nagpur a goofup by nagpur universitys nu phd cell and outdated online entries led to the cancellation of phd entrance test ii petii for 55 aspirants in engineering and science facultiesthe exam was cancelled moments before its scheduled start at 1145am on february 10 the students who were aghast on learning that they were placed under the wrong faculty were assured that the exam will be reconducted after correctionon february 18 the aspirants appeared for the petii that was later classified as computer science and technology and computer engineeringinformation technology the phd cell didnt clarify what caused the mix up in its notification dated february 14provice chancellor pramod yeole who handles the cell said the subject was missing from the list it was added and the exam was held he saidnu officials blamed mkcl the agency conducting pet and students for the goofup they said the the students were at fault since they had filled the forms and it was their duty to ensure that proper faculty and subjects were selecteddenying the charge an mkcl official said the list was provided by the phd cell on the basis of which hall tickets were generated there is no scope for errors in even manual filling since only 279 students were there from all faculties for pet iithe claim holds water since the subject computer engineeringinformation technology is missing from the phds list uploaded on nu and mkcls websitesonly those clearing peti are qualified to appear for petii the candidate details entered during peti online application are carry forwarded and the hall tickets for petii are processed as per the 29subject list provided by the phd cell to mkcl only the subject computer science at serial no 11 is available under science and technologythis means that while selecting the subject the students of engineering faculty had no choice but to opt for computer science which actually belonged to science facultyin a series of reports toi has been highlighting glitches in the phd direction and pet process since december in its january 7 report it highlighted how faculties were grouped as per the old act yet the university failed to make amends on february 5 it was also reported that mkcl and promarc were managing the pet data which could pose confusionthe nine faculties were clubbed under four faculties after implementation of the new universities act in march last year the 11 branches of engineering faculty and 13 subjects of science faculty were grouped under one common faculty of science and technology