Kabra appointed Acting VC SKUASTJ

Commissioner Secretary Agriculture Production Department, Shaleen Kabra, has been told to operate as Acting Vice Chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology (SKUAST), Jammu in addition to his existing functions till the time of appointment of new incumbent.

Former Vice-Chancellor, Dr. B. Mishra handed over the charge to Kabra yesterday after the State Government issued directions in this regard.

Earlier, the State Government has constituted a Search Committee to find a suitable candidate to replace the Dr. Mishra. The Committee is being headed by Dr. Mangla Rai, former Secretary Department of Agriculture Research and Education (DARE) and former Director General of Indian Council of Agriculture and Research (ICAR).

Other members of the Committee are Dr S Ayyappan, present DG ICAR; Chief Secretary Madhav Lal and University Grants Council (UGC) Chairman.

Official sources stated that the Committee held meetings to discuss various nominations received so far but failed to arrive at some conclusion. The process of selection is still on and it is likely to take some more time.

Tomorrow, the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Shaleen Kabra will hold series of interactions. He shall be visiting the Farm Seed Production Centre at Chakroi and the Veterinary College at R S Pura. Subsequently, he has called a meeting of senior officials of the SKAUST including Dean and Directors.

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IUST Career Launcher organizes joint prog

Islamic University of Science and technology (IUST) and Career Launcher together came forward for a programme to help students to understand the MAT and to clear it with good scores so that they can realize their dreams and secure a  seat in a college of their choice. This 15-day programme ran from February 14th to 29. According to a press note, for this programme, a good number of students registered and classes for them were held through out the week, including on Sundays. IUST had also generously provided transport facility for the convenience of the students. Career Launcher,which is Asia’s leading education service provider led by a team of IIT-IIM alumni, were the knowledge partners for this programme. Since its inception in 1995, Career Launcher has focused on academic excellence, technological innovation and domain xpertise in order to work towards its core objective of “Enabling individuals to realize their potential and make their career dreams come true”.

Classes for this MAT preparation exams were undertaken by faculty members of Career Launcher who have themselves successfully appeared in various management competitive exams like CAT, MAT, XAT and various others. These classes covered the basics of the MAT exam and prepared students in a very focused manner. The students benefited a lot from this programme and their feedback was very positive. Management courses offered by universities across the country are very popular among students. With the growing demand for management professionals, there has been a huge increase in the number of students appearing for various management entrance exams. 

The University of Kashmir has decided to consider only CAT / MAT scores, for admission to its MBA and MFC courses from the current academic session onwards. As a result, students aspiring for these courses need to appear and score well in the aforementioned tests in order to pursue their dream courses. Hence, it was strongly felt that there is a need to revise and update students about the examination pattern of MAT and the strategy for successfully attempting these exams. Taking a noble initiative in this regard, the Islamic University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Career Launcher, conducted a 15-day short-term course for MAT aspirants. Classes began on 14th February at the Avantipora campus of the IUST, the press note added.

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Kashmir University felicitates VC JU

Prof Mohan Paul Singh Ishar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jammu, was today felicitated by Kashmir University during a function held here.

Deans of faculties and Heads of different departments of Kashmir University assembled during an interactive session organised by the university to know Prof Ishar's views on higher education.

The meeting was held in the committee room of the administration block of the university which was presided over by Vice-Chancellor, Prof Talat Ahmad.

JU Vice-Chancellor, Prof MPS Ishar lauded the efforts of Vice-Chancellor, Prof Talat Ahmad for making the university a research hub.

Prof Ishar said research was the back bone of improving quality in higher education.

The Vice-Chancellor called for creating more and more infrastructure saying that it was the need of the hour.

Earlier, KU Vice-Chancellor, Prof Talat Ahmad felicitated Prof Ishar by presenting him a shawl on behalf of KU fraternity.

Prof MPS Ishar was impressed with the ideas KU faculty shared with him in the interactive session.

Prot Talat Ahmad in his address said they would look forward to more collaborations between sister universities of J&K.

It may be mentioned here that Dr MPS Ishar has undertaken various research projects funded by different national agencies.

He has 86 research publications and presented 43 research papers in various national and international conferences besides symposiums to his credit.

JU to initiate reforms in system through computerization

VC seeks comprehensive plan from departmental heads

In what could be a major initiative to bring major reforms in the administrative machinery of University of Jammu (JU), Vice Chancellor, Prof Mohan Paul Singh Ishar has sought a comprehensive plan for automation and computerization of university processes in order to minimize the workload and bring efficiency in the overall working.

According to highly placed sources, "the Vice Chancellor has himself seen the entire system of the University and found many areas where work-load is more because of manual processes. He held separate meetings with the departmental heads and sought their views on automation and computerization so as to further streamline the system." As a consequence, the Vice Chancellor issued a circular to the Computer Center to coordinate with the different departments to identify the areas where automation/ computerization is required immediately, he added.

When contacted, Director, Computer Center, Anik Gupta said, "Vice Chancellor is concerned about enhancing the efficiency of the system through automation/computerization. In this regard, the office of Vice Chancellor issued a circular which has been forwarded to all the departments." Vice Chancellor has laid special emphasis on the computerization of admission and examination system so as to streamline the basic system which requires immediate attention, he added.

Gupta further said that departmental heads have been asked to mention their specific requirements vs-a-vis computerization/automation on or before March 15 so that comprehensive plan could be evolved.

"When the requirements of all the departments will reach to our office, we will communicate the same to the Vice-Chancellor's Secretariat for further course of action. Thereafter, the entire strategy would be chalked out under the guidance of Vice Chancellor", he informed. As per sources, Prof Ishar was keen to put computerized system in place from the upcoming academic session.

Meanwhile, Registrar Dr Naresh Padha informed that soon a meeting will be called to identify the areas where overhauling was required at the earliest.

It is pertinent to mention here that Vice Chancellor while taking over the charge had categorically stated that examination system would be streamlined further so as to ensure timely conduct of examination and declaration of results. Since then barely a month has passed and Vice Chancellor actually started translating his words in deeds.

NSF pays tributes to Chandrashekhar Azad

National Secular Forum (NSF) today organised a programme at University of Jammu to pay tributes to Chandrashekhar Azad.

