IPU warns aspirants against touts amid complaints of ‘guaranteed admission’ racket

New Delhi: Amid complaints from applicants about receiving calls offering “guaranteed admissions” in exchange for lakhs of rupees, raising concerns over a possible leak of candidate data, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IPU) has issued a public warning asking students not to fall prey to touts and to rely only on the university’s official admission process.IP University vice-chancellor Mahesh Verma told TOI the university recently received complaints from candidates who had applied for admission and were subsequently contacted by individuals claiming they could secure seats for money.“Students are getting calls promising guaranteed admissions. Amid the ongoing admission and paper-leak related rackets, it is important to expose such fraud. No payment can secure admission in the university. Admissions are granted strictly on merit through the official counselling process,” Verma said.He added that with admissions to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes set to begin this month, the advisory was issued to alert applicants against fraudsters.In its notice on Saturday, the university stated that admissions to all its campuses and affiliated colleges are conducted only through a centralised merit-based counselling process. It advised candidates not to share their login credentials, passwords or personal details with unauthorised persons and cautioned them against seeking assistance from third-party agents, counsellors or computer centres while creating admission accounts.“For the safety of personal details, applicants are advised to create their login ID and password by themselves, not to take help of any third party like computer centres and admission counsellors,” the notice said, advising to maintain confidentiality of personal details.The university also asked applicants to rely only on information published through its official websites and admission portal, and report any approach to the authorities made by agents claiming to facilitate admissions.Admission to IP University is primarily accepted through CUET scores. However, the university conducts its own in-house entrance tests (IPU CET) or professional tests for specialised and advanced courses, such as B.Tech (via JEE Main first priority), MBA (via CAT/CMAT), law (via CLAT), and medical/dental (via NEET).