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NEW DELHI : The Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University, will implement OBC reservation from next academic session.
According to FMS Dean J K Mitra, since the institute has already completed its admission process, it is not possible to undertake the whole process again this year. The institute would accommodate more OBC students next year to compensate the loss, Mitra said on May 6.
"We started the admission process much before the Supreme Court verdict on OBC reservation was announced. As per the rules, we did not even ask the applicants to mention if they belonged to the OBC category or not. Now, the results have been announced, so it is not possible to implement the quota this year," Mitra said.
He said that more than 60,000 students had applied this year and the final result was announced on March 20. "We will try to accommodate more students next year. We may admit more than 15
per cent OBC students next year so that by 2009-10 we are able to achieve the target of implementing 27
per cent OBC quota," he added.
Meanwhile more than 500 students from Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and other educational institutions gathered near Jantar Mantar on May 6 to protest against the
Government move to implement reservation in PG-level courses.
The students blocked traffic at Janpath for more than 30 minutes and burnt the effigy of Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh. Police had to use water cannons to disperse them. Around 100 students were arrested and detained at the Parliament Street police station.
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