Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 2: Uttar Pradesh Education Minister, Anupama Jaiswal today visited Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) Katra and interacted with Dr. Sanjeev Jain, Vice Chancellor SMVDU.
The Minister discussed various issues related to higher education, women empowerment and lauded the functioning of the university, particularly running of various post graduate and research programmes.
Jaiswal was impressed to know the progress made by the varsity in a short span of time while securing a ranking in the top 100 engineering institutes and top 150 universities by the NIRF 2018 ranking.
Dr. Jain briefed the Minister that students from 23 States are studying in the University and the university is a leading institute in J&K region in terms of filing patents.
The VC also informed about the preparations and progress made by the University, keeping in view the NAAC team visit on 7th, 8th and 9th January.
The Minister also visited various schools and interacted with respective Heads.
Prof. V.K Bhat, Registrar; Vinod Sharma, Administrative Officer; Samir Vohra, Assistant Registrar and Dr. Rakesh Jha, Associate Dean (R&D) informed the Minister about the short-term goals of the University.
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