Neeraj Sharma was the chief guest while Surjit Choudhary and Sukhdev Singh were the guests of honour.

Speaking on the occasion, Neeraj Sharma lauded the initiative of NSF to remember the martyrs who made supreme sacrifice for the freedom of the country.

He stressed upon the youth to shun violence and contribute in the development of the nation.

Neeraj further said Chandrashekhar Azad was a freedom fighter who was one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian Independence Movement.

Vikas Sharma, NSF president, Shafqat Malik, chairman, University Unit, Surjit Choudhary, district chairman and Sunil Kumar, chairman, Jammu Unit also spoke on the occasion.

Balveer Kumar, Jatinder Kour, Manpreet Kour, Jagdeep Kumar, Tanveer Malik, Cheeman Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Sandeep Parihar, Merja and Pardeep were also present.

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World Aids day at Kashmir University

Department of Students

Welfare, University of Kashmir in collaboration with Times of India and Modern Hospital Srinagar organized a day - long seminar on “Know AIDS for No AIDS” as part of the commemoration of the World AIDS Day, celebrated today all over the globe. Speaking on the occasion Prof. M A Sofi, Acting Vice Chancellor of the Universitytalked about the various challenges including cultural taboos, poor cooperation between authorities and communitiesin handling HIV AIDS. He said that the problem involving the treatment of this deadly disease has been aggravated on account of a limited access to quality care as well as the limitations of financing illness care in general across the nations.

Prof Sofi said that against a background of fewer diagnoses among heterosexuals, infected abroad, the number of gay men diagnosed with HIV in the UK is on a continuous rise. He said that no therapist can ethically ignore the challenge that the AIDS virus has thrust upon us. Saying that a few stark statistics only hint at the tragic dimensions of this disease Prof Sofi informed that that half of all gay and bisexual men in the city of San Francisco are infected with the AIDS virus. The situation nearer homes is by no means significantly better and this brings up the moral dimensions of the issue which involves tinkering with or rebelling against nature, something that can and does unleash devastation of startling proportions to the humanity, He said . Prof Sofi said that this has already been seen to be the case, for example with the issue of global warming or climate change which has been a direct result of impunity with which man has sought to plunder an destroy natural resources to satisfy his insatiable greed for material wealth and well being.

Drawing similarities Prof. Sofi said that in a similar vein, the sheer magnitude of the problem involving HIV AIDS has its genesis in certain zany notion of individual freedom, pioneered chiefly by the modern west, which seeks to give complete legitimacy to such patently unnatural acts as same sex marriages, live-in relationships,homosexuality, lesbianism and more ominously, to incestuous relationships.He said that the fact is that the rapid spurt in the spread of this deadly disease is due, in no small measure, to the successful campaign seeking legitimate gay relationships/marriages as a natural relationship between individuals.

Guest of Honour on the occasion Prof. A R Yousuf, former Dean Academic Affairs linked HIV infections with the changes in the environment. When the environment gets polluted, our minds are also affected and we ultimately reap the returns of our own misdeeds, he opined . Prof Yousuf said that HIV infection in our regional perspective is caused due to waywardness and It will only spread if we digress from the path of righteousness.Earlier while welcome address the Associate Dean Students Welfare, Dr. Mushtaq

A Darzi said the aim of holdinf these awareness programmes is to make people understand how they can respond positively to this menace and how these patients can be cared about. “ We should not segregate

these patients rather handle them with love and care “ he said.

Showkat Shafi, Asstt. Dean Students Welfare who shared the dice with the dignitaries also spoke on the occasion and said that Kashmir university red ribbon club has several programmes regarding HIV/AIDS awareness in pipeline which will come up soon.

Coordinator Red ribbon club shahid Ali khan also spoke on the occasion and talked about the activities of his club. 2 technical sessions with Dr. Mushtaq Ali Siddiqqui, and Dr. Imtiyaz Ali were held who through power point presentation made the audience awareness about the HIV AIDS.

A poster making competition on the theme “ know AIDS for NO AIDS was held for children and college and university students. Dr Nahid Veda from Home sciences Nasir Mirza from MERC, Niyaz Ahmad from public relations centre, acted as judges for the poster competition the results for which will be declared on 3rd of this month and vice chancellor Kashmir University

Prof Talat Ahmad will be giving awards to the wining participants.

Global Understanding Course at JU

The "Global Understanding Course" at Jammu University (JU), concluded today. The course was organized in collaboration with East Carolina University, USA and the result of the students of 11th and 12th batch was also declared.

On the occasion, Prof Varun Sawhney, Vice Chancellor, Jammu University distributed the certificates to the students and while speaking appreciated the efforts being undertaken by the JU in broadening the horizon of the students.

Dr Parikshat Singh Manhas, Coordinator, said that "Global Understanding course" was started in August, 25 with the special efforts of the administration of the JU, keeping into view the importance of networking and collaborations.

He said that the initiative of collaboration with East Carolina University was undertaken to make JU a hub of Academic, Research and Extension Activities and thus the "Global Understanding Course" was started.

Dr Parikshat Singh Manhas detailed that the "Global Understanding Course" provides a format for students to learn about other cultures without actually traveling places. He added that currently there are 45 Foreign Universities from 28 countries participating in the course and these partner institutions are diverse and worldwide and communicate through live video chat technology.

During the course, the 11th batch students interacted with the students of three foreign Universities namely East Carolina University (ECU), Greenville, USA, Shandong University (SDU), Shandong, China and Faculade de Jaguariuna (FAJ), Brazil under the Global Climate Change program supported by United States of America State Department.

Meanwhile, 12th batch students interacted with the students of three foreign universities namely East Carolina University (ECU), Greenville, USA, ESAN University, Lima, Peru and University of Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia under the International Collaborative program.

2 day conference in Kashmir University

Two day conference on Geomatics for G-Governance begins at KU

Minister

for Science and Information Technology, Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Tuesday stressed need for building the technical ingenuity of state to harness the benefits of Geo-IT for overall development of the state through good governance. This was stated by the minister while speaking at a 2-dayNational Conference on “Geomatics for G-Governance” organized by University of Kashmir, in collaboration with the Indian Society of Geomatics here today.Describing that geo-information technology and communication technology can play a significant role in development and planning, Aga Ruhullah said that use of geomatics for G. governance is only possible when the back end data is easily available. He said that geomatics is vital part of governance, adding that if the technology is made accessible the Panchayat Raj can be made more effective.

