State fiat on quota puts 3 top pvt institutes in a fix

A fiat from the state governments Admission Committee for Professional Courses to the Nirma University.

A fiat from the state governments Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) to the Nirma University (NU),Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) and Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DAIICT) regarding reservation for SC,ST and OBC categories in admissions has landed these prestigious private institutes in a dilemma.

While all the professional and technical institutes in the state were following the admission policy set by the Union HRD ministry granting reservation to SC,ST and OBC categories,the three private universities were not.

ACPC member-secretary M N Patel said the directive has warned these three institutes that the ACPC would not approve the admission list even if there was the slightest violation in this regard.

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Patel said while NU and PDPU had halted the admission process and were deliberating how to implement the reservation policy in admissions,DAIICT had already completed the admissions as they had been doing for the last 10 years. Patel said the ACPC would not ratify the merit list of DAIICT under any circumstances. They will have to revise it as per HRD ministrys policies, he said,adding even institutes like IIM-A implemented the reservation policy.

NU vice-chancellor R R Vasani confirmed the receipt of ACPCs letter. We are discussing with the government how to go about it.

However,DAIICT director S C Sahasrabuddhe said: We have already completed admissions in the same way as we had been doing for ther last 10 years. Asked whether the reservation policy of HRD ministry was followed,he said,I dont know about and I cant comment on it.

PDPU director general Paritosh K Banik said the university authorities were discussing the matter.

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