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Delhi University cut-off list -the first list, released on June 25, 2009

ashish — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:39:59 +0000

The first cut-off list for Admissions to 2009 Under-Graduate course have been released, and here are links to the list:

Admission lists for SC/ST/PH candidates at the following location (link to list page)

Dates for collection of admission slips, and for depositing fees:

Collection of Admission Slip from Arts faculty (North Campus) 25th, 26th, 27th and 29th of June 2009 between 10 AM to 1PM (Excluding Sunday)

Payment of fees in the college : 26th, 27th and 29th of June 2009

A website catering to Delhi University (DUspecial.in)

St. Stephen’s first cut-off list, 2009

ashish — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:18:15 +0000

St. Stephens is one of the most reputed colleges in India, located in Delhi University’s North Campus.

Address:
St. Stephen’s College, University Enclave, Delhi - 110007
India
Phone:
+91-11 2766 7271
Fax :
+91-11 2766 7965 Residence Blocks
+91-11
Allnutt North: 27666460
Allnutt South: 27666414
Mukarji East: 27666421
Mukarji West: 27666416
Rudra North: 27666513
Rudra South: 27666425

Details of admissions are on this page; http://www.ststephens.edu/admissions.htm

Interview list (link)

Cut off’s. The list was released on the 17th of June, 2009.

Cut-offs (2009)

The following is the minimum eligibility requirement for being called for interview for admission to the following courses, subject to meeting other applicable eligibility requirements:-

Subject	Minimum Eligibility Requirement for Interviews
Subject	Stream	General
Sanskrit (Hons.)	All	63 % BFS
Economics (Hons.) (80% in Maths for the General Candidates)	Science	95.75 % BFS
	Commerce	97 % BFS
	Humanities	95 % BFS
History (Hons.)	Science	95 % BFS
	Commerce	97 % BFS
	Humanities	91 % BFS
English (Hons.) 80% in Elective English OR 90% in Core English for General Category. (For all streams)	Science	96 % BFS
	Commerce	97 % BFS
	Humanities	92.5 % BFS
Philosophy (Hons.)	Science	84 % BFS
	Commerce	96 % BFS
	Humanities	85 % BFS
B.A. Programme	Science	94 % BFS
	Commerce	96 % BFS
	Humanities	88 % BFS
Mathematics (Hons.) (Include Maths & at least One Language in BFS. Students who have done Business Math’s are not eligible.)	Science	94.5 % BFS
	Commerce	94 % BFS
	Humanities	82 % BFS
Physics (Hons.)	Science	94.33 % PCM
Chemistry (Hons.)	Science	92.33 % PCM
B.Sc. Programme (Physical Sciences) with Computer Science	Science	93.33 % PCM (C - Chemistry/ Computer Science)
B.Sc. Programme (Physical Sciences) with Chemistry	Science	89 % PCM (C - Chemistry)
Note: Candidates belonging to reserved categories click here to see their respective cutoffs. “BFS” stands for “Best of Four Subjects” with one language. “PCM” stands for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

List of colleges that are part of Delhi University

ashish — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:55:36 +0000

There are a total of 83 such colleges, and this list is not supposed to include private colleges, so if you see a college stating that it is part of Delhi University, this list is a good reference point. The naming of this list is alphabetical, and is not an indicator of the ranking of the college.

