chandigarh, Ludhiana and
Hoshiarpur cities. Around 9,200 applications have been received
and the admission process will start July 1.
"We have received applications from students of different states
like Punjab, Haryana, (Union Territory of) Chandigarh, Delhi,
Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. It is for the first time
that PU is conducting online centralized admissions in B.Com. It
would add transparency and avoid any scope of discrepancy in the
admission process," Vashisht said.
According to varsity officials, the cut-off percentage for B.Com
admission in 2010 was around 94 percent and is expected to cross
96 percent this year.
Ashish Sharma, an economics lecturer in a city college, told IANS:
"B.Com has always remained one of the most sought after course
among students of this region. A couple of years back, very few
students from Delhi were applying here but now the trend has
changed."
"Close proximity with Chandigarh, good colleges and quality life
are attracting Delhi students. This year, competition will be
certainly tough," he added.
The admission list will be uploaded on PU's official website June
28. This will include college allotment on the basis of merit and
preference of the applicant.
The division of seats between the Union Territory and the general
pool is 85 percent and 15 percent respectively.
However, students are both worried and enthusiastic about
admissions.
"I have secured 95 percent in Class 12. Last year the cut off was
94 (percent) and this year it is expected to go higher. I am still
not sure whether I will get admission or not," Karan Singh, a
Chandigarh resident and a B.Com aspirant, told IANS.
Kokila Jain, a student of Delhi Public School (R.K. Puram), told
IANS from New Delhi, that though she has applied in three-four
colleges in Delhi, she still applied in Chandigarh "as I do not
want to take any chances".
"One of my seniors is already pursuing B.Com in a Chandigarh
college. He is full of praise for this place," she said.
(Alkesh Sharma
can be contacted at alkesh.s@ians.in)
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