With such huge number applicants running for just 56,000 seats creates a paramount pressure on the university servers.
With more than 2.7 lakhs applicants, the University of Delhi (DU) has broken all records this admission season. With such huge number applicants running for just 56,000 seats creates a paramount pressure on the university servers. DU released its first cut-off list on June 19 for admissions into various under graduation courses. Amateur to the admissions process, anxious applicants generate multiple applications in the pursuit to secure a seat at the coveted university.
While many know about the professors at respective colleges, the team that ensures the healthy working of these servers remains unsung. A line up of six MSc (Information Technology) students under the close supervision of Sanjeev Singh work hard to ensure sound working of these servers. Singh is the Joint Director at Delhi University Computer Centre and also an associate professor at the Institute of Informatics and Communication, South Campus. He remarked, "We are working 24x7 during the admission season. The lab where we are working is like a war room during this time."
The servers are under extreme pressure as applicants produce numerous applications, in some cases even more than 300. "A student generated 333 applications despite her not being eligible for admission during the first cut-off. Another student generated 292 applications when they can only take admission in one course," said Singh. Another official remarked, "DU aspirants might have the option of studying only one course at the university but that does not, in any way, deter them from generating as many applications as they want, which many times puts pressure on the server, leading to it even crashing on the first day of admissions after the cut-offs are announced." justifying the technical glitch on June 19.
The UG server that became active from 9.30 am on Tuesday witnessed a huge number of logins in the initial hours which led to the technical mishap. "Even though students are aware that once the server is active, it will be in service 24x7, they feel that it is a case of first come, first served basis. With so many students logging in at the same time, the server is bound to be under pressure," said the official. He added, "The real problem is that candidates generate an excessive number of applications despite being aware that they can only take admission in one course."
Candidates, who are probably undecided or unsure, generate more than one admission slip. According to data shared by Singh, 28,690 students generated 2,09,607 applications during the three days, which averages to more than seven slips per applicant. Out of these, 4,562 candidates generated more than 10 applications. The university witnessed 15,000 admissions in the first cut off, a seven-fold increase from the previous admission session.
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