Around 10,000 students from Indore and other parts of the State and the country appeared for the Common Entrance Test examinations conducted by Devi Ahilya University on Thursday.
The examinations by and large passed off peacefully with no report unfair means or any untoward incident from any examination centre.
The examinations were held for as many as 1,785 seats in various faculties of the DAVV. A total of 18 examination centres had been set up in the city as against 27 examination centres last year.
The CET examinations of DAVV which offers various job-oriented professional courses which attracts enthusiastic response not only from the State students but also from outside the state. The number of students appearing for the DAVV CET examinations over the years has witnessed a substantial rise.
According to DAVV Media in-charge, Mansingh Parmar, the university had received a total of 12,966 applications for its 1785 seats of eight departments and it was expected that around 10,000 students appeared for the examinations today held in two sessions.
Among various university departments for which examinations have been conducted include Indian Institute of Professional Studies (IIPS), Institute of Management Studies, Educational Multi-media Research Centre (EMRC), School of Pharmacy, School of Economics, School of Commerce, School of Journalism and Mass Communication and School of law respectively.
The university administration had set up as many as 18 examination centres all-over the city including at the Old and New Girls Degree College, Arts and Commerce College, Central School and Holkar Science College for the convenience of students.