Chhattisgarh Governor Balramji Das Tandon on Monday launched an online portal for enabling online admissions in more than 214 colleges including universities in Chhattisgarh.
Notably, the State Higher Education Department in collaboration with Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) have developed a software titled ‘Software Empowerment through Technology Utilisation, (SETU) which would enable online admissions in colleges.
Higher Education Minister Prem Prakash Pandey, who was present on the occasion, said that the online facility would benefit as many as 2 lakh students seeking admissions in various colleges.
The software incorporates the ‘best practice’ of States like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh, he said.
Higher Education Department, Secretary Bl Agarwal said constant efforts had been made during the past three to four years for upgrading quality of higher education in colleges and universities of the State.
The Nodal Officers have been trained and a pilot test done to bring maximum benefit to the students from the web portal, he said.
The Government is also setting up Help Desks in colleges with the help of CHOICE agents for proper operation of the online admission facility, Agarwal said.
later on, CHIPS CEO Alex Paul Menon made a presentation on the features of the web portal.A large number of vice chancellors of universities were present on the occasion.