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Opportunity for VC internship program for DU students?

Akash Dutta — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:55:05 +0000

What this internship is about?

Delhi University invites applications for the vice chancellor internship program 2024. This will provide an opportunity for students to participate in internships in June and July this year. The average stipend is 10500 per month for a summer internship program. This page will provide you with all that you need to know

Eligibility

All Bonafide students who are in any regular course under graduation or post-graduation at Delhi University are eligible to apply for this internship. However, they must not be from the last semester or the last year of their course. Those who already have once applied for this program are also not eligible to apply in the program.

The total proposed number of interns in both categories is 200. The number may periodically be changed after review and recommendation by the Dean of Students’ Welfare subject to the approval of the Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi.

Highlights for the program

1. Summer internship offered during summer vacation will be for 8 weeks (about 2 months) and may contain a flexible 15-20 hours per week.

2. Internship during the academic session may contain a flexible 8 – 10 hours per week.

3. VCIS can be used only once during a course of study at the University of Delhi.

The maximum period of an internship shall not exceed six months under any circumstances from the time of joining.

Incentives and stipends

Experience Certificate: A certificate from the Dean of Students’ Welfare at the end of the internship tenure subject to the appraisal report from the concerned employment Department/Centers/Institutes.
Interns will get Rs. 5,000 per month.

Summer Interns will get an average of Rs. 10,000 per month.

3. The stipend will be enhanced by 5% each financial year.

Process of hiring

The process of hiring and all other requirements are mentioned on the official website of Delhi University. This is as follows

“1. Jobs and Job Description of the internship containing the nature of the internship (whether full-time or part-time).

The Dean of Students’ Welfare office will upload the request on the CPC, DSW, and other social media websites for more comprehensive and quick dissemination of information among students.
A Google form (Annexure-B) containing all information will be uploaded on the websites of CPC/Spotlight and DSW in February and September of each academic year.
Interested applicants may register online, and the duly submitted application will be valid for a maximum of 6 months duration.
Interested students must specify and indicate the specific domains/areas of interest. -4- Vice-Chancellor Internship Scheme, University of Delhi
Applicants may indicate three preferences of specific domains/areas of interest while applying for VCIS.
The applicants must upload a letter of recommendation (LOR) and no objection certificate (NOC) from their head of the department/College (Annexure-C) while applying for the internship.
A student can apply only once for an internship in an academic year under the prestigious VCIS.
Pertinent to the total number of online applications received against a specific domain/area of interest, the office of the Dean of Students’ Welfare solely reserves the prerogative/right to decide/fix up the eligibility criteria, number of applicants for a particular period and to decide about the modalities of screening thereof.
Shortlisted students from specific domain interests will be invited to interact with selection committee members. The selection committee constitutes the following members: Ÿ Dean Students’ Welfare – Chairperson Ÿ Proctor/Proctor Nominee Ÿ Two members as nominated by the Vice-Chancellor, Ÿ Joint Dean Students’ Welfare – Member Secretary
The DSW office will upload the list of finally selected students on the DSW website.
The DSW office will give the selected interns a joining letter (Annexure-D).
Kindly note that the issue/ award of the Internship Certificate is subject to i. The successful completion of the assigned work, ii. Submission of a training report after the completion of the internship task duly assigned by the concerned office (Annexure E), iii. Satisfactory assessment/appraisal and evaluation report of the intern’s performance by the head of the concerned office.” VC internships’ official notification quoted

Click here to visit the official website

Areas of interest/domain under VCIS

Vice Chancellor’s Internship Schemes will be extended to all such Departments/ Centers/ Institutes of the University of Delhi:

Vice Chancellor’s Office/ Pro Vice Chancellor’s Office/Office of Dean of Colleges/ Director South Campus Office/ Proctor Office/ Office of Dean Students’ Welfare/Registrar’s Office

Central Reference Library/ Science Library/ Departmental Libraries/ Departmental Labs Examination Branch/ Admission Branch/ Research Council, Sports Council

Equal Opportunity Cell – (including readers -writers for the visually challenged)

Cluster Innovation Centre /Institute of Lifelong Learning/ WSDC/ Centre of Global Studies, etc.

SOL, NCWEB

Any other as approved by the competent authority

Why should you apply for this program?

The stipend here seems to be very attractive, but this is not the only reason that must drive you to participate in this program. Delhi University aims to provide a holistic environment for all students to develop here. Thus, this will not only help you to develop your skills but also help you know the working culture. The timing of the program also seems to be very interesting. It is in June and July which is generally after the end of semester exams. Thus, this will help you to use your vacation time productively. Moreover, these internships can be a part of your CV which will enhance your experience. Last but not least Delhi University itself is a brand and thus accreditations from these institutions is an achievement.

References

https://dsw.du.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Booklet-of-VCIS.pdf

https://dsw.du.ac.in/?page_id=807

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ICCR To Honour Founding Father Of Bangladesh at DU

DU Times — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 16:37:03 +0000

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country’s Liberation War as well as India’s diplomatic ties with Dhaka and to honour the founding father of Bangladesh, The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) will establish the ‘Bangabandhu Chair’ at the Delhi University.

The Chair will be occupied by a foreign visiting professor or A foreign visiting professor would be occupying the chair and he would be subject’s expert on Bangladesh.

The people of Bangladesh also called Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as ‘Bangabandhu’ which means (friend of Bengal)

A memorandum signed by Dinesh K Patnaik, Director General, ICCR and PC Joshi, acting DU Vice-Chancellor, stated that adding the MoU will be for a duration of five academic years.

