the admission process at guru gobind singh indraprastha ggsip university kashmere gate is going in its fullswing these days the university which is the onestopdestination for professional courses in assorted disciplines is rapidly emerging as a preferred option for a large number of students in the capital according to the vice chancellor ggsip university k k aggarwal there has been a significant increase in the number of applicants in all the courses this year even the information technology it based programmes which had experienced a dip last year have resurfaced this yearthe largest number of applications received by the university were for its mbbs programme offered through vardhman mahavir medical college almost 20349 students vied for roughly 75 seats the bachelor of technology master of technology integrated programme in biotechnology continues to be much in demand followed by bachelor of education b ed and llb courses we have got an appreciable number of applications for our paramedical courses in physiotherapy rehabilitation sciences pharmacy and medical laboratory technology to name some even the newly launched b sc in nursing at batra hospital has evoked a considerable response says nalin k shastree registrar of the universityapart from the b sc in nursing the university has initiated a bachelors programme in forensic sciences and criminology and a masters course in physiotherapy mpt in the new academic session shastree says the notification for the mpt is out and one can apply for it latest by august 3 the entrance test for the same will take place on august 28in addition a specialisation in travel and tourism management has been added to the gamut of bachelor of business administration bba courses offered by the university the bba travel and tourism management has been introduced realising the increasing scope in tourism sector for trained manpower aggarwal adds a bachelors programme in fashion designing is in the pipeline as wellspeaking about admissions at the university this year shastree remarks the acceptance of ggsip university is gradually increasing this year we are experiencing a highdensity counselling wherein admissions for subjects are getting closed at a much earlier rank than the previous year students today have a much wider choice in the courses they can opt for and they are making an informed selectionthose who have been accepted in the first counselling of the university are required to deposit their fees between august 2 to 5 failing which their candidature can be cancelled the schedule for the second counselling will be displayed on august 9 2004