The Minister said that political will is already there for early implementation of Geomatics for G-Governance in J&K , the bureaucracy and the society at large need to gear up and embrace the technology. He called for coordinated and pragmatic approach for the collection, maintenance, updating and accessibility of the datasets at the state level to make use of geomatics possible. He said that Kashmir University initiative needs to be supplementedat all levels.About 100 professional delegates from various premier institutes across the country are attending the conference besides the officials from the state Government

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Vice-Chancellor, Kashmir University, Prof. Talat Ahmad said that University of Kashmir has endeavoured itself to work together with the academicians, scientists and other technocrats from other Universities and national research institutes of the country for developing an overarching strategy for the use and promotion of Geo-information technology for good governance in the state. Prof Talat said that Geo-information Technology is a priority area of research at the University of Kashmir. I firmly believe that through our combined efforts, we can transfer the scientific knowledge and multi-disciplinary expertise in the field of Geomatics to the planners and decision makers to develop decision support systems for improved instruments of administration at the gross root level, VC added.Organizing Secretary of the Conference and Head, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Kashmir,Dr. Shakil A Romshoo said that “Various themes related to the use of cutting edge space and information technology for day-to-day governance for rural and urban development, resource planning, disaster management, public health, municipal administration, revenue records, land and water resources management are being deliberated upon during the Conference”. He said that more about 100 technical papers, including a dozen key note speeches on various themes related to the use of Geomatics for G-governance are being presented during the Conference.He said that the University of Kashmir has taken a number of initiatives aimed at generating geospatial information for use in various

sectors to support the development planning in the state and build technical ingenuity of the government for using technology for improving governance in the state. The organization of the Regional Conference on “Geomatics for Good Governance” at the University of Kashmir is an important step towards popularizing the use and application of Geomatics in day to day governance in the state. However, these initiatives can yield the desired results only, if the government agencies are receptive to the efforts of the scientific community in improving governance structure and service delivery in various sectors in the state., he added.

In his presidential address, Dr S K Pathan, Vice president India society of Geomatics said that today we need to focus of technologicaltrends and see how they can help in good governance. Dr Pathan said that accountability, responsiveness and rule of law are most important things in G – Governance. Dr Pattan assured all the help and support to Kashmir University in their endeavour to take benefits of Geomartics to the common man. Registrar Kashmir University, Prof Syed Fayaz, senior faculties of Kashmir University besides prominent members of the civil society attended the conference.

Teachers Day in jammu kashmir ladakh

Various Govt, private institutions celebrate Teachers’ Day

Various Government schools and private institutions celebrated "Teachers'' Day" with zeal and enthusiasm. Students presented cultural programme based on the life of Teachers' and also acted as Teachers' and took up classes.

Government Degree College, Akhnoor celebrated "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. Student speakers in their speeches threw light on the life and teachings Radhakrishnan. Addressing the gathering, Dr Kaushal Smotra, Principal applauded the importance of the day and also added that Teachers' play a vital role in shaping the career of students.

Dogra Law College, Bari Brahmana celebrated "Teachers' Day" with zeal and great fervour. On the occasion Prof MR Puri, Former Vice Chancellor, Jammu University along with Prof PN Kotru, former Head Department of Physics, Gulchain Singh Charak, Chairman, Dogra Educational Trust, Sohail Qazmi, general secretary, Press Club, Prof VK Kapoor, Director cum Principal, Dogra Law College were present. Speakers threw light on the life and principles of Dr Radhakrishnan and impressed upon the students to follow the path of honesty and work with dedication to achieve their desired goals.

Gandhi Memorial College of Education, Raipur, Bantalab, celebrated "Teachers' Day" with zeal and enthusiasm. On the occasion, Anil Dhar, president, Hindu Education Society along with other members of the society, Teachers' and students paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. Speaking on the occasion, Anil Dhar threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan and stressed upon the students to work honestly and with with dedication to achieve their desired goals.

The Government G L Dogra Memorial Degree College, Hiranagar, organsied seminar on Role of Teachers' in the 21st Century" to mark the occasion of Teachers’ Day. Dr A K Malhotra, Principal of Government Degree College (Women), Kathua was the chief guest during the programme. Students threw light on the topic and emphasized that there is need of change in teaching methodology by keeping in view the IT section. Principal Dr Nater Singh Raina stressed upon the importance of cordial atmosphere on teacher-student relationship. Monika Sharma, Deepika Jasrotia and Ronika Sharma were adjudged as first, second and third respectively in the contest.

The Government Higher Secondary School, Chowki Choura, celebrated the Teachers' Day with great pomp and show. Principal A K Tickoo highlighted the importance of Day and exhorted the students to excel in academics and other spheres of life. He also advised the students to follow the preaching of great leaders especially great scholar and academician Dr S Radhakrishnan. Students actively participated in cultural activities.

Teachers' Day was also celebrated with zeal and enthusiasm at Government Hari Singh Higher Secondary School, Idgah Road, Jammu to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr S Radhakrishnan, former president and renowned philosopher and educationist. Various speakers highlighted the importance of Day and threw light on the contributed of Dr S Radhakrishnan. MLA Jammu East Ashok Khajuria was the chief on the occasion. He highlighted the importance of Teachers' in the life of students and advised them to become role model for the society by nourishing the next generation. Principal Suresh Chander Verma, Saravdavan Sharma, Govind Sharma also spoke on the occasion. Sweets, books and prizes were also distributed among students on the occasion.

The Government Higher Secondary School, Ramnagar, also celebrated Teachers' Day by organising symposium on "Modern Standard of Teaching and its comparison with Past". Students highlighted various important issues about standard of teaching while speaking on the topic. Principal Varinder Sharma also spoke on the topic and highlighted the importance of Day.

The Government Higher Secondary School, Jandorer, organised symposium on the eve of Teachers' Day. Students actively participated in contest and delivered on the contribution of great academician Dr S Radhakrishan in the field of education. Vice Principal Rash Paul Singh in his address spoke about the importance of Day and exhorted upon the students to work hard for making county great and strong.

