Delay in TYBCOM results puts students in fix

There are many like Sonam Dubey who are worried because their final year degree course results have not been declared yet. "It has been three months since the exam and the result are not out yet. I fear losing the admission to my post graduate course due to the delay," she says. Dubey wants to take pursue a Post Graduate Diploma at NIFT but the deadline for submission of applications ends in mid-July. Most of the degree examinations got over by April 20011 but, excluding T Y B. Sc., results of other courses are still pending. The problems of the students are compounded if the college they are applying to is outside the city or state. Dubey said, "We will be in no position to explain why we do not have our degree mark-sheet. We are done with our varsity education but the authorities need to understand that most of us want to pursue post graduate studies, where degree mark-sheet or certificates are the eligibility proof." Dubey is waiting for her TYBA results. Dilip Karande, Mumbai university senate member, said, "It has been more than 80 days since third year commerce examination ended. The last paper was held on April 9, 2011. The university is supposed to declare the results within 45 days of the last examination." Karande added, "The varsity introduced different new initiatives just to declare results faster. For example, barcoding of the answer sheets, decentralisation of the evaluation process etc. Yet the results have been delayed by a significant amount of time causing problems to students who want to pursue post graduate studies.." When contacted professor Vilas Shinde, controller of examination, Mumbai university to inquire about the delay, he said, "We are in the process of bringing out the result. However, the picture is not clear to give an exact date of the declaration of results. It is only after 10 days or so that we will get a concrete idea about when the results are due to come out."