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| | =Delhi University: maps, graphs, some basic facts= | | =Delhi University: maps, graphs, some basic facts= |
| − | [[File: DUno1.jpg|Delhi University: Map of North Campus. Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ] |frame|500px]] | + | [[File: Top 20 universities of India , India Today, July 11,2016 .jpg| Top 20 universities of India , India Today, July 11,2016 |frame|500px]] |
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| | + | [[File: DUno1.jpg|Delhi University: Map of North Campus. Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ] |frame|500px]] |
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| | [[File: DU southAlt.png|Delhi University: Complete map of off-campus colleges. There are three detailed sections of this map below. Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ] |frame|500px]] | | [[File: DU southAlt.png|Delhi University: Complete map of off-campus colleges. There are three detailed sections of this map below. Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ] |frame|500px]] |
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| | [[File: du stats.png|Delhi University: Basic facts Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ]|frame|left|500px]] | | [[File: du stats.png|Delhi University: Basic facts Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ]|frame|left|500px]] |
| − | [[File: du sc st4.png| Delhi University: Quotas for SC and ST students Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ]|frame|500px]]
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| − | [[File: du canteen1a.png| Delhi University: North Campus cafes 1 Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ]|frame|left|500px]]
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| − | [[File: du canteen3.png| Delhi University: South Campus cafes Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ]|frame|left|500px]]
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| − | =Canteens, cafés, dhabas=
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| − | [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=DU-eateries-offer-plenty-to-snack-on-at-27062016007030 The Times of India], Jun 27, 2016
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| + | [[File: DU south1.png| Delhi University: Off-campus map Detail 1. Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ]|frame|left|500px]] |
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| − | Outside the classrooms, Delhi University's many canteens, tea stalls and chhola-kulcha stands provide a space where students can bond over a variety of pocketfriendly food items.
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| − | Attracting a large number of `outsiders' are Panditji's at Gwyer Hall and Anna's at PG Men's Hostel. Anna's canteen still attracts alumni by the dozens. Manish Chauhan, who graduated from SGTB Khalsa College in 2009, still hangs out with his friends here. They get together nearly every evening at the canteen sharing a communal smoke, dosas and kathi rolls. The vegetarian kathi roll and masala dosa here still come for Rs 30 a plate; paneer dosa is for Rs 40.
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| − | Nirpendar Kumar, who graduated from Hindu College in 2014, eats only at DU canteens. “My seniors took me and my classmates to Anna's first,“ said Kumar, who subsequently initiated his juniors and still returns for veg pulao every now and then.
| + | [[File: DU south2c.png| Delhi University: Off-campus map Detail 2. Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ]|frame|500px]] |
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| − | Deepu's tea stall on the DSE premises was established in 1970 and is still going strong. Visitors enjoy the student-friendly credit system the stall has instituted.
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| − | Some college canteens are similarly famous despite restricted entries. The Shri Ram College of Commerce has a bustling canteen which caters to about seven major colleges, but all are not affiliated to DU. Kumar Sanjay Singh of Aradhya Caterers believes that if colleges relax the access for canteens, it'll be better for business.
| + | [[File: DU south3.png| Delhi University: Off-campus map Detail 3. Source: [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Gallery.aspx?id=01_06_2014_006_008_003&type=P&artUrl=RESULTS-OUT-GET-READY-FOR-DU-01062014006008&eid=31808 The Times of India ]|frame|left|500px]] |
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| − | South Campus lies close to dozens of private cafeterias and restaurants, but also has a canteen in the premises.Another popular eatery for lovers of South Indian food is at Sri Venkateswara College.
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| − | [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Helping-you-mind-your-language-07062016008037 ''The Times of India''], Jun 07 2016
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| − | While study material in Hindi is still scarce for most subjects in Delhi University, there's help available with English. Several colleges run English proficiency courses, free or self-financed, to help students who struggle with the language.
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| − | Indraprastha College for Women launched an English course as a part of its “Diversity Integration Programme“ last year. The 40session course ends in a certificate for those with at least 85% attendance. The modules were designed and originally delivered by a retired teacher from the English department of the college. “We have students from different backgrounds and the average student's English communication and language skills are very poor. But proficiency in English is important for accessing further levels of higher education and also employment,“ says principal Babli Moitra Saraf.
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| − | The course is free, has already run for two semesters and is meant primarily for final-year students. It runs a computer literacy programme as well. Several colleges run the English Language Proficiency Course, a largely self-financed programme that was originally designed by teachers from the Institute of Lifelong Learning and Department of Education. It is a standard 80-hour curriculum, delivered over three months, and has been popular despite running into patches of funding trouble.
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| | + | [[University Grants Commission]] |
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| − | Manoj Garg, convenor for the classes at Acharya Narendra Dev College, which is primarily a science-teaching institution, says that they get as many as 100-120 applications for a 35-seat batch that includes a test after 76 hours.
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| − | Delhi University colleges aren't just good for bachelor's courses. Many of them also run short-term “add-on“ courses. These are either certificate courses in foreign languages or specialised courses and undergraduate research programmes. | + | [[Campus Law Centre, Delhi University]] |
| − | The college running a co urse may even choose to allow students from other institutions to attend. Gargi College's courses on advertising and banking and financial services, for instance, are also open to students attending other colleges. “These are eight-month courses and roughly 50% of the class is from outside,“ says principal Shashi Tyagi.
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| − | The college also runs a German language course for students from within the college and, Tyagi adds, they may launch science courses on research methodology , biotechnology and green-chemistry . “For some of shorter, certificate courses, we don't charge at all. But for the longer, professional ones--such as the commerce courses--we do charge because we have many applicants from outside and hence, have to conduct exams as well. These are all very popular.“ Some of the science courses will be funded by grants from the Department of Biotechnology . Indraprastha College for Women has two newlylaunched centres--Centre for Earth Studies and Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies--that will run undergraduate research programmes among students enrolled in the college. Kamala Nehru College (KNC) runs a three-level certificate course in French that's self-financed but run in collaboration with DU's Department of Germanic and Romance Studies. It also has an add-on course on environment and eco-tourism which, says KNC spokersperson, Geetesh Nirban, is “majorly sponsored“ by Delhi government's department of environment.
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| − | Lady Shri Ram College has offered a Spanish course, levels one and two, for over five years. They also run shortterm courses on mathematical modelling and film appreciation. Typically , each batch has about 40-50 students. But in 2015, the college had offered a course on women and law that had 70. That programme was open to students from other colleges as well. The psychology department of the college is now in the process of designing a course on “peace psychology“. “Every year we put up a list and ask people if they would be interested in the courses. They are very popular,“ says teacher Rukshana Shroff.
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| − | Ramjas College's website lists over 20 short-term programmes including ones on “peace and conflict resolution“, “India in the era of globalisation“, “human rights studies“, “environmental management and law“, “film appreciation“, “mass media ethics studies“ and “development of entrepreneurship excellence“ and “Gandhigiri -reinterpreting Gandhi in modern context.“
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| − | Hansraj College offers “job-oriented“ courses including “radio-jockeying, anchoring and TV journalism“, “acting and film-making“ and “mass communication, journalism and marketing“, which are run in partnership with private firms.
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