New Delhi-  The admission process of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has come under scrutiny after the Dr Baba Sahab Ambedkar Association of Engineers (BANAE) flagged several anomalies in the university’s Admission Brochure for Bachelor’s Programme 2025-26, alleging systemic exclusion of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students. In a strongly-worded letter to the Vice Chancellor, BANAE’s Legal Advisor, Advocate S.L. Vishal, demanded immediate corrective measures to ensure fair representation and equitable opportunities for marginalized students.

The letter highlights glaring discrepancies in GGSIPU’s reservation policy, scholarship provisions, and counselling process, which allegedly disadvantage SC/ST candidates. Despite the university’s vision of promoting “equity, excellence, and welfare for all,” BANAE claims that the current admission framework contradicts constitutional mandates and existing welfare schemes meant for marginalized communities.

In this connection a delegation of BANAE members are expected to meet the Vice Chancellor on June 10.

Key Anomalies in Admission Process

One of the major concerns raised is the premature elimination of SC/ST candidates from the counselling process. The Round-3 counselling flow chart allows reserved category seats to be converted into general category seats if left vacant, effectively shutting out eligible SC/ST candidates before the final spot round. BANAE argues that this violates Clause 6.1.1 of the admission brochure, which permits conversion of unfilled reserved seats only after the last counselling session, not necessarily the third round. The association has demanded that at least one dedicated spot round be conducted exclusively for SC/ST candidates before any seat conversion takes place.

Additionally, BANAE pointed out the omission of critical scholarship schemes for SC/ST students in the admission brochure. While the document mentions financial assistance under the Directorate of Students’ Welfare (DSW), it fails to include Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) like the Post-Matric Scholarship (PMS) for SC/ST students and the Top-Class Education Scholarship (TCS). Shockingly, the brochure only lists the PMS-OBC (for OBC students), raising questions about deliberate exclusion. The letter also highlights the absence of Delhi government schemes such as the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Scholarship for Toppers, which could significantly ease financial burdens for meritorious SC/ST students.

BANAE has urged the VC to intervene in the matter to include the various centrally sponsored schemes, PMS for SC and STs, freeship cards, financial assistance/ fee concessions schemes of government and additional measures to avoid discrimination, promote larger participation by SC/ST students and fill all reserved seats without converting to unreserved seats and ensure clarity in the admission processes during current sessions and future sessions to increase the enrolment of SC, ST students in GGSIPU.