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INDIA INDIA: No takers for university 'transgender quota' Tweet Express Buzz . The university reserved one seat each in all postgraduate courses for transgender candidates.



But it has not received even a single application this year. A university official said the institution received more than 7,000 applications for postgraduate courses. "We were expecting two to three applications from such students for different postgraduate courses," said the official on condition of anonymity. "But it is surprising that we have not received a single application."



The official said this was a new initiative and transgender candidates may not be comfortable about revealing their identity and hence did not apply under this quota.

Full report on the Express Buzz site An initiative of Bangalore University in India to reserve some seats for transgender candidates in postgraduate courses has no takers, reports. The university reserved one seat each in all postgraduate courses for transgender candidates.But it has not received even a single application this year. A university official said the institution received more than 7,000 applications for postgraduate courses. "We were expecting two to three applications from such students for different postgraduate courses," said the official on condition of anonymity. "But it is surprising that we have not received a single application."The official said this was a new initiative and transgender candidates may not be comfortable about revealing their identity and hence did not apply under this quota. Follow University World News on Facebook



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