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Left in the lurch, 700-odd Indian students, mostly from Punjab, are facing deportation from Canada after the authorities in the country found their admission offer letters to be fake. Satnam Singh Sandhu said, "The university will provide every possible help to these students if they are deported. We will give them admission and enroll them in the same batches. Their credit score mapping will be carried out properly so that the credits earned by them in their previous institutions are not wasted. Bridge courses will also be offered to them if any gap is found during the credit score mapping. The university will make sure that they do not face any loss." Also Read | Sandhu also said that if these students are deported, later the university will also assist them in pursuing their study abroad dreams in legitimate ways. "We understand the situation they are facing right now in the foreign country. We can feel their pain and stand with their families back in India," said Satnam Singh Sandhu, adding that the university is also exploring starting a helpline number for the affected students and their families. Meanwhile, more than 1,400 students were awarded undergraduate and postgraduate, and PhD degrees during the annual convocation held at CU on Friday. The convocation ceremony was attended by former president of India Ram Nath Kovind as chief guest. (With inputs from PTI) Follow us for the To get in touch, write to us at

The UT education department on Friday launched the joint prospectus for admissions to city-based government and government-aided colleges. As per the prospectus, a total of 16,045 seats are available for UG courses and 3,405 seats for PG courses at Chandigarh colleges. (HT) Admissions for undergraduate (UG) courses will be centralised through the portal http://dhe.chd.gov.in, where applicants need to apply by June 22. Those for postgraduate (PG) courses will be non-centralised, wherein respective colleges will process the applications individually through their websites. Last date to apply for PG courses is July 24. As per the prospectus, a total of 16,045 seats are available for UG courses and 3,405 seats for PG courses. Besides, there are 810 seats for PG diploma courses and 240 seats for UG diploma courses. As many as 2,310 seats are also up for grabs for add-on and career-oriented courses. These seats are the combined total for both government and aided colleges. Some of these seats are subject to approval by Panjab University (PU) and availability of faculty. Online seat allotment for UG courses will start at 10 am on July 5 for the general pool and at 10 am on July 6 for reserved categories. For BBA, BCA and BCom courses, seats will be allotted from July 11. For PG courses, including MA, MCom, MSc and PG diplomas, the admission process will start from August 7. Forms can be submitted from July 10. Detailed instructions regarding how to apply are available in the pros...

Business News | Chandigarh University Continues Its Success Streak; Bags 27th Rank Among Universities in NIRF 2023 Ranking Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. Chandigarh [India], June 7: Chandigarh University (CU) has continued improving its performance among the public and private universities of the country and secured the 27th spot in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023, released by the Minister of State for Education and external affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, on Monday (June 5). PRNewswire Chandigarh [India], June 7: Chandigarh University (CU) has continued improving its performance among the public and private universities of the country and secured the 27th spot in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023, released by the Minister of State for Education and external affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, on Monday (June 5). Also Read | It has emerged as the 7th best university in North India. Last year the University secured the 29th spot in the ranking among all the government and private universities in the country. The university has improved its ranking significantly across disciplines, as per the education ministry's annual ranking (NIRF-2023), and has emerged as one of the best universities in the region. The university's overall rank has also improved to 45th rank this year, compared to 48th rank in the last year's ranking edition, and managed to get the 11th spot among universities in North India. This comes ...

Chandigarh authorities will stand by the students and will make sure justice is served in the alleged Chandigarh video leak scandal, the Vice Chancellor of the university in Mohali, Anand Aggarwal said and announced the plan of constituting a committee of officials and 10 students who will raise their concerns. Aggarwal also asked the students not to believe in rumours. Notably, protests erupted at the university after a girl of a private college was accused of shooting videos of several girl students of the university and making it viral on social media. The university students also alleged that some university mates attempted suicide after the videos were made viral. Committee of 10 students and officials Vice-Chancellor of the Mohali university Anand Aggarwal said that a committee of 10 students and officials will be formed to take up students' concerns. "We are here to give you justice and planning to form a committee of officials and 10 students who will raise all your concerns and we will consider them professionally," the university official said and further added, "The investigations are on. The SSP and the trustees are with us. Please don't pay heed to rumours." READ | Massive student protests after alleged video leaks The Chandigarh university witnessed widespread demonstrations on September 18 after several girl students alleged that their private videos were 'leaked' by a hostel student. However, according to Punjab's Additional Director General of Police (ADGP...

Chandigarh University (CU) chancellor, Satnam Singh Sandhu announced that Chandigarh University will offer every kind of help to the 700 Indian students who have fallen prey to fake college admission offer letters by fraudulent consultants if they are deported from Canada. Sandhu said this during the varsity’s annual convocation that was held on Friday at the campus premises. “Our government is working closely with their counterparts in Canada to resolve the issue which we are hopeful will happen soon,” he said while talking to the media. Left in the lurch, 700-odd Indian students, mostly from Punjab, are facing deportation from Canada after the authorities in the country found their admission offer letters to be fake. Satnam Singh Sandhu said, “The university will provide every possible help to these students if they are deported. We will give them admission and enrol them in the same batches. Their credit score mapping will be carried out properly so that the credits earned by them in their previous institutions are not wasted. Bridge courses will also be offered to them if any gap is found during the credit score mapping. The university will make sure that they do not face any loss.” Sandhu also said that if these students are deported, later the university will also assist them in pursuing their study abroad dreams in legitimate ways. “We understand the situation they are facing right now in the foreign country. We can feel their pain and stand with their families back...