Delhi University union helpdesks for students from Northeast

With an endeavour to help the students from Northeast choose the best colleges in Delhi University, different student associations and unions have come forward with a kind gesture to help the youngsters by setting up admission helpdesk.

There are many students from the Northeast who aspire to pursue their higher studies from one of the best colleges in Delhi University and the student unions and associations are doing all they can to help them accomplish their dreams. “We are reaching out to the people and giving them the right information about the facts and the reality and telling them that there are a number of colleges within the university which are good for various disciplines,” said Parash Moni, a member of the All Assamese Student Association (ASA).

“The people have a lot of confusion with regard to which course to study and which not. We are assisting them by giving them proper information and the response is overwhelming,” he added. Moni further said several students are given the right assistance on how to fill up the form, as the Delhi University, unlike previous years, has gone completely online for undergraduate admissions for the academic session 2016-2017. Assamese student Sarangapani Buragohain, who has come to Delhi to pursue his post-graduation in geography after completing his Bachelor of Arts degree from a college in Dibrugarh, is applying at various colleges in the Delhi University with the assistance of the Assam Students’ Union, which has set up a special assistance desk in north campus for several aspirants like him.

“There are many things that we are not aware of such as different categories as per percentage secured. Through the television, I came to know that north-east students’ organisations in New Delhi has recently come up with an initiative to set up an admission helpdesk to provide assistance to the students like us and accordingly I contacted them. They helped me a lot in this regard,” Sarangapani said.