GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

CHIEF SECRETARIAT (EDUCATION)

(G.O. Ms. No. 34, dated 21st May 2015)

ORDER

Government of Puducherry has decided to adopt uniformity in the

admission procedures and thereby to streamline the existing system of admission

of students in undergraduate Arts and Science courses in the two Government Arts

and Science Colleges and four Government Sponsored Arts and Science

Colleges (Society). In Puducherry region viz., Government Colleges: (1) Tagore Arts

College, Puducherry, (2) Bharathidasan Government College for Women,

Puducherry, Government Sponsored Society Colleges: (1) Indira Gandhi College of

Arts and Science, Kadirkamam, (2) Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Arts College,

Kalitheerthalkuppam, (3) Rajiv Gandhi Arts and Science College, Thavalakuppam and

(4) Kasthurba College for Women, Villianur.

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2. Hon'ble Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to order the composition of

CAPASC, Information Bulletin 2015-16 annexed to this G.O. and the norms for

admission to various Arts and Science (undergraduate) courses for the academic

year 2015-16.

3. Composition of CAPASC 2015-16 :

(i) Secretary to Government, (Education)

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Chairman

(ii) Principal, Tagore Arts College, Puducherry

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Member

(iii) Principal, Indira Gandhi College of Arts and

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Member

Science, Kadirkamam.

(iv) Principal, Rajiv Gandhi Arts and Science

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Member

College, Thavalakuppam.

(v) Principal, Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Arts

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Member

College, Kalitheerthalkuppam.

(vi) Principal, Kasthurba College for Women,

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Member

Villianur.

(vii) Principal, Bharathidasan Government College

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Convenor

for Women (Autonomous), Puducherry.

4. Convenor : In order to co-ordinate and regulate the various activities

connected with admission to the various Arts and Science courses for the year 2015-16,

Dr. Sasi Kanta Dash, Principal, Bharathidasan Government College for

Women (Autonomous), Puducherry shall be the Convenor (CAPASC 2015-16) and

the above named College shall function as the Head Office of CAPASC, wherein,

filled-in applications shall be received. Counseling for admissions shall also be held

in the premises of Bharathidasan Government College for Women (BGCW),

Puducherry.

5. Working group members : The following working group members will

carry out the works related to the CAPASC 2015-16.

Sl.

Name of the working

Designation

College

No.

group member

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Thiru/Tmt./Selvi:

Dr. C. Manju

Assistant Professor of

Bharathidasan

of Computer Science.

Government College for

Women (Autonomous).

R. Sethuraman

Assistant Professor

Bharathidasan

of Computer Science.

Government College for

Women (Autonomous).

Dr. S. Rajarajan

Assistant Professor

Bharathidasan

of English.

Government College for

Women (Autonomous).

Dr. L.Sucheta Soma Kirupa

Assistant Professor

Bharathidasan

of Home Science.

Government College for

Women (Autonomous).

Dr. Brinda Rani Dass

Assistant Professor

Tagore Arts College

of Commerce.

V. Yamunarani

Assistant Professor

Indira Gandhi College

of Computer Science.

of Arts and Science.

V. Jeevalakshmi

Assistant Professor

Rajiv Gandhi Arts and

of Commerce.

Science College.

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6. Eligibility criteria : The eligibility criteria for admission to various

courses shall be as stipulated by the Pondicherry University or by the respective

Statutory Bodies for all Arts and Science undergraduate courses.

7. Age : The candidate should not have completed 21 years of age

as on 1st July 2015. However, the age relaxation by three years is applicable to

physically challenged and scheduled caste candidates and five years in case of nuns

belonging to various religious congregations and widows.

Apart from the abovesaid candidates, no age relaxation will be given to any

candidate under any circumstances.

8. Admission procedure for all courses : Merit list for admission shall

be prepared by CAPASC based on the marks arrived at by adopting the

method of normalisation as detailed in paragraphs 9 and 10.

9. Procedure to be adopted to arrive at the aggregate marks :

(i) For admission to B.A. Degree courses in History, Historical Studies and

Economics, Philosophy, Yoga and Indian Culture, Tourism, Sociology, Social Work,

B.Sc. Psychology, B.B.A. (Tourism) and B.B.A. (General).

(a) The average percentage of marks in qualifying examination will be

the aggregate percentage of marks.

(b) If the candidate has studied the relevant subject at the H.S.C. level,

an extra 5% of marks will be added to (a) to arrive at the aggregate

percentage of marks.

percentage of marks in the qualifying examination will be the aggregate

percentage of marks.