1. Acharya Narendra Dev College
2. Aditi Mahavidyalaya
3. Ahilyabai College of Nursing
4. Amar Jyoti Institute of Physiotherapy
5. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College
6. Ayurvedic & Unani Tibbia College
7. Bhagini Nivedita College
8. Bharati College
9. Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences
10. Bhim Rao Ambedkar College
11. College of Arts
12. College of Vocational Studies
13. Daulat Ram College
14. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College
15. Delhi College of Arts & Commerce
16. Delhi College of Engineering
17. Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sci & Research
18. Deshbandhu College
19. Deshbandhu College (Evening)
20. Durgabai Deshmukh College of Special Education (Visual Impairment)
21. Dyal Singh College
22. Dyal Singh College (Evening)
23. Gargi College
24. Hans Raj College
25. Hindu College
26. Indira Gandhi Instt.of Phy. Edu. & Sports Sciences
27. Indraprastha College for Women
28. Institute of Home Economics
29. Janki Devi Memorial College
30. Jesus & Mary College
31. Kalindi College
32. Kamla Nehru College
33. Keshav Mahavidyalaya
34. Kirori Mal College
35. Lady Harding Medical College
36. Lady Irwin College
37. Lady Shri Ram College for Women
38. Lakshmi Bai College
39. Maharaja Agrasen College
40. Maharishi Valmiki College of Education
41. Maitreyi College
42. Mata Sundri College for Women
43. Maulana Azad Medical College
44. Miranda House College
45. Moti Lal Nehru College
46. Moti Lal Nehru College (Evening)
47. Nehru Homeopathic College
48. Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
49. P.G.D.A.V. College
50. P.G.D.A.V. College (Evening)
51. Pt. Deen Dayal Institute - Physically Handicapped
52. Rajdhani College
53. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
54. Ram Lal Anand College
55. Ram Lal Anand College (Evening)
56. Ramjas College
57. Satyawati College
58. Satyawati College (Evening)
59. School of Open Learning
60. School of Rehabilitation Sciences
61. Shaheed Bhagat Singh College
62. Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Evening)
63. Shaheed Rajguru College of App.Sci. for Women
64. Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies
65. Sherubtse College
66. Shivaji College
67. Shri Ram College of Commerce
68. Shyam Lal College
69. Shyam Lal College (Evening)
70. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College
71. Sri Aurbindo College
72. Sri Aurbindo College (Evening)
73. Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce
74. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
75. Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College
76. Sri Venkateswara College
77. St. Stephen’s College
78. Swami Shraddhanand College
79. University College of Med. Sc. And G.T.B. Hospital
80. Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute
81. Vivekanand College
82. Zakir Husain College
83. Zakir Husain College (Evening)

Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in New Delhi - next to Connaught Place

ashish — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:34:00 +0000

Gurdwara Bangla Sahib is probably the most visited Gurdwara in Delhi. Located centrally in Delhi, it is located on the Baba Kharag Sahib Marg that has Connaught Place at one end, and Gol Dakhana (round post office) at the other end. The back side of the Gurdwara (and the associated school) opens up to Ashoka Road. The Gurdwara was originally the Bungalow of one of the important Rajput ruler Mirza Raja Jai Singh. Jai Singh was a devotee of Guru Harkrishan, and played a role in ensuring that politics being played out in the emperor’s court did not cause Aurangzeb to treat the Sikh Guru badly. Guru Harkrishan had been nominated as a successor by the seventh Guru Sri Har Rai, and was summoned to Delhi by Emperor Aurangzeb in a furtive attempt by his older brother Baba Ram Rai to grab the Gurugadi. Earlier Baba Ram Rai had disgraced himself by giving a false translation of Bani to appease the Emperor. For this he had been disowned by his father and rewarded by Aurangzeb.
The place where the current Gurudwara is located was earlier a palatial home, and it was here that Guru Sri Harkishan had stayed here for a few months as a guest of Raja Jai Singh. It was during this time that there was a terrible epidemic of cholera and smallpox and the Guru spent a lot of time caring for people and distributing help. He was eventually struck by the disease as well, and died in Delhi in 1664. He used to distribute water from a well built in the house, and this water is said to have holy and medical properties. The water is now revered as having healing properties and is taken by Sikhs throughout the world back to their homes.
The grounds include the temple, a kitchen, a large pond, a school and an art gallery. As with all Sikh Gurdwaras, the concept of langar is practiced, and all people, regardless of race or religion may eat in the Gurdwara kitchen (langer hall).

Gurdwara Rakab Ganj in New Delhi’s Pant Road

ashish — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:51:19 +0000

In the heart of New Delhi, on Pant Road, facing Parliament and North Block, there is a beautiful white marble Gurudwara, with entrances on all 4 sides (symbolizing the fact that the Gurudwara and the religion does not support any kind of separation of humanity based on caste or creed). It has a beautiful garden surrounding it. This is the Rakab Ganj Gurdwara, built in 1732 by a devotee (Lakhi Banjara) of the 9th Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur.
It was the year 1675, and the Guru Tegh Bahadur was in rebellion against the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb was a zealot who wanted to convert people to Islam, and Guru Tegh Bahadur was approached by Kashmiri Pandits for their defence. The Guru proceeded to reach Delhi so as to try to negotiate with Aurangzeb (although he knew that his death could happen). He was arrested and then eventually beheaded.
It is rumored that after he was beheaded, there was a massive dust storm and in that storm, his body was rescued by his disciple and taken to the disciple’s home where to hide any special attempts to cremate the body, the disciple Lakhi Shah Vanjara kept the body in his own home and burnt down the home in order to do the last rites (the head was taken away separately to Anandpur Sahib where it was cremated).
It was this very spot where the body was cremated that is the site of the present Rakab Ganj Gurudwara.

