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<ul><li>A section of students and teachers of various universities in the national capital on Tuesday voiced their concern over holding online classes, fee hike and lack of infrastructural support in the varsities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. </li><li><keyword id="66" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi">Delhi</keyword> University is conducting online open book exams for final semester students of postgraduate and undergraduate courses. </li></ul> A section of students and teachers of various universities in the national capital on Tuesday voiced their concern over holding online classes, fee hike and lack of infrastructural support in the varsities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Delhi University is conducting online open book exams for final semester students of postgraduate and undergraduate courses. The move was opposed by students and teachers who were demanding that the exams be scrapped. The varsity has also commenced online classes for third and fifth semester students from August 10. During an online briefing, Abha Dev Habib, a Delhi University professor, said teachers and students have been left out from the decision-making process to hold online classes. "The decision of online open book exams was taken without thinking about students. What will happen to students in Kashmir and those stuck in floods. The students do not have gadgets for online classes. "The decision was taken without consulting the statutory bodies -- the Academic and Executive Council," she alleged. Unni Maya, a student of Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi University, said the varsity has gone ahead with the decision to hold online classes without thinking about the mental health and well-being of students. Taking online classes means that students have to spend a high screen time in front of their mobiles or laptops which impacts their health. She demanded that the varsity should think about funding and providing gadgets to students and it should also release department-wise data on how many students have availed online classes. Students and teachers of other universities also raised similar issues. Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh said the varsity administration is not concerned about teaching-learning process or about students in Kashmir who still do not have access to a proper internet connectivity, or about flood-affected students or those who contracted COVID-19. "Students are being pressurised to register for the next semester at a time when the UGC has also said that the varsities must finish the current semester by September 30. There is no meaning of registration. The varsity administration is continuously creating issues," she said. She also alleged that the students of MBA and Engineering are being charged lakhs of rupees despite not having access to labs and having part-time faculty. "I would call it daylight robbery. Even the representatives from these departments have been pressurised to not raise their voice," she said. She also urged the varsity to ensure phased return of students to the campus by following proper medical protocols and establishing quarantine centres inside the premises. Voices were also raised from Delhi government-run Ambedkar University against online classes and how the administration and even the state government has not heard their pleas. Shubhojeet Dey of Ambedkar University said they had conducted a survey among students and found that 48 per cent of students had access to smartphones while two per cent did not have access to any gadget for accessing online classes. Only 50 per cent of the students have access to laptops, he said, adding that 62 per cent out of these do not have laptops for more than three hours since the laptop is also used by their siblings, who are either studying or are working. "It was found that 73 per cent of students do not have stable internet connection and 98 per cent of the female students were also supposed to contribute to household chores. We have even approached the authorities and even the Delhi government with our problems but there has been no resolution," he added. The students had boycotted the orientation class which was held to introduce the students to courses. Listing out the demands of the students, Dey said they want that the classes should be postponed by a month and laptops should be procured for students from disadvantaged sections and data packs should be given to all the students. 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It's the only time of the year when students aspiring to seal a coveted seat in <keyword id="6360099" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-University">Delhi University</keyword> can get responses to their endless queries on the confusing admission procedure to the choice of their college. Yes, that's because DU Open Days/Open House has kick-started officially starting today, and is inviting aspirants and parents to attend the sessions for clarity on admission queries. 
 
Caution - If you are an outstation candidate who wants to get into this University, it's not a good idea to sit at home till the cut-off lists are out. 
You may be thinking that the application procedure going online buys you sometime, however, the fact is this is the most crucial time for you to visit the University. Moreover, logging onto the website to expect your questions will be answered online is a waste of time, because the site has not been updated since last year. 
 
"Students do not realize that this provision is to tell them the best they can get. If you miss out and find yourself not getting into a good college with a course of your choice, as per your knowledge it's likely to get you in depression. In extreme cases, students commit suicide for no reason. DU Open Days calls students with parents so that both can be counseled on what is best for the child and especially for those who may not have performed very well in Class 12. DU has 61 colleges and 60,000 seats! There's a place for everyone. We call them to change their mindset and show them that there are options galore and there's nothing to worry. Of course the idea of Open Days is also to give clarity to all students about admissions too," says a DU counselor. 
 
