This Article is From Jun 29, 2014

B.Tech to be Four-Year Course for Students Admitted in 2013-14: University Grants Commission

B.Tech to be Four-Year Course for Students Admitted in 2013-14: University Grants Commission

Delhi University's B.Tech students protest against the rollback of the controversial Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) today asked the Delhi University (DU) to continue with the four-year B.Tech programme only for students admitted during the academic year 2013-14, putting an end to uncertainty following the rollback of the controversial Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP).

The UGC also asked DU to ensure that colleges under it, which had admitted students to the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), obtain approval from regulatory bodies, including from it and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), to ensure that students are not put to any disadvantage.

Over 2,500 students are enrolled in six B.Tech programmes - Computer Science, Electronics, Food Technology, Polymer Science, Instrumentation and Electronics and Psychological Science. They have been protesting ever since the rollback of FYUP.

"4-year B.Tech Programmes in Computer Science, Electronics, Food Technology, Instrumentation Electronics and Polymer Science (where such students were admitted in the colleges under Delhi University) and which are covered under section 22 of the UGC Act, with respect to B.Tech, may continue in these programmes only for the students already admitted for academic year 2013-14," the UGC said in a statement.

The Commission was, however, silent on the Psychological Science course. This programme, also with the Bachelor in Management Studies (BMS) programme regarding which the nodal agency has remained silent, are likely to be converted into three-year courses, officials said.

The directive of the UGC is in line with the recommendation of its Standing Committee, which has suggested that the programme should continue in the four-year format for the students already admitted so that there is no "prejudice" caused to their interest.
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