1st list of selected candidates soon, say state varsities

Ranchi/Dhanbad: The admission process in universities across the state are nearing its final stage as several institutes are planning to issue their first list of selected candidates within the next few days. The universities are mainly banking on marks and reservation criteria for choosing the candidates.
The pro-vice chancellor of Ranchi University, Kamini Kumar, said the first list of selected candidates has been sent to all its affiliated colleges and now it is up to them to publish it and start the admission process. She added, “The entire admission process will be completed online to ensure that students do not come to the college.”
The vice chancellor of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University (DSPMU), Dr S N Munda, said that his university was planning to publish the first list by August 25. “Admission on the basis of the first list will be completed by September 10. The second list of selected candidates will be issued after a few days. We are brainstorming now to start online classes from next month.”
DSPMU is, however, continuing with admission in those subjects in which applications have been very low.
In Binod Bihari Mahto Koylanchal University (BBMKU), Dhanbad more than 40,000 students have so far applied through the Chancellor’s portal against the university’s total capacity of 35,000 seats across all its 31 undergraduate courses. BBMKU vice chancellor Anjani Kumar Srivastava said, “Although we are already under stress due to lack of enough number of teachers and classrooms, we will increase the number of seats by 10% percent.”
When asked about criteria for selecting students for admission in BBMKU, she said that merit would be the sole criteria. “The last date of admission for BBMKU’s 10 constituent colleges is August 28 while the date in our 19 affiliated colleges may be extended. The first list of candidates for admission will be published on September 3” Srivastava added.
No decision with regard to postgraduate admission has been taken yet as the sixth semester exams for the undergraduate courses are yet to be conducted.
All the candidates have applied to the universities through the Chancellors’ portal in view of the pandemic.