"Teachers' Day" was celebrated at Government Higher Secondary School, Panthal, Reasi with great pomp and show. On the occasion students acted as Teachers' and took up the classes. While speaking Sunil Nanda, Principal highlighted the teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan and also threw light on the life of Dr Radhakrishnan. Students also performed cultural items and mesmerized the audience with their performances.

Government Higher Secondary School, Dudu Basantgarh celebrated "Teachers' Day" in which students along with their Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. Meanwhile a grand function was organised at Headquarter of Dudu Basantgarh Sub Division in which Amit Sharma, Sub Divisional Magistrate was the chief guest. In the function nearly 14 schools in and around Basantgarh participated. Addressing the gathering, Amit Sharma, threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan. He impressed upon the students to work honestly and with dedication for the upliftment of the society.

Government Mixed Higher Secondary School, Roop Nagar celebrated "Teachers' Day" in which students along with their Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. On the occasion, painting and debate competition was organized in which students participated with enthusiasm. Addressing the gathering, A Razdan, Principal of the school threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan and impressed upon the students to follow his principles.

Government Higher Secondary School, Panchari, Udhampur organized a function to celebrate "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. Student speakers in their speeches threw light on the life of Dr Radhakrishnan. Speaking on the occasion, Manohar Lal, Principal of the school stressed upon the students to follow the teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

"Teachers' Day" was celebrated at Government Higher Secondary School, Bakshi Nagar with zeal and enthusiasm. On the occasion, Ravi Gupta, AGM, SBI, Zonal Officer, Rail Head Complex was the chief guest. While speaking, Ravi Gupta threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan and impressed upon the students to work honestly and with dedication to achieve their desired goals.

To mark the celebration of "Teachers' Day", a special function was organized at Government Higher Secondary School, Bhawani, Suderbani in which students alongwith teaching and non-teaching staff paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. On the occasion, students acted as pupil Teachers' and took up the classes and also presented cultural programme and mesmerized the audience. Speaking on the occasion, Principal of the school, threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan and impressed upon the students and Teachers' to work honestly and with dedication for the upliftment of the society.

Government Mixed Higher Secondary School, Durga Nagar celebrated "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' participated with zeal and enthusiasm. On the occasion, students acted as pupil Teachers' and took up the classes. Speaking on the occasion, Teachers' of the school stressed upon the students to work hard for a bright future.

DBN, Mubarak Mandi celebrated "Teachers' Day" with zeal and enthusiasm. On the occasion, Suresh Sharma, Director Academics, Rajendra Kakkar, Manager, Indu Puri, Principal and Shubh Sharma, Headmaster along with other Teachers' and students paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. Pupil Teachers' presented cultural programme and mesmerized the audience with their performances. While speaking Suresh Sharma threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

SP Higher Secondary School and SP Smart Senior Secondary School, SARORE organized a function to celebrate "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' participated with zeal and enthusiasm. On the occasion children presented various cultural prgramme and also participated in the essay writing competition. Addressing the gathering, Prabha Gupta, Principal encouraged the teaching fraternity to do their best in shaping the future of the children. She also threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan and impressed upon the students to work honestly and with dedication for the development of the nation.

"Teachers' Day" was celebrated at Green Model High School, Sangrampur, in which students and Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. Pupil Teachers' took up the classes and also tried to imbibe the qualities and the significance relevant to the society of the Teachers'. Speaking on the occasion, Bimla Bloria, Director/Secretary highlighted the status, responsibility and importance of Teachers' in building the character of the students.

Ankur Vidyalaya, New Plot celebrated "Teachers' Day" with zeal and great fervour. On the occasion, pupil Teachers' took up the classes and also presented flowers to their Teachers' as a mark of respect. A painting competition was also organized in which students participated with enthusiasm. Speaking on the occasion, Promila, Principal threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

To mark the celebration of "Teachers' Day", Perfect Foundation Public School, organized a function in which students alongwith their Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. On the occasion, students acted as pupil Teachers', took up the classes and also presented cultural programme and mesmerized the audience with their performance. Addressing the gathering, Sheetal Gupta Manhas, Principal threw light on the teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan and impressed upon the students to follow the principles of Dr Radhakrishnan.

Kotwal National Institute of Teaching organised a function to celebrate the "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' participated with zeal and enthusiasm. On the occasion students acted as pupil Teachers' and took up the classes. Speaking on the occasion, Prof JL Kotwal highlighted the importance of the day and threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

Bodmas Tutorial organized a function to mark the birth anniversary of Dr Radhakrishnan in which students and Teachers' participated with enthusiasm and zeal. On the occasion, students presented various cultural programme besides acted as pupil Teachers'. Speaking on the occasion, Dimple Gupta, Director, threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

INIFD celebrated "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. On the occasion students presented cultural programme besides put up some programme for their Teachers'. Speaking on the occasion Vanita Thakur, Chairperson, impressed upon the Teachers' to do their best in shaping the future of the students and also threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

Shakti Shiksha Kendra Higher Secondary School, Marh celebrated "Teachers' day" in which students and Teachers' participated with enthusiasm and zeal. On the occasion, plantation drive was organized which was inaugurated by Ajay Kumar Sadotra, MLC, in presence of LC Gandotra, Director of the school. Speaking on the occasion, LC Gandotra shed some light on the part of the Teachers' and said that Teachers' are the builder of nation. He also threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

KC Public School, Akhnoor Road organized special prayers to celebrate "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. Student speakers threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan and expressed gratitude to their Teachers' for teachings them with with dedication. Students acted as pupil Teachers' and took up the classes and also presented cultural programme and mesmerized the audience. Speaking on the occasion, Sudarshen Mahajan, Chairman, impressed upon the students to follow the principles of Dr Radhakrishnan.

"Teachers' Day" was celebrated at Silver Bells School, Akhnoor road in which students alongwith their Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. Speaking on the occasion, Principal of the school threw light on the life history of Dr Zakir Hussain, Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, Dr Rabinder Nath Tagore, etc and highlighted their contribution into the field of education. The Principal stressed upon the students to work hard and with dedication to achieve their desired goals.