Gurudwara Sis Ganj - located in the heart of Chandni Chowk

ashish — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:12:19 +0000

Getting into Chandni Chowk means taking the road from Red Fort and leading directly perpendicular to it. You see a straight road with a divider, and unless you are in the middle of the night or early morning, the road will be crowded with all sorts of traffic. There are numerous shops, and side roads that lead to narrow bustling shopping lanes. As you move ahead, you will see a beautiful Gurudwara to the left side, and this is called Gurdwara Sis Ganj. It is a pivotal part of life in Chandni Chowk, and you can see a huge number of devotees moving in and out of the Gurudwara. Not too many of these people though know the history of the Gurudwara, or the significance.
The life of the Sikh Gurus was built on the concept of sacrifice and not protecting their lives if their was something fundamental at stake. Thus it was during the time of the great (but cruel) Mughal emperor Aurangzeb who was more of a zealot than many of his previous Mughal emperors. This was also a time when there was a clash between the Mughals and the Sikh Gurus, and when the Mughal Emperor was forcibly converting Hindus to Islam. It was then that the Guru told a group of Pandits who approached him to tell the emperor that Aurangzeb should first convince the Guru to convert to Islam, and then only go to the Pandits.
The Guru refused and was imprisoned by the Emperor’s men. He was finally beheaded on November 11th, 1675. His body was cremated secretly by one of his followers so that it would not be on display. Similarly, the separated head was taken to Chakk Nanaki in Anandpur Sahib. After around a century when the Mughal influence had waned and Sikhs had become more forceful, one of his followers Sardar Bhagel Singh, built the Gurudwara. The Gurudwara is made of white marble, has several domes with spires for flags and a water body for religious purposes. It took around Rs. 10 lakh and manpower of 4000 people over various stages to complete the Gurudwara.
The main structure of the Gurudwara is a large open hall. This is very spacious and has a bronze canopy in the middle under which, the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikhs is kept. The Guru Granth Sahib is covered with a large red tunic cloth and garlands. At night, the book is ceremonially carried to a special room in the gurudwara. Here it is kept in a transparent and well-lit glass chamber for the visitors. The book is kept there in a special-resting closet. It is surrounded by the pieces of tree trunk of the same banyan tree under which the Guru was martyred. There is also an enclosed structure where the guru was held prisoner before being executed. The people who go to the Sis Ganj Gurdwara also visit the well in which the Guru used to take his daily bath when he was in prison.
Guru Tegh Bahadur was the youngest of the five sons of Guru Har Gobind. He was born in Amritsar in the early hours of 1st April 1621. The name Tegh Bahadur (mighty of the sword), was given to him by Guru Har Gobind after he had shown his valour in a battle with the Mughals.

Some photos of the Gurudwara can be seen at this link.

Vegetarian restaurant - Govindas at Iskcon temple in Delhi

ashish — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:09:47 +0000

If you desire some great vegetarian food, then probably one of the best (and not very expensive place) is a place called Govindas. The food here is great, with the focus on serving vegetarian, healthy food (the food is cooked as per principles, with no garlic or onion in it). How does food taste without any onion or garlic ? Well, my experience was that at a minimum, portions of the food were palatable, and some of the food items were great. How would I rate the overall food experience ? Well, rate it as above average. The gentry was good, with families sitting there carefully in a well decorated interior (the eating tables are at a slight depression to the buffet tables). We had actually booked a party at the same restaurant (and they had given us a small ante-room that was good enough to seat around 40 people). The food at the party level was good enough that the guests liked the good (even the people fond of non-vegetarian food enjoyed the vegetarian food laid out).
A plus point was that the restaurant is located within the premises of the ISKCON temple in East of Kailash.
Address: ISKCOM Temple Complex, Sant Nagar Main Road, East of Kailash, New Delhi – 110065.
Timings: Noon-3.30 p.m. & 7.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m

