has been appointed in his place. Academics Every college in university teaching department is autonomous. Conventional courses During the initial stages of its development 1964–1984, university established conventional School of Studies in Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Chemistry. It was one of the first few universities to start B.Ed. in 1968 and MBA in 1969. It later started Life Sciences, Economics, Biochemistry and Journalism. Self-supporting courses University is one of the first in starting as early as 1991 the experiment of self-supporting courses in order to have partial support for the development of infrastructure. This experiment has certainly made a positive impact on the overall development of the university both in terms of employment opportunities on one side and students needs on the other. Engineering courses and medical courses The Engineering and Technology (I.E.T.) Institute of Engineering and Technology, DAVV has started functioning since 1996 and now runs number of B.E. and M.E. courses. The admissions in I.E.T. is held through Madhya Pradesh Pre-Engineering Test (M.P.P.E.T.), which will be further altered in 2014 under which admissions will be held on the basis of all India ranking in Joint Entrance Exam (J.E.E.). University also runs medical and dental colleges. Excellent and special assistance programme UGC has granted SAPs to School of Education, School of Economics, School of Life Sciences and School of Physics in the university. Excellence in Information Technology and Applications Previous work: University made another big stride during 1998-2002 by establishing campus wide fiber network and Internet facilities throughout the educational and administrative campuses of the university. It is the best I.T. Centre in the central part of the country. M.Sc. (Information Technology) and M.Tech. (Embedded Systems) were also started during this period. Recent Initiatives : University has initiated major thrust from Aug. 2006 for it is installing LCD Projectors and Internet access points in all class rooms, e-management of the university, e-submission of fees and forms by the students, Wi-Fi Campus and Hostels, e-grant of migration and eligibility certificates to students and establishment of e-record room. It is expected that this move will mitigate student hard ship in getting administrative services from University and facilitate its employees to work with latest Computers, Servers and Internet. Innovations University is first in the state of Madhya Pradesh in innovation and has made a name in country for (a) Courses in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management and Engineering Sciences (Energy Management, Laser