Zero Cut Off at DU: From Aryabhatta to Agony Aunty, here's how Twitter took DU's case all weekend long for skewed new regulations
The Delhi University (DU) cut offs have always hit the headlines. But this time, with the university setting a rather strange 'zero' cut off for the Ph.D Mathematics course, all it has attracted is flak and criticism. And quite a bit of ridicule.
"The minimum qualification", as the DU authorities have put it allows SC/ST candidates to appear for the interview, no matter how absymal their marks are. While they stand a shot at getting some of the most sought after seats in the country, the general category's cut off stands at a whopping 94 marks.
Understandably, Twitter has had a field day. Unable to digest the fact that they might have "a professor who scored zero marks", several users on Twitter slammed the varsity's move. We've handpicked a few of them for you here: