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The University of Delhi is the premier university of the country
It is known for its high standards in teaching and research
University of Delhi is a role-model and path-setter for other universities in the country
The University has grown into one of the largest universities in the country
At present, there are 16 faculties, 86 academic departments, more than
75 colleges and 5 other recognised institutes
Colleges are located and spread all over the city, with more than 1.5 Lakh regular students and nearly 4 Lakh students in non-formal education program.
Two main campuses: North Campus and South Campus
South Campus was established in 1973 to facilitate access for the residents of
South Delhi

 The IT Infrastructure at University of Delhi was designed keeping the following in mind:
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Highest level of availability
Robust & reliable connectivity
Highest level of scalability (specifically planned to match future demands)
Best bandwidth capacity: Currently, at North Campus, National
Knowledge Network (NKN) has provided 2 Gbps capacity bandwidth with two 1Gbps links which operate in load balancing and failover mode.
For South Campus, NKN has provided a single 1 Gbps capacity link.
Further, NKN is in process of upgrading the bandwidth (using DWDM) to
10Gbps capacity or more on their links.

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Delhi University Computer Centre (DUCC) provides the following services through NKN:
 Internet
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Intranet
Network Management Views
Caching Gateways
Domain Name System Servers
Video Portals
Video Streaming etc.
Using its IT Infrastructure, University of Delhi also provides the following services to its stakeholders:
 Web Hosting (Main site, Online Applications, Departments and Colleges websites)
 Email Services
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Payment Gateway
Co-location Servers for different departments
University of Delhi plans to enhance the use of NKN by using the following additional services:
 Co-location of servers
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SMS gateways
LISTSERV
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International Collaborations with EU-India Grid
Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD)

Network Setup at University of Delhi
NORTH CAMPUS SOUTH CAMPUS
NKN
CISCO Router
(7600 series)
UTM/Firewall
JUNIPER M10i
Router
WiFi
VLANs
L2 Switches
Dual Nexus
7010 for failover
Dual Nexus
7010 for failover

100 MBPS link to each college
VLAN-50
LI COLLEGE
VLAN-76
KALINDI COLLEGE
VLAN-51
SSN COLLEGE
VLAN-62
KHALSA COLLEGE
DDU COLLEGE
VLAN-54
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VLAN-52
DU NORTH CAMPUS
VLAN-53
KESHAV COLLEGE
BHARTI COLLEGE

VLAN-139
DCA COLLEGE
100 MBPS link to each college
VLAN-140
DYAL SINGH
CVS
VLAN-138 VLAN-132
JM COLLEGE
GARGI COLLEGE
VLAN-137
VLAN-135
AND COLLEGE
7
VLAN-14
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VLAN-133
MAITREYI COLLEGE
DU SOUTH CAMPUS
KAMALA NEHRU COLLEGE

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1 Gbps
CISCO 6509 L3 SWITCH /
NEXUS 7010
NORTH
CAMPUS
SOUTH
CAMPUS
CISCO 6509 L3 SWITCH /
NEXUS 7010

Lab 1
L2 Switch
Wi-Fi Controller
Classroom
Server Rack
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Wi-Fi
MPLS
VPN to
North/
South
Campus
UPSes

ICT has been revolutionizing the way education is being managed and taught today. All universities are now strengthening their IT infrastructure to enable utilizing technology for enhanced governance using:
 horizontal and vertical interactions and information flows using technologies such as websites and web portals, emails, chats, etc.
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 better involvement and participation of students and teachers in governance more transparency of operations timely delivery of information and cost benefits online applications such as admission and registration, examination results etc.
enhanced teaching-learning process through use of video conferencing,
Learning Management Systems (LMS).

