These courses include the M. Tech. (engineering physics), M. Tech. (nano science and technology), M. Tech. (chemical engineering), M. Tech. (computer science and engineering), M. Tech. (information technology), M. Tech. (VLSI design), M. Tech. (digital communication) and M. Tech. (information security)

The merit list will be prepared on the basis of the GATE score.

If the seats remain vacant after that, then admission shall be made on the basis of marks obtained in qualifying degree.

The forms can be obtained from Punjab & Sind Bank, GGSIP University, on payment of Rs 800.

Sources in the university administration said colleges fix the percentage on their own.

However, they added north campus colleges did not need to offer such concessions, as the gender ratio there was already good there.

"Mostly, colleges on outskirts offer relaxation in marks. Zakir Husain College used to offer the relaxation to attract girl students from the Walled City area," said Gurpreet Tuteja, deputy dean, DU.

Colleges that have offered five per cent relaxation to girls in the second cut-off list are Deshbandhu (evening), Motilal Nehru, Motilal Nehru (evening), Dayal Singh (evening), Satyawati (evening) and Shaheed Bahgat Singh (evening).

"Things have improved considerably in outskirt colleges, as more girls are getting enroled in those colleges. The relaxation has been offered to give girls an extra edge so that they can join undergraduate courses," said a faculty member at Motilal Nehru College.

Bhim Rao Ambedkar College has offered a concession of four per cent to girls.

Colleges that have given a relaxation of three per cent include Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm (ARSD), Dayal Singh, Ram Lal Anand (evening), Satyawati, Shayam Lal and Swami Shradhanand.

Colleges that have offered a relaxation of two per cent are Deen Dayal Upadyaya, Shayam Lal (evening), PGDAV (evening) and Sri Aurobindo (evening).

Source: The Tribune DU relaxes marks for girl students

He said candidates of Scheduled Castes category (rank 1 to 76), Backward Classes-A category (Rank 1 to 133), Backward Classes-B category (rank 1 to 120), physically handicapped (rank 1) and ExServicemen (rank 1 to 22) were required to report in the office of the Director on July 10 at 8 am.

The candidates should appear for counselling before the Board well in time.

Videography and thumb impression would be taken at the time of counseling. More information is available on website pgimsrohtak.nic.in.

Academics say that the judgment is likely to usher in a sense of relief and will bring much-needed transparency in the working of deemed universities. The CIC ruling came in the case of Shaily Bhashnajla, a faculty of Delhi's Western International University (WIU), who had sought information on recruitment and promotion rules. However, WIU being a deemed university refused to part with information, stating that it was not a public authority.

When the matter came up in the CIC, Shailesh Gandhi, information commissioner, observed, ``Deemed universities are declared to be so by notification in the official gazette by the central government. If this is the case, then a deemed university may come within the definition of `public authority'.

``Every school must have special educator. We want you to appoint as many regular teachers as needed. They should be appointed on a permanent basis and their salary must be at par with the regular teacher,'' a bench comprising Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice Manmohan said while directing the Delhi government, MCD, NDMC to ensure such special teachers are appointed to teach differently-abled students.

The government, however, assured the court that 50 such teachers have already been appointed and more would be recruited in the coming days. Not satisfied with the reply, the court wanted to know about the steps taken by the government.

``We are not going to be satisfied with your assurance. You have to advertize and appoint teachers in all government schools,'' the bench said. The court's remarks came while hearing a PIL seeking a direction to the government to make schools disabled-friendly.

Source: Times Of India Hire teachers for disabled: HC

R P Mullick, president, FoS, said, ``Since it's raining and the weather is much better now, we have decided to resume classes IX to XII from Thursday. All the 300 schools under FoS will open early now.'' Schools like DPS, Amity International, Ryan International, Springdales will still reopen on July 8.

Vinay Kumar, principal, DPS Vasant Kunj, said that changing the dates now will create confusion. ``We will open again on July 8 only. There is no point changing the dates now. We will go with the government order,'' said Kumar.

Bharti Sharma, principal, Amity International, Saket, agreed. She said, ``Weather is such an unpredictable thing. Once we delayed the reopening, many parents might also have changed their vacation schedules. Now calling the students before July 8 will also upset their plans.'' She added, ``It was just a matter of three extra holidays for us. That can be adjusted.''

Moving the Bill in the Assembly, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said the upgradation of the engineering college will open up new opportunities for expansion of technical education in Delhi as more courses would be introduced soon.

Dikshit said her Government has prepared a blueprint to implement the recommendations of the National Knowledge Commission, which has emphasized the need for synergy between education and research.

"Keeping this in mind, it has been decided to upgrade Delhi College of Engineering into a State University under the name of Delhi Technological University," she said adding, it will be an autonomous university.

Officials said new BE programmes in software engineering, automotive engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, engineering physics, aerospace engineering, medical engineering and nuclear science and engineering will be introduced soon.

Source: Zee News Delhi College of Engineering upgraded

Job loss is one of the worst fallout of any economic slowdown. What began as a housing mortgage crisis in the US last year quickly sipralled into a global economic meltdown and from September 2008 companies across the world began downsizing their workforce to cut losses.

India too felt the tremors with close to 50,000 laid off in a span of two months, according to executive search firm Redileon Search Partners.

Sectors that have witnessed the axe include real estate and construction whic saw 79 per cent cut in its workforce. Job is export and trade, too, are down by 79 per cent while IT and hospitality sectors have witnessed a dip of 50 per cent. Banking and financial sector saw job cuts by 22 per cent.

But numbers alone don't explain the full story.

''One afternoon when I went to office… I was suddenly called by the editor and all of a sudden he said that you have to go,'' says Barid Baran, who worked as corporate communication manager.

Source: ibnlive.in.comIndian job market better off than western countries

"Now it's (boy-girl ratio) about 10-12 percent and this needs to improve. We need to formulate an action plan to increase the intake of girl students in the IITs," Sibal said during an interaction with top officials of the country's 12 IITs here.

The minister asked the IIT directors to "develop a policy framework" and present it to the ministry soon.

Talking about shortage of faculties in these top engineering institutes, Sibal said "though it's a genuine problem, it can not be solved overnight".

To come over the situation, he suggested the IITs to have tie-ups with "universities, private educational institutes, the corporate sector and civil society".

He asked the IITs to open more campuses and become multi-disciplinary.

"Open more campuses. For example, IIT-Kharagpur can have its campus in Delhi too. Spread your wings like an octopus, I will support you."

"You need to have multi-disciplinary approach in education. Why can not you have a law school inside your campus. Why can not an engineering student learn about management, economics and biology?" he said.

Answering a question on whether he proposes to turn IITs into universities, Sibal said: "Though not exactly, the ethos of an university can be adopted for their betterment. They must go multi-disciplinary for the betterment of students, for themselves and for a better future."

As per the UPSC, the candidature of the selected candidates is provisional.

In accordance with the Rules of the Examination, all candidates have to fill up the Detailed Application Form (DAF), which will be supplied to them by the Commission before being called for Interview / Personality Test.

"In case any candidate does not receive any communication in this regard from the Commission by 20th July, 2009, he/she should immediately contact the Commission in the matter on Telephone No. 011-23387402 or on Fax No. 011-23387310, giving his/her particulars/details", an official release from the UPSC said.

The marks-sheet of candidates who have not qualified shall be available on the Commission's website within one month from the publication of the result and would be available on the website for 60 days.