In a recently held session at Khalsa College, students were able to get clarity on a lot of things like - Will mathematics be compulsory for economics honours aspirants? Will a candidate be allowed to take economics even if she has not studied the subject in Class XII? Legal studies and Mass media studies are to be considered as academic subject or electives? 
 
The session informed students that to keep the system centralized, the university has done away with entrance tests in various courses barring courses like Bachelor in Business Economics and Bachelor in Finance and Investment. For students seeking admission through sports quota, fitness test has now been centralized. While the best of four criteria which includes one language and three academic subjects, remains the same as last year; 2.5 % points will be deducted from them, if the subject applied for is not included in vocational subject. Besides, 10 marks will be deducted for every vocational course not included. Also, there will be a maximum penalty for a stream change in case of BA and B.Com honors courses. 
 
DU's Open House Days can therefore go a long way in helping students clear doubts, and figure out what could suit them the best as per their stream, scores and ambitions. Nobody else may be able to answer you on the most unexpected questions than people here, so why waste this chance. From the calculation of best-four percentage to the best college for a particular course, you can throw endless queries for DU officials to answer during the session. 
 
If you aspire to get into say an Economic Honours course with a 94% marks in Class 12 (Commerce Stream), they may be able to tell you - keeping in view the previous cutoffs - the best colleges you could keep an eye on in the cut-off lists. At the same time, if you are clueless about the course and college both, they will suggest you both. You will not only get an idea of what different courses teach, but also the courses you can apply for in various colleges (the best ones to the average ones) as per your performance/stream/interest. It's to lay down all the probabilities you have in front of you, so you can decide what's the best way to take. 
Remember, the staff at DU Open Days are very well versed with the DU cut-offs. They will make sure you have a clear direction in mind as you leave the session. Additionally, you can also learn about things you may not even thought of asking, but may be crucial for you to know - new admission procedure, important dates and eligibility criteria. Not everything can be found online or by calling the helpline numbers. It's therefore necessary you head to Open House if you don't want to be running around at the end figuring out where to apply when you are not qualifying for the colleges you want to get into. 
SCHEDULE OF OPEN DAYS: 
June 6 : SGTB Khalsa College June 7 : Sri Venketeshwara College June 8-9: Zakir Hussain College June 10-11: South Campus 
 
Notably, admissions to over 56,000 seats to DU’s various undergraduate courses began on Wednesday and the online registration will conclude on June 19.The first cut-off list will be announced on June 27 and the varsity will release only five cut-off lists.

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It’s that time of the year again when India’s premier engineering institute, <keyword id="57604" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="iit-delhi">IIT Delhi</keyword> hosts ‘Open House’ - its annual exhibition to give people an insight into the revolutionary work happening inside the campus over the past year. As the college is gearing up to host the 12th edition of ‘Open House’, the list of splendid innovations that will be featured at the event has already caught eyeballs across the country. 
 
This is because once again, most of these projects are not only innovative but those with “high societal impact”. 
 
Among a total of 500 research projects and 80 demo projects to be displayed are some really interesting innovations like a hip protective device for the elderly, high productivity bio-fertilizer, Mamma Pod and diagram books for blind students. 
 
There will also be these: A 5 min endotoxin detection kit, Tissue Engineering and 3D Bio printing, Design and Development of Mobile Unit for Biogas Enrichment &amp; Bottlingm among others. 
 But what’s going to be the center of attention is a system of better drainage systems for Delhi. Yes, A lot of eyes, especially from the <keyword id="6354952" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-Government">Delhi government</keyword> will be on this as the event kickstarts on April 23. 
 V Ramgopal Rao, who assumed office as the premier institute’s Director three days ago, said “The idea of <keyword id="2388827" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="IIT-Open-House">IIT Open House</keyword> is to identify projects where a new product or technology is created with high societal impact. We are going to connect with agricultural and healthcare institutions and would like to work on multi-disciplinary projects offering societal benefits.” 
 
