Auto driver’s topper daughter ‘treated like a criminal’ Jeevan Prakash Sharma, Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Updated: Jan 22, Avantika Dutta, who scored 92% marks in Class 12, was allotted Delhi University’s (DU) Kamala Nehru College at the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) counselling session in Jammu in September 2014. Dutta’s father is an auto driver who, despite financial difficulties, made every effort to help his daughter continue her education and score good marks. It was a moment of great pride for the family when Dutta was advised to join a DU college to do BCom (pass), for which she was given a provisional admission letter during the counselling. Trouble, however, followed soon after. “When we went to Kamala Nehru College we were told that the authorities had no knowledge of the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS). Then we went to AICTE, where we were asked to go to the University Grants Commission (UGC). UGC officials then told us they had issued a letter to DU to instruct its colleges to admit PMSSS students. At the DU VCs office we were asked to write in details to the university about the matter,” said Dutta’s mother. hindustantimes/greatcareers/auto-driver-s-topper-daughter-treated-like-a-criminal/article1-1309082.aspx
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:01:41 +0000
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