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WLC college India announce launch of offices in Kashmir

Srinagar, Feb 22 (UNI) Announcing the launch of its admission offices in Leh, Anantnag and Baramulla, the WLC College India (WLCI), has decided to reserve 15 per cent seats for under-privileged students in the country.

Addressing a press conference here this afternoon, chairman of the WLCI Vinay Pasricha said the offices will provide students of these areas an opportunity to apply to our industry oriented professional courses, including undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Business, Fashion, Media, Advertising and Graphic Design, Hospitality, Retail, Banking, Information Technology, hospital Administration and Politics and social work.

The new offices are a part of WLCI's expansion plans in 2007, he said.

Mr Pasricha also announced 15 per cent free seats for under-privileged students.

He said the WLCI, in its eleventh year of academic operations, offers a programme through which students are given an opportunity to learn and apply simultaneously.

The admission offices of WLCI are primarily aimed at offering students an opportunity to apply for various professional programmes in their city thereby saving them time and money.

These offices will also guide and counsel students who seek admissions in the wide array of courses offered by the college.

Mr Pasricha said the college conducts its own aptitude test for selection to their various professional courses.

He said WLCI since its inception in 1996 has spread its wings across the country with fifteen campuses namely Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Indore, Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Goa, Jaipur, Bhubaneshar, Jammu and Srinagar.

More than 10,000 students have successfully found a career with the industry and over 2500 students are currently pursuing a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate professional courses.

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