The on-line admission course of for the Ambedkar University’s undergraduate and postgraduate programs within the College of Art (CoA) has begun, the varsity introduced.
It comes amid an ongoing tussle over the affiliation of CoA between Delhi University and Delhi authorities, who funds the Ambedkar University.
The admission course of started on Friday. The final date for making use of on-line is June 30, the college mentioned in a notification.
Admissions to the College of Art couldn’t be held over the past tutorial session because of the affiliation situation.
“The online admission process, for the academic session 2022-23, in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes of College of Art, as a part of Dr B R Ambedkar University, has been initiated and the online registration/application form in the following programmes has started,” the notification learn.
There are 11 programs for which Amdebkar University has began the admission course of.
These are Bachelor of Fine Arts (Applied Art) 131 seats, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Art History) 33 seats, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) 67 seats, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture) 26 seats, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Print Making) 34 seats, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Communication) 34 seats, Master of Fine Arts (Applied Art) 15 seats, Master of Fine Arts (Painting) 15 seats, Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture) 15 seats, Master of Fine Arts (Print Making) 15 seats, and Master of Fine Arts (Visual Communication) 15 seats.
In April, the DU had requested the College of Art to begin its admission course of and had knowledgeable that it could not be de-affiliated from the college.
The Office of the Lieutenant Governor had earlier given in-principle approval to the merger of the College of Art with the Ambedkar University, topic to its de-affiliation from the DU.
However, the Executive Council of the Delhi University, its highest decision-making physique, refused to de-affiliate the faculty.
In March final yr, the Delhi authorities introduced that the College of Art could be affiliated with Ambedkar University, as the faculty was going through numerous issues.
Eleven lecturers of the DU’s Academics for Action and Development early this month wrote to the vice-chancellor, looking for his intervention after the College of Art began its admission course of as part of the Ambedkar University.
In a letter, the 11 lecturers, together with members of the DU’s Executive Council and Academic Council, mentioned such an “unfortunate action” of the Ambedkar University is in contravention of the statutes of the Delhi University.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”