Delhi Public School celebrated "Teachers' Day" with gaiety and fervour wherein all the teaching and non-teaching staff alongwith students paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. Students presented various cultural programme including songs, dance and speeches. Speaking on the occasion, Principal of the school threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

JK Montessorie Senior Secondary School celebrated "Teachers' Day with zeal and enthusiasm. On the occasion, students presented cultural programme and mesmerized the audience with their performances. Addressing the gathering, ML Vaid, Principal glorified the role of students as well as Teachers' to achieve great glory, success and satisfaction. He also threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

On the occasion of "Teachers' day", Gandhian Global Family awarded Prof Nalini Kohli, Principal, Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar with Mahatma Gandhi Sewa Medal for imparting quality education to the student community. The award was presented to Prof Nalini Kohli by Prof Indira Rathore, former Principal and SP Verma, vice president, Gandhian Global Family.

Rotary Club, Jammu Tawi and Inner Wheel Club organized a function to celebrate "Teacher Day" at Bal Uthan Bhavan, Channi Rama. On the occasion, Dr Jatinder Khajuria, Joint Registrar, Jammu University was the chief guest and honoured Teachers' who are teaching these special children putting up in Bal Uthan Ashram. Aseem Tandon, President, Rotary Club and Navneet Kukreja, President, Inner Wheel Club in their speeches threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

On the eve of "Teachers' Day", Mahar PVC Batallion of Tithwal Brigade distributed stationery items, computers, winter clothing and sport kits to poor and needy children in a function organized at Government Middle School, Bisali, district Rajouri. Speaking on the occasion, Commanding Officer and Principal of the school threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

Army Public School celebrated "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. On the occasion, Maj Gen TPS Waraich, GOC, Tiger Division, alongwith Shireen Waraich, Convener, Family Welfare Organization and Brig Pankaj Saxena, Chairman of the school inaugurated "Teachers' Resource Center", wherein office automation software has been installed. Speaking on the occasion, TPS Waraich threw light on the teachings and life of Dr Radhakrishnan and impressed upon the students to work with dedication and honestly in achieving their desired goals.

ASN School in collaboration with Bharat Vikas Parishad, Shivalik Branch, Channi Himmat celebrated "Teachers' Day" with fervour and zeal. On the occasion "Guru Vandana Chhatra Abhinandan" programme was organized in the school premises in which students and Teachers' participated with enthusiasm. Speaking on the occasion, Ritesh Kapoor, Administrator highlighted the importance of the programme. He said in the era of change, everybody is moving away from social responsibilities, and impressed upon the students to work with dedication for the upliftment of the society. Dr Santosh Gupta, National Representative, Bharat Vikas Parishad also spoke on the occasion and threw light on the life of Dr Radhakrishnan.

Government Girls Middle School, Chak Desa Singh, Kathua celebrated "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan for his meritorious services for the upliftment of education standard. Student speakers in their speeches threw light on the life of Dr Radhakrishnan. Speaking on the occasion, Sanjay Sehgal, Headmaster advised the teacher to follow the principles of Dr Krishnan and also impressed upon the students to work honestly and with dedication to achieve their desired goals.

"Teachers' Day" was celebrated at Government Middle School, Mana, Zone Arnia with zeal and enthusiasm. Students and Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan and in their speeches threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan. Addressing the gathering, Harnam Kour, Headmaster stressed upon the students to follow the teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

Government Middle School, Salehar, Zone Arnia organised a function to celebrate the "Teachers' Day" in which students and Teachers' paid rich tributes to Dr Radhakrishnan. On the occasion plantation drive was also organized and the same was inaugurated by Renu Sharma, Headmaster of the school in presence of TR Bhagat, Principal, Government Higher Secondary School, Salehar. Speaking on the occasion Renu Sharma threw light on the life and teachings of Dr Radhakrishnan.

Dr Bloeria first VC of Jammu Central University

Former Chief Secretary of the State, Dr Sudhir S Bloeria today assumed the charge as first Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Jammu after Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, New Delhi issued order of his appointment for a term of three years.

With this, wide-spread protest demonstrations during the past nearly one and half month over delay in appointment of local Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of Jammu have come to an end. Ever since the sanctioning of separate Central University for Jammu in March 2009, uncertainty remained over the appointment of Vice-Chancellor as various organizations were in the favour of giving this responsibility to a Jammuite.

The President of India, Pratibha Devi Singh Patil considered several names recommended by the HRD Ministry but no decision was taken keeping in view the sentiments of Jammu people. Following the start of agitation over delay in appointment of Vice-Chancellor about 40 days back, the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah talked to Union HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal and stressed for early appointment of local Vice-Chancellor of the Central University.

Today, the demand for appointment of local VC was met when Dr Bloeria assumed the charge of head of Central University of Jammu.

Dr Bloeria, an IAS Officer of J&K Cadre, is an ex-Army Officer having served in the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles from 1966 to 1972. He took part in the 1971 war with Pakistan.

An alumnus of the Scindia School Gwalior, he is a Science Graduate, also holds a Masters Degree in History, and acquired the Ph.D Degree from his thesis on "The Battles of Zojila-1948". A Graduate of the National Defence College, New Delhi, he takes keen interest in military history and national security matters.

Important assignments held by him include, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Development Commissioner, Ladakh, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Principal Secretary to Governor, Secretary to the Government in the Departments of Food, Civil Supplies, Transport, Forest, Public Works, Health and Medical Education.

He has been the Managing Director of J&K Small Scale Industries Development Corporation, and J&K State Road Transport Corporation, as also the CEO of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. During the inception stage, he was the Chief Executive of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University. He has also been on deputation to the Central Government as Joint Secretary J&K Affairs (MHA) and Director Enforcement.

Dr Bloeria was posted as Special Commissioner, Rajouri and Poonch districts in 1990-1992, with specific responsibility to keep that area free from militancy during that critical period. He remained Home Secretary to the State Government in 1995 and 1996 when Parliament and Assembly elections were conducted in the State after a gap of almost 10 years.

His last assignment was Chief Secretary from November 2002 till his superannuation in September 2005.

