Srinagar, Apr 1: The vice-chancellor Kashmir University, Prof (Dr) Riyaz Punjabi, on Thursday expressed his desire to convert the University’s North Campus into a technical and scientific wing.
“I want this campus to attract students from across the LoC and beyond,” he said interacting with the Bachelor in Technology and MCA students at the North Campus in Delina Varmul.
Prof Punjabi was on a visit to the campus to review infrastructural facilities and preparations for the formal inauguration of the main campus.
He also planted saplings in the gardens of the picturesque campus.
“Try to give your best to the environs. Tomorrow your younger brother or the future generation will come here; so leave something of nature for them” he told the students.
The KU Registrar Prof S Fayyaz Ahmad said the University’s primary focus was to not only create physical infrastructure for the students but to also provide adequate and highly qualified faculty for various courses at the campus.
The Director, North Campus, Prof Farooq Ahmad thanked Prof Punjabi for taking keen interest in commissioning the campus from the current academic session.
Prof Farooq said that the campus was in the process of starting various job oriented courses that were in the process of being approved. “We have plans to start a Diploma Course in tourism besides having a research centre for New and Renewable Energy. We would harness the natural resources of the region like wind, biomass, and solar energy.”

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