Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 16: The 16th Academic Council of Central University of Jammu (CUJ) was held here today under the chairmanship of Vice Chancellor, Prof Sanjeev Jain on the university campus wherein a series of decisions on a host of critical issues for improvement in academic and research activities of the university, were taken.
During the meeting, decision to implement teaching of courses on Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) in various semesters and mandatory requirement of including a Chapter on IKS related to a respective Ph D thesis was approved.
Further, the Academic Council (AC) also adopted certain rules and regulations which will improve governance and accountability of all stakeholders of the university, such as students, faculty and staff.
Some of major reforms brought in the academic pattern, included – MOODLE Learning Management Systems to monitor attendance and enhance learning process; printing of degrees from one of the best and most trusted and secured Indian Security Press and revamping the curricular practices by focusing on outcome based curriculum structures; policy on Start-up, Incubation and Technology Enablement Centre (SITEC), operationalisation of School of Engineering for running B Tech courses and starting the MA Programme in Centre for Comparative Religion and Civilization.
Underlining the vision of attaining institutional excellence in tune with NEP-2020 which transcends disciplinary boundaries and envisages inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary teaching and research, the Vice Chancellor expressed satisfaction at the implementation of NEP-2020 in toto in the CUJ.
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