Allahabad University to set up UGAT centre in Patna

PRAYAGRAJ: Applicants from Bihar wanting to appear for Allahabad University’s (AU) Undergraduate Admission Test (UGAT) will no longer have to travel to Uttar Pradesh. The varsity will set up a UGAT test centre in Patna for the benefit of students who might not be able to make the required travel arrangements.
According to the announced schedule, the entrance test for AU courses would be conducted August 1 onwards.
“Earlier, Patna was one of the test centres for UGAT, but the practice was discontinued due to unknown reasons. In view of the fact that there would be a number of aspirants from various cities of Bihar who would like to appear in the entrance test, we would include Patna in the list of centres,” said director of AU admissions Prashant Agarwal.
Apart from Patna, UGAT test centres would be set up in other UP cities too. “Apart from test centres in Prayagraj, candidates can appear for UGAT in Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Varanasi and New Delhi,” said Agarwal.
Student leaders for long had been demanding that a UGAT centre be set up in Bihar as well.
“Our planning would hold ground only if the government lifts curbs and allows universities to go ahead with entrance exams,” he added.
Agarwal said, “This year aspirants will have to apply for the entrance online. Although the entrance test would be conducted in both online and off-line modes.”