Indraprastha College for Women of the Delhi University had an extensive discussion with the aspiring students and parents, in the Open House on Saturday. College Principal Babli Moitra Saraf was present throughout the session to apprise the audience about different aspects and details of admission guideline and facilities at the college.
The college also inaugurated its Hindi website and it publishes its prospectus in Hindi as well.
“College had a very successful Open House for the upcoming academic session. Almost 250 aspirants attended and received clarifications over a two hours session… In a first, the college’s Hindi bilingual website has been launched and can be accessed at hindi.ipcollege.ac.in and also from the link on the homepage at ipcollege.ac.in,” said Saraf.
From questions regarding selection of courses to withdrawal of admissions from colleges, the session was an exhaustive one.
“You cannot compare the courses, each one is unique. One must discover his/her interest before choosing a course. Our college has a wide range of courses, which promotes interdisciplinary studies in the three streams of Humanities, Mathematical Sciences and Commerce,” she told the audience while answering one of the questions.
“Two new courses, BA (Hons), Sociology and BA (Hons) Geography would commence from the academic session July 2016 subject to clearance from the UGC. Uniquely, the college offers the Self-Financed BA (Hons) in Multimedia and Mass Communication (BMMMC),” she further added.
A lot of aspirants had queries about ECA guidelines and certificate courses.
“We do not have any add on courses here even though we plan to introduce two, which is at an embryonic state. However, our students are free to pursue any of such courses in other colleges of the Delhi University, if those colleges have no objection,” Saraf replied to another query.
Besides Saraf, other members of the IP college staff were sitting on the panel to answer the queries.
The college also boasts four Research and learning Resource Centres. It gas two hostels and a well-stocked library has a book bank. For the differently-abled, the campus has the ICT centre with 80 computers.