Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 9: Vice- Chancellor of Kashmir University, Prof Talat Ahmad today chaired a high level meeting to review the performance of University Post NAAC accreditation and Post NIRF Rankings 2020.
The meeting was aimed at focusing on sustaining the strengths of the varsity and finding ways to work upon and improve its weaknesses.
Chairing the meet, Prof Talat said that KU has the potential of translating some of the existing interdisciplinary Centers into Centers of Excellence depending on locational advantages and scientific expertise. He stressed upon further augmentation of facilities in some cutting-edge areas of research and said that there is an opportunity for increasing the number of MoUs with national and international institutions of excellence to promote research and extension which can improve research exposure to faculty, scholars and students.
In response to a power point presentation by Directorate of Internal Quality Assurance titled `Quality enhancement: a way forward’, Vice Chancellor informed the participants of the meeting that UGC assists selected Universities with a vision to achieve excellence in teaching and research by conferring on them the status of ‘Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE)’. He said that such institutions are eligible for enhanced funding to augment their academic and research infrastructure and also to evolve innovative approaches towards the teaching-learning process.
Prof Talat hoped that Varsity treads this path with all enthusiasm and achieves the UPE status for itself in the coming years as envisioned in NAAC recommendations. He said that almost all accreditation and ranking agencies stress on quality initiative, quality sustenance and quality enhancement and DIQA of the University has to shoulder great responsibility in sustaining and enhancing the quality in education.
The meeting was attended by the Dean Academic Affairs Prof Akbar Masood, Dean Research, Prof Shakeel A Romshoo, Registrar, Dr Nisar A Mir, Controller of Examinations Prof Farooq A Mir, Director DIQA Prof Anwaar Hassan, Joint Registrar Budget & Creation Dr Ishfaq A Zari, Director IT & SS, Dr Maroof Qadri, Showkat Shafi, Dy Director Quality Assurance KU, Mujtaba Shafi, Scientist B, Er Asim IT& SS and other officials from DIQA.
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