Habib’s hair saloon in Delhi

ashish — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:07:05 +0000

For people looking to get a good hairdo, the name of Jawed Habib is a famous name. How many people would not like to get their hair done on by Habib himself ? Well, this is possible, since Jawed Habib has a number of hair centers over the city, and he gives a personal touch to the hair treatment in many of those. That’s right, you can get Jaweb Habib to actually spend upto 10 minutes on your hair, giving it the equisite touch (in fact, I have seen my spouse getting the hair treatment from Jaweb Habib, so I can vouch for it).
If you want an appointment with Jawed Habib, here is the link to request an appointment (link)
Some of Jaweb Habib’s (his website) hair centers in the city of Delhi are at:
1. M3-Ground Floor, South Extension-II
South Extension, New Delhi, Delhi 110049
011 41640632?
011 41640759

2. 9/10,East Patel Nagar
Patel Nagar, Delhi, 110008

3. 1st Floor, 18, North West Avenue Road
Punjabi Bagh, Delhi, 110026
011 42464328?
011 42464329?

4. M3-Ground Floor, South Extension-II,
South Extension, New Delhi, Delhi 110049?
011 41640632?

5. SF-28, Galleria DLF, DLF Ph-IV, Sushant Lok,
Gurgaon, Gurgaon, Haryana 122001?
09312065004

Rockland Hospital in South Delhi

ashish — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:09:46 +0000

The foundation stone of Rockland Hospital, located in South Delhi (with a great view of the Qutub and Sanjay Van) was laid in 2001, and the hospital is also looking to expand to Greater Noida and Manesar. Some of the more distinguished doctors on the panel are: Padmashree Prof. (Dr.) P.K. Dave (Orthopaedics) (former director of AIIMS) and Prof. (Dr.) M.P. Sharma (Gastroenterology). OPD services of the hospital were started in 2004.

Location on Google Maps:

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Specialities: Anesthesia, Bariatric Surgery, Dietetics & Nutrition, Dental & Facio maxillary, Dermatology, ENT & Ophthalmology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Nephrology Neurology, Non Invasive Cardiology, Onco Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orthopaedics, Pulmonology, Physiotherapy, Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Urology

Contact details and address:

Phone: 91-11-41222222, 41688752 to 764
Fax: 011-41688765
E-mail: info@rocklandhospital.com
medicaltravellers@rocklandhospital.com
Address: B-33,34, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi-110016

Website: http://rocklandhospital.net/

Artemis Hospital in Gurgaon

ashish — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:36:07 +0000

Artemis Health Institute (AHI), at Gurgaon is a 500-bed super-specialty flagship hospital established by Artemis Health Sciences (AHS) (promoted by the Apollo Tyres group), spread across a total area of 525,000 square feet (when completely built).

The hospital offers advanced comprehensive tertiary care services in multiple areas of healthcare including:

* Cardiovascular Diseases
* Oncology
* Orthopaedics / musculoskeletal disease
* Obstetrics
* Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery
* Neurosciences
* Nephrology and Dialysis
* Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
* Aesthetic Medicine
* Ophtahalmology
* Oro maxillo facial surgery and Dentistry
* Gastroenterolgy
* Executive Health Care
* Preventive Medicine
* Radiodiagnostic and Interventional Modalities with PET/CT, MRI, high speed CT and multidimensional ultrasound and echo equipment.
* Predictive and preventive imaging with screening
* Physical therapy and rehabilitational medicine
* Advanced pathology services

The technological infrastructure at AHI also includes:
- Bariatric surgery hospital, plastic surgery hospital, cosmetic surgery hospital
- Cath Labs with Stent Boost (software visualisation tools)
- 64 Channel CT Machine with step-and-shoot technology, which reducesX-Ray radiation by 83 percent
- Intelligent Ultrasound/Echo Technology
- 3 Tesla MRI Machine
- Whole Body Imaging with contrast and high-end spectroscopy

Location and contact details:

Artemis Health Institute
Sector 51, Gurgaon
Haryana 122001
Telephone: +91-124-6767999
Emergency: +91-124-6767000

Road Map of how to reach the hospital can be found at this link.

Location as per Google Maps:

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Doctors for various medical areas can be found at this link (click)

Virtual Tour of Hospital located at this link (click)

Website of hospital (link)