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Time of India
24-06-2025
- Time of India
How marks of 55 Bangalore University students were illegally changed: Inside UUCMS breach that's shaking Karnataka's education system
A security breach hit Bangalore University. Hackers altered marks of 55 students on the UUCMS. The registrar's login was compromised. Marks of BCA students were changed. An internal committee is investigating. Police complaint will be filed. This is not the first UUCMS breach. Concerns are rising about UUCMS security. The higher education department needs to strengthen security. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads What happened? What is being done? Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Bigger concerns over UUCMS security In a shocking security breach, the marks of 55 students from Bangalore University (BU) were tampered with on the Unified University and College Management System (UUCMS). According to a TOI report, the hackers gained access using the login ID and password of the registrar (evaluation) and changed scores of first-semester Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) tampering was discovered in the marks of students from two private colleges in Bengaluru and the Jnanabharati campus. Interestingly, many of the students whose marks were changed had already passed their exams. For most, just one or two marks were added, making no real difference. However, five students did end up passing due to the subjects affected included environmental sciences and computer architecture. Registrar (evaluation) Srinivas Chowdappa told TOI, 'Usually, an OTP is sent when someone tries to change the password. But in this case, the hackers bypassed that and logged in without an OTP. The changes were made during the night. By morning, when I noticed the password had been changed, we informed UUCMS. They then gave us a list of students whose marks were altered.'The university has formed an internal committee to investigate the issue and plans to file a police complaint. This isn't the first time the UUCMS has faced such issues. In 2024, Bengaluru North University (BNU) also saw similar tampering. In that case, the Kolar district cybercrime police arrested three people.'We don't yet understand why the marks of students who had already passed were tampered with. It may have been done just to confuse us. But after an inquiry, we'll know more. We've ensured that the original marks will remain and the changed ones won't reflect anywhere,' Chowdappa is a centralised digital platform launched as part of the National Education Policy 2021. It handles everything from admissions to exam results across higher education institutions in repeated breaches have raised serious concerns about its credibility. 'With hacking of UUCMS becoming a repeat affair, the higher education department must strengthen its security. Otherwise, what's the point of such a system if the sanctity of exams is at risk?' a college assistant professor told officials have not responded to queries yet.
The Hindu
06-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Admission to NEP-based courses
Pondicherry University has commenced the admission process for various NEP-based undergraduate courses for 2025-26 offered by its Community College. A press note said the online admission portal would be open till June 19 for undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Vocational Degree, Advanced Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma and Diploma programmes, Bachelor of Computer Applications (Honors) and Bachelor of Business Administration (Honors) - General courses. The applicants can visit the college web portal for admission prospectus and for applying online.
The Hindu
28-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Degree admissions: Universities see renewed interest in life sciences
While Commerce stream continues to dominate the admission process in Bengaluru colleges this year, there has been a renewed interest in Life Science subjects like Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Forensic Sciences this year, among students seeking admissions to undergraduate courses. According to college managements, there have been many factors behind the renewed interest in those subjects, including peer pressure, the growth of Bengaluru as a biotechnology hub and an inclination towards pure science studies. 'There are a lot of start-ups and biotech companies growing out of the city and that provides more job opportunities to students. With universities taking an industry integrated approach, students also get to work in labs while studying these days, which adds on to their experience,' said Christo. V. Joseph, director, Garden City University. Courses like Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) and Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), which have been attracting a lot of students over the years, have had a lot of takers this year too across colleges. 'Most seats for our BCA, BBA and BCom courses have been filled already indicating a great demand. In the post pandemic period, everyone feels that Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Gen AI are the future and that drives a lot of students towards BCA and BTech. Even those who cannot get into BTech, now choose BBA,' said Mackey Agarwal Jain, Chief Manager- Marketing & Admissions at JAIN (Deemed-to-be-university). Some noted that the demand for commerce is increasing due to recent graduates finding jobs quickly. 'Many of our students also clear international exams while studying and once they graduate, they find jobs quickly. Word-of-mouth spreads and they act as ambassadors for these courses,' said Melwin Colaco, registrar, St. Joseph's University. Increased interest in media studies, law While there has not been a significant change in demand for Humanities, universities have seen an increased interest in Media Studies, Law and Economics. 'We have always had demand for subjects like Psychology, Economics and Law. But this year, there has been a greater interest in Law,' said Anil Joseph Pinto, registrar, Christ University. Fee increased by 5% While the State government announced a 5% increase on the fees of degree courses in government colleges, private universities have also hiked it by an average of 5%. While some managements said that they increase it annually by about 5% to 10% based on inflation, some have increased it by 5% this year. . 'The cost of living in Bengaluru has increased and we need to pay our staff salaries to match that. Very few of our departments are aided and hence, we adopt a demand-based fee escalation,' said Mr. Calaco.
