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| University campuses approved for Kargil, Kupwara | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | June 3
Five days after the Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad assured the people of Kargil of 'a good news in a week's time' on their demand for setting up of a university campus in the hilly district of Ladakh region, the Kashmir University Council (KUC) Monday approved the establishment of two additional campuses of the university in Kargil and Kupwara districts. Azad had also held out assurance of a university campus at Kupwara last month.
The decision about the two additional campuses was taken in a meeting of the KUC chaired by the Governor, Lt. Gen. (Retd), S. K. Sinha who is also the Chancellor of the University.
The Chief Minister and the Pro-Chancellor of the University, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Minister for Higher Education, Gulchain Singh Charak, Vice Chancellor, University of Kashmir, Prof. (Dr.) Riyaz Punjabi, Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu, Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST, Kashmir, Prof. Anwar Alam, Vice Chancellor, SKUAST, Jammu, Dr. Nagendra Sharma, Principal Secretary to Governor, Arun Kumar, Commissioner/Secretary, Finance, B. B. Vyas and Commissioner/Secretary, Higher Education, Khizr Muhammad Wani participated.
The setting up of the campuses of University of Kashmir at Kargil and Kupwara has met the public demand for higher education in these remote areas. The university has already started the process of establishing new campuses at Anantnag, Baramulla and Leh even as the Vice Chancellor informed the meeting that the Anantnag campus would be functional next month.
With the two new campuses at Kargil and Kupwara, the twin universities of Kashmir and Jammu would have as many as eight additional campuses spread across the State.
In another important decision, the KUC approved setting up of the department of Food Science and Technology with introduction of 5 year integrated Masters and Doctoral programme in food science & technology.
The University Council also approved the revival of Mushir-ul-Haq Chair as Mushir-ul-Haq Chair for Inter-Faith Studies. The Chair would be set up in the name of the former Vice Chancellor of the university and eminent Islamic scholar who was assassinated by militants on April 10, 1990.
In yet another decision, the University Council approved the transfer of the Institute of Music & Fine Arts, Srinagar to the University of Kashmir. The Institute is currently run by the J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages. The Jammu University Council had already approved the transfer of the Institute of Music & Fine Arts, Jammu to the University of Jammu.
The KUC also approved the complete take over of the University Model School and making it as a lab school for its M. Ed course.
Prof Riyaz Punjabi informed the meeting that the executives of 15 national and international companies including Reliance, BPO Wipro Technologies, DELL, Barclays Bank, Bank of America, Bajaj Allianz, Prudential and Nokia Siemens Network were here for on-campus placement of the students of the University of Kashmir. He said that the companies had been brought here by CT Group of Industries who have assured him of about the placement of 400 students in these companies. The Chancellor and the Pro-Chancellor welcomed this news and hoped that this would be the beginning of bigger on-campus placement initiatives in the future. |
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