Union Minister for Education, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal launches National Level Entrance Cum Scholarship Test CUCET 2021
Union Minister for Education, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal launches National
Level Entrance Cum Scholarship Test CUCET 2021
Chandigarh University is offering academic scholarships worth Rs
33 crores to meritorious students through CUCET 2021
“National level Entrance cum Scholarship Test CUCET 2021”
announced by Chandigarh university is a novel attempt to search for budding
talent from every corner of India and motivate them to pursue their dream
career by offering them an academic scholarship to overcome the financial barriers”.
This was stated by Union Minister for Education, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal during
the launch ceremony of National Level Entrance cum Scholarship Test of
Chandigarh University “CUCET 2021”. The National Entrance cum Scholarship Test
would offer academic scholarships worth Rs. 33 Crores to the students in more
than 135 Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate programs offered by the University;
where the meritorious student on the basis of CUCET-2021 scores can avail scholarships
upto 100% in the academic fees.
While delivering his address, the Union Minister for Education,
Dr. Pokhriyal said, “We have often witnessed cases of drop-outs in Indian
Education System where meritorious students have to opt-out of higher education
set-up due to financial constraints. CUCET-2021 is an attempt to plug these
drop-out cases as it offers a helping hand for such talented students from all
across India”. The student can fill online application form at cucet.cuchd.in and can appear online
with a flexibility to choose his or her date & time slot. CUCET-2021 would
be conducted in two phases where the first phase would run from December 2020
to May 2021.
“Chandigarh University
is investing heavily on the talent of Indian Youth and it offers national platform
through CUCET-2021 to such deserving students who aspires to be
successful by undergoing quality higher education in the field of their choice”
said Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor, Chandigarh University.
Prof. Satbir Singh Sehgal Registrar of Chandigarh University
Gharuan while briefing
about CUCET-2021 said that “The entrance test would be compulsory for students
aspiring to seek admission to Engineering, Pharmacy, MBA, 5 Years Integrated Under-Graduate
Law Programs, Agriculture while the test would also offer academic scholarships
for all the 135 UG & PG programs offered by Chandigarh University”. Dr. Sehgal further added that, “Students can
apply for CUCET-2021 through online and offline mode where the applications are
available at University Website and regional centers of University across 21
States & UTs”. The University is offering scholarships on 10 percent of the
total seats in every Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses. “Ever since the inception of University in 2012,
Chandigarh University has offered academic scholarships to more than 63,000
students to promote talent and merit amongst the Indian Youth who dreams of
getting quality & world-class education” Dr. Sehgal added.
One of the engineering student who bagged 75% scholarship through CUCET-2020, Atul Ranjan from Jharkhand states that, “I was able to fulfill my dream of studying at one of the prestigious institution of India only because of CUCET Scholarship as it offered me a financial support”.