“The ICCR will be establishing ‘Bangabandhu Chair’ at Delhi University to honour Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of Bangladesh and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Bangladesh diplomatic relations,” the statement said.

“This initiative is the outcome of one of the understandings reached during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Bangladesh in March 2021. Bangabandhu Chair focus is on better understanding of developments in Bangladesh, one of India’s most important neighbours, positioned at the strategic intersection of our ‘Neighbourhood First’ and ‘Act East’ policies,” the ICCR said in the official statement.

The ICCR said that the chair is being set up to maintain India-Bangladesh ties and increase the incoming of Bangladeshi students to study in India, .

It stated that this step will bring exchanges in field of art and culture between the two countries. It would also boost the economic growth with socio economic standards.

The focus of the chair will be on the Indo-Bangladesh common cultural heritage and subjects like, Buddhist Studies, Geography, History, Indian Languages (including Bangla), Music, Arts, Political Science, International Relations, Sociology and anthropology, it stated.

A tweet by Delhi University stated that, “In a couple of days, University of Delhi would enter a historic MoU with ICCR, MEA, Govt of India featuring creation of Bangladesh Chair. A first of its kind! Long Live Indo-Bangladesh Friendship!!”

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Hight court’s refusal on interference in DU’s online open book examination

DU Times — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 11:58:39 +0000

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to interfere with Delhi University’s decision to conduct online open book exam for intermediate semesters of its law course which could not be conducted last year due to COVID-19, and said that it would not allow students to dictate terms of examination of a professional course. “I am not going to allow students to dictate the terms of exams of a professional course,” a bench of Justice Prateek Jalan said while hearing four petitions by students of second and final year of Faculty of Law, Delhi University.

The court refused to pass a direction to the university to conduct an assignment based examination instead and clarified that it would not substitute the stand taken by the university.

“Court can’t give mandatory direction to the university to conduct assignment based examination… The matter is one which university is authorised to consider. University’s policy decision can’t be interfered with by court,” it said.

The court nonetheless asked the university to declare the results of the examinations as expeditiously as possible. Law Faculty Dean Vandana told the court that the examination in question was likely to be conducted in July itself and another round of exams would be held in September for the benefit of students who are unable to sit in the first round.

Advocate Seema Dolo, appearing for DU, submitted that as approved by the Bar Council of India, the mode of examination, whether online, offline, blended or assignment based – was left to the discretion of the institute concerned.

Advocate Siddharth Seem, who appeared for a final-year law student, argued that the online open book examination for last year’s intermediate semesters II and IV was not in the interest of students.

Pressing for an assignment-based examination, the dates for the online open book examination might clash with the other entrance examinations that the final year students might take for further studies.

In this regard, the court took on record Prof Vandana’s assurance that as far as possible, the date sheet would be decided keeping in mind the dates of entrance examinations. In any event, those who cannot take the examination in July can take it in September, the court added. All four petitions were disposed of the court.

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Delhi University to begin classes from 20 July for Final Year students

Avika — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 16:00:41 +0000

The University of Delhi released the academic calendar for final year undergraduate and postgraduate courses on June 24. The new semester for the academic year 2021-22 is set to commence on July 20. DU final year classes were delayed because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Examinations for semester V/VII are likely to be held from November 30.

Download Academic Calendar 2021-22

The notice also mentioned the schedule for semester VI/VII classes to begin from January 1, 2022. The classes will suspend by April 28 followed by the practical examinations right after. Theory examinations will start by May 11 next year.

University’s Revised Academic Calendar for session 2020-21

Varsity on June 22 announced the revised academic calendar for first-year students for the academic session 2020-21. The new session(third semester) for the current first-year batch will start from August 31 and the exams are likely to be held between August 12 and August 24.

The university declared that the registration for admissions will likely begin in mid-July after several boards cancelled Class 12 board examinations. DU is still to give their guidelines on the admission procedure this year. Students have been demanding CUCET for admissions this year as a fair chance to everyone.

The classes for academic session 2021-22 for freshers will begin from November 18, 2021. The freshers are generally admitted by June and the classes start by mid-July but the admissions and classes were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing a long delay in the schedule.

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Class 12 Board Optional Examinations from Aug 15-Sept 15

Avika — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:08:51 +0000

CBSE told Supreme Court on Monday that Optional board examinations for Class 12 students who are not satisfied with their results according to recent assessment policy will be conducted between August 15 to September 15, 2021. In an affidavit filed to the court, the board said the results will be declared by the end of July, and then an online registration facility shall be opened for the students who are unhappy with their results.

The examination will only be conducted for the main subjects and the marks obtained by the candidate in this examination will be considered as the final scores.

The affidavit mentioned a ‘Policy for the Tabulation of Marks’ to ensure standardization of marks. The board said it will set a reliable reference standard to internally moderate the marks to account for school-level variations. The variations in the quality of question papers, the evaluation standard, and processes, the mode of conduct of exams, etc will be standardized within the process. “This is necessary for the interest of fairness and to ensure that the marks allocated are comparable and there is no adverse impact or undue gain for any students”, CBSE said.

Also, read CBSE’s new Assessment criteria for Class 12 students.

Additionally, the Supreme court rejected the plea for cancellation of compartment exams for class 12 and against the evaluation scheme by CBSE and CISCE for marking Class 12 students. A special bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari heard the petition on Tuesday and has dismissed the plea seeking cancellation of exams. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh represents the plea on behave of the petitioners.

Supreme court on June 17th, Thursday approved the assessment criteria that were put forward by CBSE and CISCE for Class 12th. The evaluation of 30:30:40 with a 30%-30% weightage of Class 10 and 11 each and a 40% weightage of class 12.

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