Universities begin undergraduate admissions on Chancellor’s Portal

Ranchi: With results of Class XII of the Central Board of Secondary Education and the Council for Indian School Certificate Examination declared and the Jharkhand Academic Council all set to follow suit in May-end, admissions for undergraduate courses in the state universities have also begun with the activation of the "Chancellor's Portal".Ranchi University (RU) officials said application forms for the courses would be accepted till June 19 and the list of selected candidates would be published by June 23. The documents attached to the applications will be verified between June 24 and June 30.According to university authorities, candidates can apply with their valid Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores and also their Class XII marks, but preference would be given to the former.The dean of students' welfare, S K Sahu, said, "The candidates have to state their choice of subjects and colleges in the application forms. In case of internet connection problems, they can also come to their respective colleges of choice where the common resource centres would help them fill up the forms. In case there is a vacancy after the first round of admissions, more applications would be invited again."It may be stated here that there are over 40,000 seats for UG courses in 19 constituent and 17 minority and affiliated colleges of the university.Similarly, the vice-chancellor of Sidu Kanho Murmu University, Vimal Prasad Singh said, "Our university will take admissions in 27 constituent and 16 permanent and temporary affiliated colleges. The students are now acquainted with online admission using the Chancellor's Portal"Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University VC Dr Tapan Shandilya said the admission exercise has started for his university as well.