For admissions to government colleges in the state associated with Panjab University in Chandigarh, Punjabi University in Patiala, and Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar, the Punjab government established a centralized admissions platform.

Punjab Minister for Higher Education Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer announced the launch of the portal at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (MGSIPA), Chandigarh, and stated that the state government was working to ensure that children have access to the most recent online services to make their educational and study-related endeavors simpler and more effective.

The centralised state admission portal – admission.punjab.gov.in – has been developed by the state Department of Governance Reforms (DoGR) in collaboration with the Department of Higher Education (DHE) and will ensure fulsome transparency and ease, the minister said adding more such measures are in the offing.

The common admission platform will serve as a central hub for applicants for their end-to-end admission journey and students will be able to file a single application form to apply for admission to multiple colleges and courses, he said.

“The portal will ensure a contactless admissions process without physical counselling. The fee payment system will be online. It will also ensure ease of communication with students. Application Manager allows colleges to communicate with applicants directly via an email or individual/bulk SMS or a call to complete the form or remove the objections or make the fee payment etc. There will be total transparency in preparing the merit list and students will be able to see the admission process online in a transparent manner,” said a statement from the state higher education department.