Department of Higher Education Launched Joint online portal for Admission to Government & Private colleges

Chandigarh, 5^th June, 2017: The Joint online admission for year 2017-18 to under-graduate & post graduate colleges of Chandigarh was inaugurated today by H.E Sh. V. P. Singh Badnore, Governor Punjab & UT Administrator by launching the Joint online admission portal www.dhe.chd.gov.in at UT Secretariat in the presence of Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Sh. M.P Singh, IAS, Secretary to Governor of Punjab, Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home Secretary, Sh. K. K. Jindal, IAS, Secretary Education & Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Director Higher Education, Chandigarh Administration.

On this occasion H.E Sh. V. P. Singh Badnore, Governor Punjab & UT Administrator appreciated the initiative of Department of Higher Education in making the admission process simpler. He further said “This step towards joint online admission will bring all the records of the students online and will make the admission process more transparent and at the same time efficient & paperless.”

For the first time private colleges have been part of this joint online admission for year 2017-18 and this portal would further simplify the admission process for the students by allowing them to download prospectus of all colleges free of cost. This portal will be the gateway for admission to the 6 Government Colleges & 6 Government aided Colleges of UT Chandigarh. The colleges which are covered under which are covered under this joint online admission portal are ;  Post Graduate Govt. College for Girls Sector- 11 (PGGCG-11),  Post Graduate Govt. College Sector- 11 (PGGC-11, Co-ed),  Regional Institute of English, Sector-32 (Co-ed), Post Graduate Govt. College for Girls Sector-42(PGGCG-42), Post Graduate Govt. College Sector-46 (PGGC-46,Co-ed), Govt. College of Commerce and Business Administration, Sector-50, Chandigarh(GCCBA-50), DAV College Sector-10, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College Sector-26, Guru Gobind Singh College For Women Sector-26, Goswami Ganesh Dutta S.D. College, Sector-32, MCM DAV College Sector-36 and DEV SAMAJ College For Women Sector-45.  Through this portal students who aspire to seek admission to aforementioned colleges can submit their admission form with just a click of the button and can also pay their admission fee online this portal. To make online admission more convenient & hassle free for students, H.E Governor Punjab & Administrator UT Chandigarh has also  launched a mobile app “ e-Campus” which  can be  download  from Google play store  and students can easily fill their admission form and  can also make online payment  of their admission fee easily through this mobile app. The online admission portal and mobile app has been developed in-house by SPIC.

The Department of Higher Education, UT, and Chandigarh joint admission portal will simplify the admission process and undoubtedly will save students from the hassle of lining up at colleges to buy and submit application forms. This portal has benefited both local as well as out-of-town students who can now apply with just a click of button at their convenience. The online application process is user friendly which offers students a uniform platform for filling in their applications which also provides prompts on mandatory fields and an option to edit the application form in case of any typing mistake which reduces the chances of error in filling the form to negligible. All that is required is access to a computer with internet connectivity or a Smartphone with GPRS connection. Messy handwriting, lack of postal connectivity, delay in courier delivery etc. are unlikely to disrupt the application process. This is a great advantage to candidates in rural areas and candidates with disabilities.