Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 22: The Department of Higher Education today organized a one-day state workshop on All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) for the nodal officers of affiliated colleges of the University of Jammu, polytechnics, and nursing institutes.
The workshop was inaugurated at Jammu University by Sarita Chauhan, Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education, J&K Government. In her inaugural address, she dwelt in detail on the importance of ‘information’ in today’s age and emphasized that correct and accurate information is very important for policy making in higher education. She stressed on timely submission of information under the AISHE. She also talked about the other initiatives of the Government of India like the ranking system of the University, the first report of which will be available in March this year.
Ms Chauhan said that if this information is not uploaded in the stipulated time frame, it can impinge upon the funding pattern of these institutions under various Central schemes like RUSA and therefore asked the colleges to get the information uploaded on the portal before January 30, 2016.
Prof Poonam Dhawan, Dean Academic Affairs, in her address, also spoke on the importance of the data to be uploaded on the web portal of MHRD and said that the information of the respective colleges and the Universities will go a long way for the policy makers in order to make informed policy decisions and research for development of higher education.
Earlier, Tariq Ahmad, Director RUSA and State Nodal Officer AISHE gave a welcome address and also gave the details of the workshop.
Ginny Dogra, Dy Director, Directorate of Internal Quality Assurance and Nodal Officer, JU, conducted proceedings of the workshop and also gave a detailed presentation on filling up of the Data Capture Format for the information of the participants. Soon after the presentation, the University facilitated the participants in uploading their formats online.
Prof Ajit Angral, Nodal Principal, Govt Colleges, Jammu, presented the formal vote of thanks. Around 90 nodal officers from various institutions participated in the workshop.
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