Semester System in Delhi University

Writing again after a long time ...!!

So much has happened since I last wrote the blog (July 2009). At that time the DU administration had shown intention of IMPOSING semester system at undergraduate level in DU.

NOW, DU VC has made is loud and clear that the semester system WILL be implemented from coming academic year (2010-11), come what may !!! Is this attitude correct ??

Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) after some initial apprehensions now have come out openly and very actively against this move of the VC. Next few weeks would be very crucial for the future of not only Delhi University but will be a trend setter for all the Universities in India. If DUTA could able to force VC to retract his steps than it would be a great victory for the teachers and democratic setup of Delhi University.

Many DU departments like Economics, English etc. have come out openly against this imposition. But HoDs (Head of Departments) of some depts. like Hindi, Chemistry etc. are trying their level best to by-pass the democratic norms of formulating the syllabus and getting it passed from the relevant bodies. ILLL (Institute of Life and Long distance Learning) has been grossly misused by DU administration in this context. First of all I fail to understand the existence of ILLL !!

Tomorrow (5th March 2010) DUTA has called for another strike against the imposition of semester system in Delhi Univ.

Now coming of some very unique experiences I had with Delhi University during last couple of months. First starting from Delhi University Computer Center (DUCC). I happened to visit DUCC sometime back. While I was present in DUCC, a middle age person came while talking on his cell phone and I would like to quote the discussion that person had with some one in DUCC.
Middle age person : "What is the data capacity of a CD???"
Answer : 700 MB.
Middle age person : Ohh. this is not sufficient, next question came "If one wants to store more data than what to do??
Answer :Use DVD !!
Middle age person: What is the capacity of DVD ??
Answer : 4.7 GB
Middle age person : How much is 4.7 GB, i.e. now many CD's ??
Answer : approx 6-7 CDs.

Can you guess who could be that middle age person ??
Get a shock of lifetime, that person (I came to know later) was none other than the "Esteemed Director of DUCC".

If this kind of person is heading DUCC, than I don't think even god can save Delhi University !!

More about my other experiences later !!
bye for now !!