Letter to guv alleging racket in admissions

BANGALORE: Bangalore University syndicate member A P Ranganath `alleged' that a racket exists in admissions to MBA, MCA, MTech, ME and MArch

conducted through Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU).
In a letter to governor H R Bhardwaj on Wednesday, he said candidates taking admission to these courses through VTU are required to take PGCET by VTU and then select a seat through counselling held in two places -- Belgaum and Bangalore.
"Candidates seeking admission to a particular college blocks a seat at a particular institution/college at the time of counselling, and later gets admitted to the particular college on production of letter that is given at the time of counselling," the letter stated.
Further, the letter stated: "As part of the racket, candidates no interested in taking up PG course appears for the entrance exam, appears in counselling and blocks a seat in a particular college. The candidate also collects a letter of his or her choice but does not get admitted to the college.
"The seat is blocked by the student and is shown as allotted. If the candidate is not admitted, the seat falls vacant and gets filled by the college management under a discretionary quota. The seats are filled after collecting huge amount as donations and capitation fees."
He has urged the governor to conduct a detailed enquiry and bring in transparency in the system.