CUJ Academic Council approves several agenda items

Excelsior Correspondent[caption id="attachment_330216" align="alignleft" width="300"] CUJ VC Prof Ashok Aima chairing Academic Council meeting on Sunday.[/caption]JAMMU, Nov 8: 6th meeting of the Academic Council of Central University of Jammu, was held today under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Prof Ashok Aima.Several agenda items, which got approved in the Acadmic Council meeting, included; Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) as per UGC norms for all courses, Direct PhD programme for all the existing department and B Voc (Retail Management & Travel Tourism). The decision was also taken on starting a Community College (Beauty & Wellness). The rectified evaluation pattern and question paper pattern was also got approved in the Academic Council.During the meeting, the VC gave a synoptic overview of the achievement accomplished in term of infrastructure development and academic initiative taken by him from time to time. He also highlighted new emerging programme for next academic session.The members, who were present in the meeting, included Prof Devraj (Vice Chairman, UGC), Prof Varun Sahni (JNU, New Delhi), Prof Mohd Mian (former Vice Chancellor, MANNU Hyderabad), Prof Shiv Puri, Prof Raj Nehru, Prof B L Kalsotra, Prof S K Khosa, Prof Manoj Dhar, Jit Singh and Prof Lokesh Verma. All Deans & Heads, Dr G K Sehgal, Dr Neena Gupta Vij, Dr Bhavna Arora and Dr Pavinder Singh were also present.The members advised that University should give importance to potential and emerging area of research which includes Earth and Space Science and Nanotechnology.