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Bangalore: Private varsities differ on quota policy
Bangalore, March 30, DHNS: The two new private universities in the
State have chosen to go different ways on reserving seats for SC, ST
and OBC students.
Both Azim Premji University and Alliance University will set aside 25
per cent seats for domiciled students. Alliance University is also
likely to implement caste-based reservation, a practice Azim Premji
University has disregarded.
Anurag Behar, the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of Azim Premji
University, is certain that the varsity would have only one category
domiciled students for setting aside a certain number of seats.
But Madhukar G Angur, Chancellor of Alliance University, emphatically
stated that his varsity was likely to fix a certain percentage of
seats for
students from disadvantaged communities.
In reality, neither university is bound to reserve seats for SC, ST,
and OBC candidates as the legislations concerned the Azim Premji
University Act, 2010, and the Alliance University Act, 2010 do not
stipulate this.
In the words of Angur, the proposal to introduce caste-based
reservation is likely to be approved by the management shortly.
We are doing it out of our commitment to social justice. Its
entirely a voluntary initiative, he told Deccan Herald.
Behar, said his university would stick only to admission based on
State domicile and would go by governments rules in this regard.
Both universities would start admitting students from the academic
year 2011-12. Azim Premji University will admit a total of 200
students in three courses MA in Education, MA in Development and
Masters in Teacher Education. Alliance University will have a total
intake of 870 students in its schools of business and engineering and
design.
While 450 students will be admitted to its flagship MBA programme, the
varsitys Executive MBA, BTech in Computer Science, Information
Technology and Electrical Engineering programmes will have 60 students
each. Its PhD and Executive Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
programmes will have 30 students each.
Both universities will also differ in scholarships. Azim Premji
University will offer three types of financial assistance a
complete waiver of the tuition fee, loan assistance and assistantship.
Alliance University will provide merit-based scholarships of up to 25
per cent of the tuition fee.
Azim Premji University will select students through an admission test
to be held at 38 centres across India, including six in Karnataka in
Bangalore, Mangalore, Dharwad, Hassan, Gulbarga and Bellary, on May 29
this year.
Alliance University will admit students based on their performance in
nationwide entrance tests like GRE and GMAT.
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