India, June 14 -- Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IPU) in Dwarka, west Delhi will introduce an "orphan quota" across various programmes from the 2025-26 academic session, a university official said on Friday. In the last academic session, the university introduced a "single girl child quota".

"The university's academic council (AC) has approved the introduction of this quota, effective from the academic session 2025-26. Under this quota, one additional seat will be reserved in each of the university schools and programmes, and the selected students will be eligible for 100% fee waiver under the university's EWS scheme," the official said.

The university's vice chancellor, Mahesh Verma, said that the university aims to provide...