(ii) For admission to B.A. Degree courses in Tamil, Functional Tamil,

English, English Language and Literature, professional English and French:

(a) The average percentage of marks in the qualifying examination will

be calculated.

(b) The percentage of marks in the relevant subjects in the qualifying

examination will be calculated.

(d) If the candidate has also studied the relevant language at advanced

level in H.S.C., an extra 5% of marks will be added to the aggregate

percentage of marks arrived at (c) above.

(iii) For admission to B.Sc. Degree courses in Mathematics, Physics,

Chemistry, Plant Science, Zoology, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics and Computer

Science.

(a) The average percentage of marks in the qualifying examination will

be calculated.

(b) The percentage of marks in the relevant subjects in the qualifying

examination will be calculated.

(d) For admission to Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, if the candidate has

studied Home Science / Food Preservation at the H.S.C. level, an extra 5%

of marks will be added to the marks arrived at (c) to obtain the aggregate

percentage of marks. Otherwise the mark arrived at (c) will be the aggregate

percentage of marks.

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(iv) For admission to Bachelor of Computer Application (B.C.A.),

B.Sc. Degree courses in Bio-Technology, Statistics and Applied Microbiology:

(a) The average percentage of marks in the qualifying examination will

be calculated.

(b) The percentage of marks in the relevant subjects in the qualifying

examination will be calculated.

(v) For admission to B.Com. Degree course :

(a) The average percentage of marks in the qualifying examination will

be calculated.

(b) The percentage of marks in relevant subject in the qualifying

examination will be calculated.

(vi) For admission to B.Com. (Corporate Secretaryship) and B.Com.

(Co-operative Management):

(a) The average percentage of marks in the qualifying examination will

be the aggregate percentage of marks.

(b) If the candidate has studied the relevant subject at the H.S.C. level,

an extra 5% of marks will be added to (a) to arrive at the aggregate

percentage of marks.

(vii) For admission to B.Com. (Foreign Trade) Degree course:

(a) The average percentage of marks in the qualifying examination will

be the aggregate percentage of marks.

(b) The percentage of marks in the relevant subject at the H.S.C. level

will be calculated.

(d) For others, the average mark will be the aggregate percentage as in (a).

10. Normalised percentage procedure for admission : (i) Method of

normalised percentage is adopted to give weightage for relevant subjects with

respect to the courses.

(ii) For more than one attempt three percentage of marks will be

subtracted from the aggregate percentage of marks.

(iii) Three percentage of marks will be added to the aggregate percentage

of marks for participation in the extra-curricular activities such as NSS, NCC, Scouts

and Guides (with minimum participation of 2 years and so certified by the Head of

the Institution last studied). The percentage so arrived at, will be the normalised

percentage of marks.

(iv) The candidates under open merit or resident merit will not be eligible

for admission, if the normalised percentage of marks are below 40 and in case of

other candidate below 35.

(v) If a candidate after having passed the qualifying examination, appears

again for improvement, the improvement marks will be considered for the purpose

of admission.

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11. Merit list : The list of all registered applicants and their normalised

percentage for all undergraduate Arts and Science courses listed in paragraph (9)

shall be declared by CAPASC and displayed on the notice-board in the

premises of

Bharathidasan Government College for Women, Puducherry.

Further, the merit list shall also be made available on the official

website : http://www.bgcw.puducherry.gov.in

12. Cost of the application form : (a) The cost of information bulletin and

admission application form shall be ` 100 for all candidates and ` 50 for SC/ST

candidates.

Application form can also be submitted online through website

www.py.gov.in. The cost of online application shall be ` 110 (` 100 towards

application cost and ` 10 towards banking charges) and ` 60 for SC/ST (` 50

towards application cost and ` 10 towards banking charges).

13. Counselling procedure : Candidates shall be called for counselling as

per the merit list declared by CAPASC for various Arts and Science courses.

Options (i.e. for the course and college) exercised by the candidates at the time of

counselling shall be the final and binding and shall not be permitted to be changed

under any circumstances. A non-refundable counselling fee of ` 200 (` 50 for SC/ST

candidates) will be collected from each student for counselling for that candidate

on the day of counselling.

14. Reservation of seats and fee structure : Percentage of reservation in

different colleges, number of seats in different courses and fee structure in each

college shall be as per the Government orders issued from time to time.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

M. GUNASEKARAN,

Under Secretary to Government (Education).

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