India News | Delhi Govt Adds 1,330 New Seats to 9 Courses at IP University
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday announced the addition of over 1,300 new seats for nine courses at IP University from this year.
New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday announced the addition of over 1,300 new seats for nine courses at IP University from this year.
“Though corona continues to affect daily lives, there's good news for students who have graduated from school this year and want to pursue higher education,” Sisodia announced during a press conference.
“Delhi Government has added 1,330 new seats for nine existing courses at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha (IP) University for the academic session 2020-21,” he added.
The new seats will be added to IP University affiliated colleges, to nine existing courses at the undergraduate as well as graduate level.
Also Read | Punjab Power Outage: State Stares at Electricity Crisis As Coal Supplies Running Out.
“Out of these 1,330 seats, maximum seats have been allotted to B.tech with a total of 630 seats,” Sisodia said.
The additional seats for the nine courses have been allotted to -- B.Voc (20 seats), BBA (120 seats), B.com (220 seats), BA Economics (120 seats), BCA (90 seats), MBA (60 seats), Msc. Yoga (15 seats), and M.Voc (55 seats).
“The (introduction of) additional seats is an effort to offer new opportunities to students during an extremely difficult year,” Sisodia said.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)