Punjab based UGI announces admissions in various courses

Dimapur, June 16: The Universal Group of Institutions (UGI) announced scholarship programmes for students from Nagaland and the North-east for various courses run by the institution. This was announced here today by representatives of the college at a press conference in Press Point, Supermarket. UGI Head - Career Development Cell, Davinder Singh informed that the institute is offering a range of scholarship packages for various categories. UGI targets the economically-weaker sections, Singh said adding, it is also offering special scholarships for meritorious students, SC/ST, sportspersons, defense personnel, children without parents, single girl child and even for students who already have sibling(s) studying in UGI. The scholarship packages will however be subject to marks scored by the candidates in the qualifying exams. The tuition fee coverage will be 20 percent for candidates, who manage 60-64 percent in the qualifying exams and more for scores beyond, while for those scoring 95-plus percent the scholarship will cover 100 percent of the costs, Singh said.“The aim is to encourage students who want to pursue higher education but could not for financial reasons,” said Singh of the programme objective. He also added that most of the students are not aware of multiple career opportunities and scholarship schemes. UGI, which was established in 2009, according to Singh, is a National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) approved institution and affiliated to Punjab Technical University, Punjabi University, Indian Nursing Council and others. The college offers 18 courses, including engineering (both Bachelors and Masters), business management and bachelors degree in Science (Agri), Commerce and Arts at the seven colleges run by it, Singh added. Singh also stated that UGI has placement assistance for students graduating from the institute. All seven colleges are located at its campus in Chandigarh Ambala Highway, Lalru Punjab, Singh said. Marketing Executive Amit Kumar Dahal informed that UGI has a number of counseling centres and in Dimapur the counseling centre for UGI is at Bright Career Computer Institute, Circular Road. Dahal said that Dimapur centre is open to anyone irrespective of the person’s interest to join UGI or not and it is especially concentrated to guide the students on courses available and admission procedures. The UGI representatives also announced that the UGI’s annual academic session begins in the first week of August.