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second list they go for courses and colleges of their preference. This will happen in subsequent lists as well,” Madhu Purthi, the college principal said.
At Kirori Mal College, 73 admissions were cancelled on Monday while 77 new admissions were done. There were 22 cancellations in B.com (Hons) and seven in Economics (Hons).
At Gargi, which had recorded the third highest number of admissions in the first list, the effective admissions on Monday was zero, as 150 students got admitted and 150 withdrew, the principal said. Under the first list, the college admitted 769 students.
“We are like a hollow pot. You keep on pouring and it keeps coming out from the bottom... Many students have withdrawn from Bcom and shifted to Bcom (hons). Other have withdrawn from English (Hons) and shifted to Psychology (Hons), either within our own college or another college,” said Promila Kumar, the principal.
Lady Shri Ram College principal Suman Sharma said most of their courses are closed for admissions but they had a few cancellations in various courses.
Manoj Sinha, principal of Ramjas College, said 90 to 100 students cancelled admissions. Officials said there were 16 cancellations in B.com (Hons), 12 in B.com Programme, 16 in BA Programme and nine in Mathematics (Hons).
The college completed 1,050 admissions in total but under the second list, only 150 admissions happened on Monday.
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, which recorded the fifth highest number of admissions under the first list, saw “more cancellations than admissions” on the first day under the second list, principal PK Khurana said.
“We did 140 admissions and 120 cancellations. So effectively, the increase in admissions is about 20. We expect a good amount of rush for admissions tomorrow, as students who may have withdrawn from other colleges may come here,” said Khurana.
At Hans Raj college, some Delhi students had to go back because the college insisted on them submitting a migration and transfer certificate. As per university rules, students from Delhi don’t have to submit these certificates. “I will check with the admission team tomorrow. If university rules say, that then we will approve admissions without these certificates,” said a member of the admission committee. Not available
The college has an active placement cell. Companies like ICICI, Royal Bank of Scotland and Bajaj India recruit from the campus every year
The annual college festival is called ‘Kalakriti’ There are facilities for games like hockey, netball, volleyball, wrestling, judo and kabbadi
The college has three fully functional computer labs that are used by the students and the faculty. The entire campus is a Wi-fi zone
Fully air-conditioned canteen which provides hygienic and healthy food Not available
The college has an active placement cell ‘Rajnigandha’ is three-day fest that offers many inter-college events
The college has a big ground, and has a specially prepared track for Commonwealth Games. Students also practice in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Yoga classes are also available The campus is Wi-fi enabled with computer facilities. Nearly 1,00,000 books are accessible to the students along with a book bank
At present, they share the canteen with Dyal Singh College (Morning), but soon they will be having a separate one