IIT Delhi is expecting over 40,000 school students to visit the exposition which will be open and free for public. While demonstrations will close by 2 pm the laboratory will stay open for visitors till 4 pm. 
 
IIT IS STRIVING TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD FOR THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED 
 
The institute has been working towards providing aid to the visually-impaired for quite sometime now and had come up in the past with technology-driven devices like the blind cane, that have shown positive results. 
 
Their latest project focuses on providing blind students access to non-visual representations of diagrams and figures in subjects like maths, science, economics and geography, in tactile form at an affordable cost. 
 
Prof M Balakrishnan, who is guiding the project, said it uses the process of thermoforming with durable PVC sheets as opposed to the more expensive swell paper or the less durable embossing, while using 3D printing technology. 
 
“Thermoforming lies between embossing and swell technology. While embossing might be economical, it is less durable and prone to wear and tear. Swell technology is expensive with each paper costing Rs 100. With thermoforming, more durable diagrams are created at a nominal price of Rs 10-Rs 15 per sheet,” Renu Kaushik and Vibha Chaudhury, who are working as research scholars for the project, said. 
 
The team has been working with NCERT to bring out a map book for Upper Primary grades in blind schools. 
 
They have also brought out science and maths textbooks for ninth grade and economics textbook for the eleventh grade, besides a Yoga book for the Iyengar society that can be used by visually impaired individuals to practise yoga. 
 
Rao also emphasised on the need for tech-based initiatives and said that it will be among one of the primary areas of focus for the years to come. 
 
“I have seen that a lot of start ups are coming up but there are hardly any tech-based start-ups. We have to focus on tech and tech-incubation is what we will focus on in the next few years,” he said. 
 
(With inputs from agencies)

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New Delhi, Nov 29 () An In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) centre has been opened at the ESIC PGIMSR &amp; Hospital here which is the first facility in Delhi-NCR for beneficiaries, an official release said on Friday. 
IVF is a complex series of procedures used to help with fertility or prevent genetic problems and assist with the conception of a child, the Ministry of Labour &amp; Employment said.
"in-vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Fertility Centre at ESIC PGIMSR and Hospital, Basaidarapur, New Delhi was inaugurated by DG, ESIC Raj Kumar today. ESIC PGIMSR, Basaidarapur, New Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Labour and Employment, is the first Institute to provide IVF services to its beneficiaries in Delhi-NCR region," it said.
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Aviation secretary R N Choubey said the Rs 100-crore project will be inaugurated on February 28 and will be an integrated one with a chopper maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) unit part of the complex at Rohini. 
 
The heliport will have parking bays, AC passenger terminal building and car parking area for the flyers. 
 
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The <keyword id="6355014" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="delhi-high-court">Delhi High Court</keyword> on Friday gave its nod for the conduct of online <keyword id="9315547" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="open-book-examinations">Open Book Examinations</keyword> (OBE) for final-year students of <keyword id="6360099" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="delhi-university">Delhi University</keyword>. Justice Prathiba M Singh, while giving the go-ahead, passed certain directions to be followed by the DU and the University Grants Commission (UGC). The court directed that the questions should be posted on online portal as well as emailed to all the candidates. "Students are to be given two hours for attempting the question papers. One extra hour shall be granted for uploading of the answer sheets on the portal," the court said. It directed that an auto-generated email shall be sent to the students to acknowledge that their answer sheets have been accepted. The bench also directed the CSC Academy -- whose Common Service Centres will be used by the students lacking in requisite infrastructure to sit in the exams -- to notify all its centres to be used for the conduct of OBE. "DU Grievances Officer shall redress the emailed complaints of students regarding the process within 48 hours. If not, the matter shall automatically be referred to the Grievances Redressal Committee," the High Court added. The court had on Wednesday reserved orders on a batch of pleas that challenged the university decision to conduct online Open Book Examinations for final-year students. Initially, the varsity announced that the exams would commence from July 1, but later postponed the same to July 10 and again till August 15 without giving a specific date for examinations.

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