Taking sports quota route to professional courses
11 years, 1 month ago

Taking sports quota route to professional courses

Hindustan Times  

To get her a seat in an MTech course under the sports quota, a Sports Authority of India athletics coach Om Parkash Sinhmar arranged a Haryana state-level certificate of merit for his daughter Anshu Sinhmar. “It is a clear-cut racket being run by some of the sports federations, who provide certificates to students, so that they can seek admission in professional courses under the sports quota,” says Gurmeet Singh. “Few years back we got a number of complaints that some of the members of the Andhra Pradesh women skating hockey team did not know skating yet they had made it to the team after paying money so that the certificate could get them admission in the medical colleges,” said Roller Skating Federation of India’s referee Harpreet Singh. “Since 2008 nationals, we have been making every member of the team to skate before their matches and if somebody can’t skate well his or her name would be immediately struck down.” “During the 2011 nationals held in Kurukshetra we struck down the name of a member of the Jammu and Kashmir women roller hockey team as she could not even walk on the skates.

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"Illegally Denied" Sports Quota Admission In 2022-23, Karnataka High Court Directs Authorities To Admit Medical Student This Year
8 months ago

"Illegally Denied" Sports Quota Admission In 2022-23, Karnataka High Court Directs Authorities To Admit Medical Student This Year

Live Law  

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Live Law  

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1 year, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Rules PEC University's 75% Sports Quota Requirement

Live Law  

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2 years, 3 months ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Allahabad HC Asks University To Provide Sports Quota For LLM Course By Referring To India's 'Exceptional' Performance In Olympic
3 years, 7 months ago

Allahabad HC Asks University To Provide Sports Quota For LLM Course By Referring To India's 'Exceptional' Performance In Olympic

Live Law  

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4 years, 6 months ago

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News 18  

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Justice league
6 years, 6 months ago

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New Indian Express  

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Stringent rules for sports quota admissions
6 years, 8 months ago

Stringent rules for sports quota admissions

The Hindu  

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Check students entering on sports quota: Telangana educators
7 years, 5 months ago

Check students entering on sports quota: Telangana educators

Deccan Chronicle  

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138 make it to DU’s PG courses under sports quota
8 years, 8 months ago

138 make it to DU’s PG courses under sports quota

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Delhi University selected 138 students for admission to post graduate courses under the sports quota. Margret, a student and football player from Manipur who got admission in Delhi University on sports quota at Friends Colony in New Delhi. The merit list will be made based on the scores they got in their trials and the entrance exams,” DU …

DU admission: Sports quota fitness trials to begin tomorrow |IndiaTV News
9 years, 9 months ago

DU admission: Sports quota fitness trials to begin tomorrow |IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: The centralised fitness trials for admission to Delhi University's undergraduate courses through sports quota will begin tomorrow, with the varsity taking strict measures to avoid any “bias” and “ensure transparency” in the selection procedure. While it has decided to make the process centralised and conduct a common fitness test followed by sport-specific trials at the respective colleges, experts …

Taking the sports quota route to pursue professional courses
11 years, 1 month ago

Taking the sports quota route to pursue professional courses

Hindustan Times  

Sports Authority of India athletics coach, Om Parkash Sinhmar, arranged for a Haryana state-level certificate of merit to get his daughter, Anshu, a seat in an MTech course under the sports quota. The certificate claimed that Anshu had cleared 5.6 metres to win the long jump gold at the State Senior Athletics Championship in Sonepat in April last. I was …

DU makes admissions under sports quota simpler
11 years, 9 months ago

DU makes admissions under sports quota simpler

India TV News  

New Delhi, June 10: Admissions under the sports quota into Delhi University have been made simpler this year following the introduction of the four-year undergraduate programme, a university official said Monday. "The candidates now seeking admission on the basis of chess, archery and shooting only need to qualify either in the 50-metre dash, standing broad jump or 1,000-metre race or …

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