International level sportspersons to get direct admission at DU
New Delhi: The Delhi University (DU) is planning on giving direct admission under the sports quota across all colleges for DU aspirants who have participated in international sporting events. According to the fresh admission guidelines that had been issued by the university administration for the current academic session, colleges will be allowed to conduct their own sports trials instead of the university holding centralized ones. Under the existing provisions of the university, colleges can offer a maximum of 5% seats in each subject which are over and above the actual number of seats for the sports and extra-curricular activity quota. Every DU college is also going to have a sports admissions committee with the principal as its chairperson. Chairman of DU Sports Council M.C. Agrawal said that the university had decided to do away with the centralized sports trials for this year. "The centralized sports trials had been introduced last year on an experimental basis. DU colleges t...