Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today held a meeting with all the Vice Chancellors and heads of line departments to expedite the resolution of issues faced by different Universities functioning here.

Besides the VCs the meeting was attended by ACS, Jal Shakti Department; Principal Secretary, Finance; Principal Secretary, APD; Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education; Secretary, PWD; Secretary, Health; MD, JPDCL; MD, KPDCL; DG Codes and other concerned officers.

Dulloo seized this occasion to impress upon the Vice-Chancellors of these varsities to follow the pattern of placements their students are able to fetch once they complete their courses. He suggested to create online platforms for this purpose as this would guide us in developing relevant skilling courses based on the feedback of both industry and alumni.

He advised them to develop crash courses for capacity building of the government servants working in different departments. He also asked for taking documentation initiatives pertaining to the ideas of innovations, patents or start-ups emanating from these higher educational institutions of the UT.

While taking assessment of the issues faced by these institutions the Chief Secretary impressed upon the line departments to make concerted efforts in coordination with the Universities to iron out issues hindering their process of development.

He took University wise stock of issues faced by these institutions and took up the same with the concerned departments for their early resolution. He also provided instant directions necessary for making the process swift and time-bound.

The issues that were raised by the Universities includes those related to land transfer, creation of posts, seeking additional Capex grants, augmentation of existing infrastructure, construction of hostel blocks along with several other individual necessities of these institutions.

The Universities which participated in this session includes University of Kashmir, University of Jammu, Cluster University Srinagar, Cluster University Jammu, Central University of Kashmir, Central University of Jammu, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Islamic University of Science & Technology, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, and Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences (SKUAST) Kashmir and Jammu.