Excelsior Correspondent
CHENANI, June 14: Government Degree College, Chenani was paid a visit by the Secretary, Deptt of Higher Education, Govt of J&K, Talat Parvez Rohella to review the infrastructure and functioning of the college.
Located in the heart of the Chenani town presently, the College is the cynosure of the eyes of the stakeholders and the population of the town, with a vast area of 97 kanals and 19 marlas already earmarked for the construction of the building.
The College Principal, Dr Pragya Khanna apprised the Secretary about the existing infrastructure, the student strength, total staff and subjects offered at the College. She also presented him with the Vision and Mission documents and presented an insight of the Institutional plan to check accountability at each level and help students acquire additional hands-on skills and trainings during the three year degree course.
While presenting the roadmap for the next five years, Principal of the College had a detailed discussion with the Secretary, Higher Education who appreciated her idea of introducing the basic certificate course in Computers open for all students, remedial and extra tutorials for weak students, honing the writing and reading skill of the students and establishing the academia-industry linkages.
The Secretary, while sharing his vision on advancing research in the Colleges, asked the Principal to create a Vision Document for bringing up a centralized ‘Hub and Spokes Model’ for Research at Govt College for Women, Parade Ground, Jammu wherein a centralized facility for conducting research by the faculty members on various fields of chemical, biological and allied sciences shall be setup and used for the purpose of innovative, groundbreaking and classical research by different colleges utilizing the facility, acting as spokes.
Dr Khanna gave the assurance that the College shall be able to disseminate and advance the knowledge of students by providing opportunities in research programs taken up by the faculty in such branches of learning as it may deem relevant and feasible from time to time.
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