In July 2008, when Governor’s rule was imposed in the State, Dr Bloeria was appointed as Advisor to the Governor. He was instrumental in successfully handling the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board land agitation and, later, conducting the Assembly elections.

He has also authored three books, "The Battles of Zojila-1948", "Pakistan’s Insurgency and India’s Security" and "The Dying Terrorism."

Meanwhile, various political, social and student organisations besides people from cross section of society hailed the appointment of Dr Bloeria as first VC of Jammu Central University.

Progress of Islamic University in jk

Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday emphasized on grooming students both academically and personality-wise to help them to face challenges of life with ability and capability.

He said higher educational institutions should provide subjects of high marketability to the students to enable them get placements in different fields freely and easily.

Reviewing the progress of Islamic University of Science and Technology at a high level meeting the Chief Minister said that universities should be seats of knowledge and academic excellence. "The students passing out from these educational institutions should be role models in all aspects of life besides academic brilliance", he said.

"Imparting best education to the students making them versatile and qualified human resource to lead from the front should be the goal of higher educational institutions", he said, adding that after passing out they have to come across different vicissitudes and face wide-ranging challenges in the world outside the campuses, as such, they should be moulded educationally and mentally in such a mould that would help them to conquer the difficulties with calibre and capacity.

Omar Abdullah said that his Government has flagged education as a priority sector and consolidation along with expansion in this sector is going on side by side. "While expansion of colleges and universities is a continuous process, the placement of faculty and other related facilities are imperative to make the educational institutions functional units in a real sense", he said maintaining that his Government is fully focusing on this aspect.

Minister for Higher Education, Abdul Gani Malik, Vice Chairman, Muslim Waqaf Board, M. Y. Qadri, Vice Chairman, Islamic University, A. R. Trag, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas, Commissioner Secretary Higher Education, Tanveer Jahan, Commissioner Secretary Technical Education, B. A. Runiyal, Director General Budgets and other senior officers were present in the meeting.

kashmir university Kings

‘It is my kingdom and I am the ruler’ the kind of attitude that most heads and directors of various departments across the Kashmir University do have. They do have a mindset that whole of the department or center they are heading is their kingdom, the employees working under them are their subjects and they have every right to use them for their personal growth, home chores; incase of any resistance the person is abused to core.

There have been many cases in the varsity where heads have gone to all possible extent to bow down ‘resistant subjects’ so as to set examples for others not to resist and to be loyal to the kings of times.

Well, it could sensed, the moment an outsider talks to these ‘top academicians’ of the university all he/she would hear: "I, Me and Myself" who seem to have ostracized in their egos.

And most a time they would brag about their achievement much more than their actual worth. However, in their cocooned lives they think others are interested in hearing them without realizing that they are annoying and obviously irking someone.

When it comes to the permanent staff, they too are subjects, but the level of acceptance of orders from the king is least. However, the adhocs, contractual employees are the worst suffers being the ‘third class’ subjects of the var-sity they have to bear the brunt of their kings.

In case of the contractual employees, it is the heads or directors of that department who decides their fate for each day. And the ‘kings’ to best of their abilities use, abuse and reuse them in whatever way they can. Irony is that no one in the varsity is bothered about it. It is not that that those who are at the helm of affairs at top are unaware of these facts but they are putting a blind eye toward this menace.

Interestingly, about each other ‘lead academicians’ of the varsity would share all the scorns you probably would ever have heard of. This speaks volumes about their level of maturity they do possess. All that could be suggested to all of them is please realize that those “I, me and myself” syndrome is plainly egoist and suffering from a vaunted.

Placement drive by Kashmir University

University of Kashmir conducts placement drive

University of Kashmir today organized second placement drive for "Wipros Wista Programme". In the placement drive, selected students will get MS Degree from VIT, Vellore and a confirmed job offer besides monthly stipend during the training period.

In the drive more than 200 students from various colleges registered online and a written test was conducted. The qualified students appearing in the HR interview around one fourth of the total who appeared for the interview were likely to be selected for various jobs.

Dr Mehraj-ud-Din Dar, Director, IT and SS expressed satisfaction with the event and said that the next placement drive will be held in September/October. He said that the placement drive for the engineering graduates is also under negotiation with Wipro.

Ovais Chisti, Regional Campus Head (North), Wipro Technology Limited, Sai Kumar and Lavanam represented Wipro.

Suhaib Hassan from IT and SS coordinated the programme.

ELT workshop begins at KU

4-day ELT workshop begins at Kashmir University

A four-day long teacher training workshop on English language teaching (ELT) for college and university teachers organized by the Department of English, University of Kashmir (KU), in collaboration with Cambridge University Press began here today.

More than 30 teachers from various degree colleges, university departments are participating in the workshop, seventh of its kind organized since 2007 by the department .The workshop will be conducted by Dr C L Prakash from Bangalore , Prof Muhammad Aslam of English Department KU and Dr Beena Menon from Pune.

Inaugurating the workshop today in the Gnahndi Bhwan hall of the varsity Vice chancellor Kashmir University Prof Talat Ahmad lauded the efforts of the department of English for frequently holding ELT workshops which he said are essential for updating the teachers regarding new trends in English language teaching. The VC, who presided the inaugural session, underlined the need for starting short term courses in writing and communication skills at Kashmir University.. Prof Talat while thanking the Cambridge University Press for their collaboration expressed hope that in the upcoming workshops of such nature there is large participation from college and higher secondary teachers .

Workshop coordinator Prof Mohammad Aslam in his welcome address said that his department believes in teacher development through interaction and collaboration and during the present ELT workshop the teachers will share their experiences with each other and with the resource persons to overcome any difficulties in teaching English in their classes . Dr Aslam, further said that the department provides a platform through these workshops to teachers so that they actively engage themselves in practical class room activity to enhance their teaching skills .we are working on a plan to start part time diploma course in English speaking , he informed the audience which comprised of students , scholars and the teachers from university and affiliated colleges.

Prof A R Yusuf dean academic affairs who was the chief guest on the occasion talked about the influence of computers , internet and short message service (SMS) services on language. Prof Yousuf looked forward to a broader role of the members of English department to train the teachers , students and scholars in English lan-guage teaching. He urged the English department to continue organizing such workshop which are aimed at development of teachers.

