For Document Verification 124 Colleges Are Allotted For UPSEE Counseling 2013

Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) has announced the list of centres for document verification and counseling for state entrance examination UPSEE-2013 on Saturday. Document verification for candidates interested to take admission in technical colleges across the state will take place at 124 colleges. In Lucknow, the document verification process will be held at 19 centres.

For the first time, UPTU will conduct off-campus online counseling for admission to various technical colleges. The counseling process for JEE (mains) candidates is likely to begin from July 4. Private colleges affiliated to UPTU have a provision to fill up 20% seats through JEE (mains) which was earlier known as AIEEE. For SEE candidates, the process would begin around July7-8. Candidates will have to download the rank letter and visit the nearest counseling center for document verification.

Unlike previous years, a student will only have to visit a centre for verification of documents. Giving details of the process, university's pro vice-chancellor DS Yadav said once it is over, candidates can choose the desired branch and colleges from home. Candidates will be given eight days to lock the seat. "This year, students will get ample time to decide on the college and branch. Also, they can seek help from their parents or mentors in making a choice. In previous years, student usually got 30 minutes and that too alone to lock a seat,'' said Yadav.

Any student who marks the seat but forgets to lock the choice in the eight-day window should not worry, for his/her seat will automatically be locked by the counseling team. Once the locking of seats ends, seat allotment will begin according to the merit. The university intends to complete all admissions by July 30.

Another change initiated by the university is mandatory allotment of digital signatures to all officials at the document verification centre. "This will help in more transparency as in case of forgery or other anomaly, we can trace the name of the official responsible for verifying the documents,'' said an official. The entire shift from on campus to off campus online counseling is to make students feel comfortable, said Yadav.

Source: TOI