Delhi University (DU) has announced new courses in engineering and more hostels as part of its year-long centenary celebrations. The university will also set up a Centenary ASEAN Studies Centre and release a commemorative stamp, coin and a coffee-table book on the occasion.
The centenary celebrations will begin on May 1, 2022, and continue till May 1, 2023. Delhi University has allocated Rs 10 crore for the centenary celebrations.
DU has also announced a “centenary chance” for all those whose studies in the university have remained unfinished. “Many students could not complete their degrees. The university has decided to give them another chance. They can register on the university portal," said Yogesh Singh, the vice-chancellor of DU.
The new courses to be launched include BTech and undergraduate and postgraduate programme in management and Economics.
“The university will also begin certificate and diploma courses in job-ready courses. For the first time, technical courses will be started at the university and BTech in three streams, including CSE, EC and EE, will be introduced. UG and PG courses in Management and Economics will also be introduced at the School of Open Learning (SOL),” Singh said.
Singh said the centenary infrastructure creation plan includes a new building for the Faculty of Technology and academic and administrative blocks in the Institute of Eminence (IoE) building. Two new hostels with a capacity of 800 to 1,000 beds each will be built “to cater to the exploding needs of outstation students of the university”.
The university will adopt a centenary village with achievable and tangible social welfare-oriented goals.
“We have prepared a road map for the celebration of DU’s centenary. As part of it, we will be launching a commemorative coin and stamp. Year-long activities have been planned, including the adoption of a centenary village with achievable and tangible social welfare-oriented goals, health awareness and check-up and blood donation camps,” Singh said.
Distinguished alumni, unsung heroes of the university’s teaching and non-teaching staff and retired staff members will be felicitated.
As part of the celebrations, 100 trees will be planted at 100 different locations and a documentary will also be released on the 100 years of the university.