Senior faculty of the English department including Prof A H Tak besides deans and heads of the various KU faculties and departments were present at the inaugural meet.

Dr Ifat Maqbool ,faculty department of English conducted the proceeding of the workshop.

VC for Jammu Central University

Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal on Monday informed the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that the Central University, Jammu will soon have a Vice Chancellor.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who called up the Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal this afternoon to impress upon him to take a decision on the issue of the appointment of the Vice Chancellor for the Central University Jammu at the earliest, was assured by Kapil Sibal that the Central University Vice Chancellor will be appointed soon, according to an official release.

Omar urged the Union Minister to take all possible steps to start the academic session in the Jammu Central University. The setting up of the Central University, being a central subject, the Chief Minister apprised the Union Minister that more than 4,000 kanals of land has already been allotted for the University campus by the State Government and so the appointment of Vice Chancellor and other academic / administrative staff will kick start the process of setting up of the campus as well, besides the starting of the academic session which of course is of immediate importance.

The Union Minister assured the Chief Minister that the Union Government will take all possible steps to fast track the process of setting up of the Central University Jammu on the pattern of other Central Universities coming up across the country.

Scholar alleges harassment by KU

A scholar at Kashmir University’s biochemistry department today alleged that he is being harassed by the authorities for seeking information under RTI.

The student, Arif Ahmad, alleged that he has been thrashed several times and was denied entry to the laboratory for seeking information about eligibility criteria for selection of Junior Research Fellow in the department of Immunology at SKIMS. The immunology department, Arif alleged, has selected an influential candidate in violation of the criteria.

“After advertising the post, SKIMS selected an influential candidate. It was done in violation of the criteria so I submitted an application for information about selection process.

“Next day, I was called to the department of biochemistry KU where three professors caged me in a room and in their presence the brother of the candidate beat me up. I was released only after I called the registrar,” Arif told Kashmir Times.

Arif said he was offered a monthly remuneration of Rs 18000 per month by the department for putting an end to the issue and for withdrawing the RTI application.

However, according to Arif, he turned down the offer that prompted the authorities to deny him entry into the laboratory.

“I wrote a letter to the registrar who referred it to the department. And surprisingly the department blamed me for not submitting the synopsis,” he alleged.

The blame forced the scholar to file an RTI application in the University seeking information about the number of scholars selected in the biochemistry department this year. But it landed him in more trouble, he said.

“When I went to collect the information, I was told that it is incomplete. And they asked me to go to the HoD biochemistry’s office. But as I was leaving the office, chief proctor caught me from the neck and shoved me into his chamber.

“There he asked the female staff to leave and closed the door. Afterwards he and his uniformed men beat me up for about an hour. Finally they called the security officer and lied to him that I had assaulted the chief proctor,” Arif alleged. The scholar has submitted a complaint in the office of chief information commissioner who, according to the officials, has sent a show cause notice to the varsity authorities.

He has also sent a written application to the Superintendent of Police Hazratbal, but so for there has been no response.Arif alleged that the varsity officials are not allowing him to meet the vice chancellor while “the police are also siding with the varsity.”

“The SP or the SHO are not responding to my complaint despite repeated pleas. I tried several times to meet the VC but the chief proctor and his allies have strictly instructed VC’s special secretary to prevent me from meeting him,” he alleged.

Arif said he is mulling to approach the State Human Rights Commission for justice in the case.

When contacted, the registrar KU, Prof S Fayaz, termed issue as “scholar’s misgiving.”“So far RTI is concerned, there is a proper procedure in place and we have no reason to deny information to anyone. Regarding the harassment allegations I do not think the university professors will harass or beat up anyone,” he said.

Career of 7000 students at stake

Call it a total mismanagement of affairs or a half- hearted exercise of Board of School Education (BoSE) and Kashmir University, around 7000 students who took their Annual 12th class examinations (private) in March 2011 are being forced to waste one precious year of their academic session. It was BoSE which first delayed the conduct of examinations by at least three months and now Kashmir University which is not ready to take in these students to various colleges of the valley.

Interestingly, the results of the 12th Annual Examinations were declared by BoSE on June 28, whereas the college admissions were closed on July 1. As such, students were left with just two days to get all the required documents and complete the formalities, which by no means were possible.

Students further alleged that the authorities in various colleges were admitting the regular candidates but when it came to private candidates, their applications were rejected at once.

This poses a serious threat to the careers of thousands of such students with another year being wasted from their academic session.

“For private candidates, this delay can turn out to be more serious as we have already a year’s gap and now one more year could jeopardize our careers,” Suhail, a student told Kashmir times.

Caught in the middle of this official apathy, the students, who are running from pillar to post have been further insulted by Jammu and Kashmir Police, when they tried to meet authorities at Civil Secretariat, Srinagar on July 6.

Not only did the policemen allegedly beat the students, they arrested several students including the girls and lodged them in the police station. However, this has barely brought down the enthusiasm among the students as their delegation told KTNS that nothing could come in their way of making sure that one year of academic session does not go waste.

At the expense of insensitivity of the authorities, students are being made to chase after University, college and administration officials.

Thousands of these students alleged that after Board of School Education (BoSE), it is now Kashmir University which instead of doing its job, is asking the students to seek admission from various colleges in the valley.

Interestingly, the letter seeking the redress of students concerns written by Kashmir University to Commissioner Secretary Higher Education and Director Colleges according to students did not even reach there and it was only after student intervention that the matter was taken up before higher authorities.

“Initially the delay in the conduct of examinations, then the delay in results by Board of School Education and now KU officials instead of taking care of the college admissions are dictating terms and asking us to approach colleges on an individual basis. If we would have relied on the words of University authorities, the process would have been completely halted,” Iqra, a grieved student asserted.

Though students managed to reach out to the Principal, Gandhi Memorial College requesting him to spare some seats for them to which the latter consented, however the students allege that the University has been laidback in its approach in following up the case.

Pertinently, this serious matter has not even reached the offices of Commissioner Secretary Higher Education and Director Colleges even if the University officials claim to have written to them.

