Urges universities to undertake research relevant to J&K’s problems |
SRINAGAR, APRIL 2: Governor NN Vohra, Chancellor of the University of
Kashmir, urged scientists and researchers in the State
universities to undertake research which is relevant to the problems of the
state.
Addressing 13th session
of the J&K Science Congress at the University of Kashmir, the Governor
said: “I have been having discussions with the
Vice-Chancellors of all the four State Universities and repeatedly stressing
that unless the universities—their scientists,
humanists, and all the teachers—undertake research
which is related to the problems faced by the people of the state, they shall
continue to exist as standalone institutions. If universities, particularly
their scientists, get involved in the problems of the state and help the state
governments to resolve them, for instance the
problem of Dal Lake, problems of receding levels of ground
water etc., they would be able to render invaluable
support to the advancement of the welfare goals of governance.”
The theme of the Science Congress is “Emerging
Technologies and Human Society: Applications and Constraints”.
Governor observed that the annual sessions of the
Science Congress provide a very useful opportunity for the scientists in the
host university, and those who participate from the other universities in the
State and from various other parts of the country, and senior science students
who are doing their PhDs to deliberate on some of the major problems facing the
state.
Governor called for making the best and the correct
and right use of science and technology and cautioned against misuse for
purposes which are not for advancing the welfare of living beings.
“If
scientists from the Kashmir University and those from all the other
universities in the State, including the two Farm Universities get involved in
finding solution to
the problems of J&K we shall be able to achieve rapid progress.
Governor said that Kashmir University has a very
high potential of emerging as one of the top universities in the country,
especially in the arena of science, if the Faculty works with devotion and zeal
and inculcates meritocracy in the academic and research arenas and totally
discourages any manner offavouritism or groupism.
In his welcome address, Vice Chancellor Prof
Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi, said
that the University has undertaken several reforms and transparency measures
and has figured among the top 100 universities in the National Institutional
Ranking Framework-2017 and also among the top universities in BRICS. He thanked the Chancellor for his continued and
sustained support in the development and progress of the University.
This Science Congress has been supported by the J&K
State Science, Technology & Innovation Council, Government of J&K;
Department of Science and Technology Government
of India; Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government
of India and the Jammu and KashmirBank , J&K.
Prof RP Tandon from the University of Delhi and
Prof Zafar A Reshi, Dean Research and Co-Convener Science Congress, also
addressed the inaugural session, which was attended by several hundred research
scholars and students.
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