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 University Main website is hosted
 University has made itself available on social networking site Facebook to interact closer with Student Community
( https://www.facebook.com/UniversityofDelhi )

 The University is making an earnest endeavor to make most admissions in UG
& PG courses online. The following processes have been computerized
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Admission Notices
Undergraduate admissions http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=ugadmission
Postgraduate admissions http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=admissions
Online Pre-admission form http://admission.du.ac.in/pgadm/
 Examination processes are also made online for easy access by all students:
Examination datesheets http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=examinations
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Online submission of Internal Assessment marks by Colleges
Online Results http://duexam2.du.ac.in/RSLT_MJ2014_3Y/Students/List_of_Declare_RSLT.as
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Events / Workshops / Conferences – http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01ar ticleid=88&cntnt01returnid=83
Online Registration for Conferences http://botany.du.ac.in/psb2014/
University Notifications & Circulars
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 http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=rules-policies-3 http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=guidelines-notifications
Details of various Colleges / Departments / Centres –
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 http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=faculties-departments http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=centres-institutes http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=list-of-colleges
Faculty Profiles of Department / Centres http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=anthropology
Online Alumni Registration http://alumni.du.ac.in/factsheet/Eminent.aspx

 e-Journals
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 http://journals.du.ac.in/
The Delhi University Journal of Creative Writing http://journals.du.ac.in/creative/
The Research Journal of the Humanities and the Social Sciences http://journals.du.ac.in/humsoc/index.html
The Research Journal of Undergraduate Research and
Innovation http://journals.du.ac.in/ugresearch/index.html
 Online Registration of Foreign Students http://fsr.du.ac.in/registration/

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Research
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Notices & Grants – http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=research
Awards http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=awards-and-distinctions
Opportunities http://du.ac.in/du/index.php?page=researchopportunities
Libraries
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 e-Resources –
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 http://crl.du.ac.in/sub.database/SUBS.E-RESOURCE.htm
http://crl.du.ac.in/subjectportal/
Search for Books & Articles
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 http://dulsopac.du.ac.in/Catalogue.aspx
http://www.knimbus.com/user/auth.do
Chat with Librarian http://crl.du.ac.in/vrs/index.htm
Braille Library http://bl.du.ac.in/

 Campus Agreements for following softwares:
 MATLAB
 MATHEMATICA
 SPSS
 SIGMA PLOT
 Planned Grids
 GARUDA, through NKN and CDAC
 Areas include experimental and theoretical physics, genetics and biology
 NKN and Internet2 link to New York - 100Gbps

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 Pre-admission form for Undergraduate Admissions
 Conference Registrations
 Postgraduate Admission process
 Faculty Positions Application Process
 Central Placement Cell Registrations

 Web Portals for Departments and Colleges
( http://web.du.ac.in
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 Every department and college uses the web portal for facilitating their governance.
 University provides these facilities to departments and colleges
 The facilities include hosting services on both Linux(Open
Source) and Windows operating systems, supporting different programming languages like php, asp, asp.net etc.
 The database provisioning is also there with hosting on
MySQL and MS-SQL Server

 Web Portals for Faculty members
( http://people.du.ac.in
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 Faculty members are provided with the facility to host their own web-page, which can be used to put up research and other related academic material
 University provides this facility to all faculty members of departments and colleges
 The facilities include hosting services on Linux(Open Source)
 The database provisioning is also there with hosting on
MySQL

 The University Email Server is accessible from website homepage by http://email.du.ac.in
 Higher email quota
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The new system will have Global Address Book to find any contact.
Email Groups to send the mail to a particular set of users.
Calendar Control to manage your appointments.
Anti Spam services to stop the spam emails and many more features
 Email facility to all faculty members; students for better communication

 School of Open Learning http://sol.du.ac.in/
 Online Admissions
 Online Fee Payment
 Online submission of Examination Forms
 Online Hall Tickets
 Online Results
 Print Mark-sheet / Certificate
 Mobile Application
 Email facility
 eLearning

 The Institute of Life-long Learning of the University has developed a huge quantum of e-content which are in the form of e-lessons, e-lectures, video lectures, quizzes etc.
 Virtual Learning Environment http://vle.du.ac.in/
 Learning Management System (Moodle)
 The study material in humanities and social sciences has been prepared bilingually i.e. Hindi and English
 Steps have been taken to prepare materials in Punjabi and
Sanskrit where required.