“University alone is not gong to solve this problem. The state government through the concerned authorities should direct the 36 colleges of the valley to makes some sort of arrangements for these thousands. We completely empathise with these students and do not want their precious years to go waste. However, we are already in the process of beginning new examination sessions and almost 40 percent of the syllabi has been completed. This is making their adjustment a little difficult. If the government gives a go ahead signal to the colleges to restart their sessions, University has no objections whatsoever,” Dr Nissar Mir, Deputy Registrar, Kashmir University said.

Evening Shift in Jammu Colleges

No more evening shift colleges in Jammu

Evening shift in the two undergraduate Colleges of Jammu i.e., Government Moulana Azad Memorial (PG) College and Government Gandhi Memorial Science College has been discontinued from the ensuing academic session, thereby putting irking students, especially those having lower academic merit.

The evening shift which was started with effect from 1990 in both the colleges in the form of Camp Colleges for the Kashmiri migrants (students) used to accommodate only Kashmiri migrants from their inception till 2000 AD.

Pertinently, the evening shift of these Colleges was affiliated with the University of Kashmir and not the University of Jammu. However, in the year 2000, the status was changed and the Colleges (evening shift) were affiliated with the University of Jammu thereby ending their affiliation with the University of Kashmir.

Another significant development with this was that notwithstanding the earlier status, students from Jammu and Ladakh provinces were also given permission to seek admission in the evening shift of these Colleges. Both the colleges used to accommodate a large number of students in the evening shift, boys as well as girls in contrast to the morning shift in which only boys were admitted then.

As per GGM Science College authorities, a total of 625 students were enrolled in the three classes i.e., B.Sc Part-I, II and III of the Science College (evening shift) last year i.e., session 2010-11 including 307 students in Part-I, 169 students in Part-II and 149 students in Part-III. Similarly, a total of 380 students were enrolled in BA Part-I, II and III in the MAM (PG) College, Jammu.

Even, the fate of the staff is not determined till date. Staff members (evening shift) of both the Colleges, while talking to KTNS said, “We are in a dilemma as what the government is thinking of our future as it hasn’t issued any orders regarding transfers or otherwise for the evening staff”.

When contacted, Principal Government MAM (PG) College Dr. Ajeet Angral said that the students studying in the Evening shift would be accommodated in the Morning College and no one would be made to suffer. Dr. Angral added that girls have also been admitted in the College thereby making it a co-educational institution. However, he didn’t give any clear reply regarding increase in the seats of the Morning College. Principal GGM Science College couldn’t be contacted due to his recent transfer.

However, Commissioner Secretary Higher Education Tanvir Jahan while talking to KTNS said, “We have merged the evening shift with the morning shift due to the lack of staff and other facilities/infrastructure adding that it was done for the welfare of the students.

When enquired about the fate of staff of the evening shift of both the Colleges Tanvir said, “They may be either transferred to some other colleges or absorbed along with the staff of the morning Colleges. However, she didn’t reply to the other queries and disconnected the phone.

When contacted, Minister for Higher Education Abdul Gani Malik said that the evening shift has been merged with the morning colleges, adding that the decision has been taken in consultation with the college professors and principals. Malik further said that it was felt that there was no need to continue the evening shift. He also assured that no student would be made to suffer and all the students studying in the evening shifts of both the colleges would be accommodated in the morning colleges.

However, when asked about the possible increase in the seats capacity of the morning colleges, he failed to give any clear information.

Jammu University Results 2011

University of Jammu
B.A./B.Sc./B.Com/BCA/BBA (Part II) Three Year Degree General) Course Annual Examination,2011

The Jammu University has declared the results on June 25, 2011 at its official website, but due to heavy traffic the website is not responding at the moment.

JU conducts first ever JUET

21,220 candidates appear in 42 Master’s Degree Programme/Diploma courses

The first ever Jammu University Entrance Test (JUET: 2011) conducted by University of Jammu (JU) for admission to 42 Master’s Degree Programmes/Diploma Courses today concluded successfully.

According to press note issued here, about 21,220 candidates appeared in 42 Master’s Degree Programmes/Diploma courses across the State held at 9 designated centres included Jammu, Kathua, Reasi, Udhampur, Poonch, Rajouri, Bhaderwah, Srinagar and Leh.

The JUET: 2011 was conducted under the supervision of observers appointed by University and respective colleges Principals for smooth conduct of exams.

According to Prof R D Sharma, Dean Academic Affairs, JU, all the quarters of Jammu University Administration and the teaching departments have contributed and expressed their satisfaction over the smooth and flawless conduct of JUET: 2011.

He said that University has received huge response from the students and about 24,224 candidates applied for 42 programmes in which about 21,220 sat in different programmes.

Giving details about the appearing candidates, he added that in Sociology 852, M Lib 54, Music 35, Bio-Chemistry 86, Zoology 1687, Urdu 366, Physics 747, Dogri 83, Human Genetics 96, Electronics 120, Punjabi 33, IT 232, Chemistry 946, M Ed 1266, MP Ed 62, PGDBM 207, History 537, Sanskrit 91, Microbiology 97, Computer Science 1094, Botany 1335, Psychology 369, Home Science 89, Buddhist Studies 42, Education 1783, Commerce 527, Geology 124, BLib Sciences 142, Political Science 1269, Food Science and Technology 81, Remote Sensing and GIS 31, BP Ed 133, Mathematics 949, Hindi 770, PGD Human Rights 43, Environmental Science 1738, Geography 856, Statistics 193, Bio-Technology 104, English 1017, Economics 687 and LLB (Prof) 289.

He disclosed that admission to the Master’s Degree Programmes/Diploma courses will be made on the basis of JUET: 2011 score and the academic merit of the qualifying examination (graduation level). The final merit of the appearing candidate will be calculated out of 100 by giving a weightage of 70 i.e. the marks obtained in the Entrance Test and a weightage of 30 to the percentage of marks obtained in the qualifying examination. There is no interview for the admission purposes. However, there will be negative marking, he further asserted.

According to Prof Neelu Rohmetra, Convener Press, JUET: 2011, "the Admission process is completely transparent. The answer key in all the disciplines is likely to be published shortly. Further the result will be declared within the shortest possible time and subsequent notification will be issued for the convenience of the students indicating the further steps in the admission process".