Vice Chancellors’ forum meet held at KU

The Forum of Vice Chancellors of J&K Universities met on Sunday at the University of Kashmir to deliberate upon issues concerning academics and research activities in the varsities.

The high-level meeting was attended by Prof Talat Ahmad ,Vice Chancellor University of Kashmir; Prof Mehraj-ud-Din Mir, Vice ChancellorCentral University of Kashmir; Prof Mushtaq Siddiqui, Vice Chancellor IslamicUniversity of Science and Technology Awantipora;, Prof. Javed Musarrat, ViceChancellor, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University; Prof  Anju Bhasin, Vice Chancellor  Cluster University, Jammu, Prof  Sheikh Javid Ahmed, Vice Chancellor ClusterUniversity, Kashmir, Prof  K.S Risam ViceChancellor SKUAST Jammu and Dr Rakesh Sehgal Director National Institute ofTechnology Srinagar.

   

The meeting was also attended by Dean Academic Affairs KUProf Akbar Masood, Dean College Development Council (DCDC) KU Prof GM Sangmiand Registrar KU Dr Nisar A Mir.

The Vice-Chancellors held a threadbare discussion on severalissues including formulation of concrete and meaningful facility forinteruniversity credit transfer, formulation of format for Best Teacher Awardin the Universities, relevance of M.Phil courses being offered in the StateUniversities and need for sharing of knowledge, common infrastructure andvarious facilities between the universities of the state for the ultimatebenefit of  the students, scholars andfaculty.

The Vice Chancellors’ Forum also vowed to meet frequently todiscuss issues of mutual concern, interest and evolve policies in tune with thechanging global scenario vis-a-vis higher education, and also in line with thelocal societal requirements.

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