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25% state domicile quota in private universities
Mathang Seshagiri, TNN | Mar 26, 2011, 06.51am IST
BANGALORE: Karnataka will do away with caste-based reservation for
universities set up by not-for-profit bodies, and usher in an era of
admissions based on state domicile from next academic year.
South India's only two private universities - Alliance University and
Azim Premji University - created through an Act of state legislature
will set aside 25% of seats for students from Karnataka from summer
2011.
These two Bangalore-based universities will be the only
degree-awarding institutes in the state not to be bound by quota for
SC/ST/OBC candidates. The Karnataka Higher Education Council, a
state-backed think-tank, is working on a new chapter to the Karnataka
State Universities Act, 200O for setting up of more private
universities.
Azim Premji University, whichwill roll out three post-graduate
programmes starting July 2011, will pick students deploying a novel
diversity index that awards weightage to candidates based on
socio-economic background. As part of its commitment to the state, the
university, in the long run, will also offer programmes in Kannada,
besides Hindi, said Dileep Ranjekar, CEO, Azim Premji Foundation.
To further allow inclusion in admission, the pan-India entrance test
of April 17, will allow candidates to answer certain sections in
Kannada and Hindi, besides English. Karnataka will also have the
highest number of exam centres -- six.
Alliance University chancellor, Madhukar G Angur, said the university
will implement domicile-based reservation for all its programmes from
2011-12, subject to selection criteria. "We've adopted a
multi-dimensional selection process where admission will not be
decided merely on entrance exam scores. In all our programmes, we'll
set aside weightage for state domiciled candidates who have spent at
least 12 months in the state," he said.
The university plans an array of management programmes including a
12-month MBA degree -- a first for the state -- from 2011. It also has
four under-graduate engineering programmes, besides MTech in
environmental engineering.
Quota table
According to legislation governing two private universities, 25% seats
will be reserved for state domiciled candidates
Azim Premji University will admit a total of 200 students for MA in
Education, MA in Development and Master's in Teacher Education from
July 2011
Alliance Universitywill offer two-year MBA, one-year MBA, full-time/
part-time PhD, executive post-graduate diploma in management and
programmes for defence personnel
From summer 2011, Alliance University will offer under-graduate and
post-graduate engineering programmes
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"The varsity will roll out three PG programmes starting July 2011 to
pick students, deploying a novel diversity index that awards weightage
to candidates based on socio-economic background" Dileep Ranjekar,
CEO, Azim Premji Foundation
"We've adopted a multi-dimensional selection process where admission
will not be decided merely on entrance exam scores. In all our
programmes, we'll set aside weightage for state domiciled candidates
who have spent at least 12 months in the state," Madhukar G Angur,
chancellor, Alliance University
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