New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) admission information would now be available on radio. DU has started using community radio DU 90.4 FM as a means to reach out to DU aspirants and their parents, and making the entire procedure far more convenient for the admission seekers.
DU 90.4 FM transmits 30-minute live phone-in programmes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 pm to interact with aspirants and parents. A one-hour phone-in program at 10 in the morning on all days excluding Sunday has also been started by the university. Queries asked by aspirants and parents about admission procedure are answered by the faculty members, non-teaching staff and senior officials of the University.
Dr Dinesh Gupta, Reader in the Hindi Department, who handles day-to-day functioning of the community radio, said that mostly queries are about the admission process, how to apply, whether the common pre-admission form is enough to register the admission seeker at colleges, the best college, the best course, and entrance examinations for different programs. He further mentioned that parents too have been calling up to get information about courses and colleges.
DU community radio has a radius of 10 km. Moreover, the community radio is unable to reach more people due to the problem of overlapping frequency with other private radio stations in Delhi.
