move over the class xii board results the great college rush to book a coveted seat in a subject and college of choice is here the great college rush can be seen from the serpentine queues outside delhi universitys du colleges admission counters the du offers more than 5000 seats in professional courses and a little over 50000 in regular courses however the number of students applying for different programmes go into lakhs students spend hours buying application forms and then perhaps spend the same time submitting it this year in tune with its policy of streamlining the admission process from the academic year 200304 du has taken a step in the right direction by offering application forms in different places in delhi and the national capital region ncr the university has set up 16 admission information centres in du colleges in north south east west and central along with deans students welfare in north and south campus in different parts of the city for sale of common application forms and information bulletinsin addition to the information centres the university for the first time will sell common admission forms through post offices and senior secondary schools located in delhi and the national capital region from june 4 addressing a press conference recently in relation to various courses in the university of delhi for the year 200304 deepak nayyar vice chancellor du said apart from the measures taken for the sale of application forms the university recently organised open days in north and south campus where several sessions were devoted in giving presentations and answering queries related to admissions the sessions were joint efforts of students and faculty and thus saw active participation from board students and their parentsnayyar said the university has set up two grievance committees for general students one for the north campus and the other one for the south campus there will be grievance committees for scst students and physically challenged candidates speaking to education times kiran datar dean of colleges remarked this year we have ensured that students are not a hassled lot while buying and submitting their respective application forms moreover students in the different reserved categories are being given specially designed optical mark reading forms which are much easier to fill than the conventional ones the university will hold counselling sessions for the scst candidates from june 4 to june 11 we have put in a system where students can easily submit their forms and will find it very easy to apply for subjects and colleges of choice moreover application forms for the physically challenged candidates are available free of cost at the office of dean students welfare main campus