This story is from July 1, 2020

AU extends last date for application of courses

AU extends last date for application of courses
Prayagraj: In view of the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, authorities of Allahabad University have extended the last date for submitting the online application forms for admission in different courses at AU. The last date, which was ending on Tuesday has been extended to July 15.
As per the decision of the admission committee, headed by the officiating Vice Chancellor Prof RR Tiwari and attended by several faculty members including the director admission Prof Prashant Agarwal, the interested students can now apply for different courses on the campus for academic session 2020-21 upto July 15.

The process for applying for admission at various courses on the varsity campus began on March 25 but was discontinued as the pandemic started spreading. When the admission process was discontinued in the month of March, 29000 students had already registered themselves and 300 had deposited their fees too.
The admission committee again held its meeting on May 4 on the campus following, which the admission process was started from May 10 onwards. The same was to end on Tuesday but has now stands at July 15. According to PRO Allahabad University, Shailendra Kumar Mishra, till Monday, a total of 157309 candidates had registered themselves online for various courses of AU and among these 76342 aspirants had completed process for online filling up of the application form. Director admission, Prof Prashant Agarwal said, “Because of pandemic, number of applicants is low and hence we have extended last date for applying at AU”.
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