Governor asks SMVDU to focus on entrepreneurship, innovation related initiatives

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 11:  Governor N.N. Vohra, who is Chancellor of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), while chairing the 26th meeting of the Executive Council of the SMVDU at Kakryal re-iterated the importance of the University focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation related initiatives through the SMVDU-TBIC, which is the first Technology Business Incubator (TBIC) in the State of J&K.
The University’s TBIC has been identified as one of the sixty eight Incubators to recommend Startups under the Startup India Initiative of the Government of India.  Chancellor stressed the need for deep involvement of the Faculty and students in conceiving and processing innovative ideas to fully exploit the support being offered by the TBIC.
The Executive Council approved several proposals for encouraging and rewarding academic performance, incentivizing quality research and promoting patent generation in the University. The Council asked the VC to take all necessary steps to encourage students to compete for prestigious fellowships and other scholarship examinations such as NET, GATE, MAT, CMAT etc. The  Council also advised the VC to introduce industrial internship for the faculty and the B.Tech students to strengthen the industry-academia interface.
The Council approved the constitution of a Corporate Advisory Board, with eminent representative from industrial houses, to advise the University regarding the steps to be taken for enhancing interactions with the corporate world in a meaningful manner.
The Council approved an incentive scheme for rewarding outstanding performances of Faculty Members in the arena of Research, Patents and for excellence in Teaching. For this purpose it was agreed to enhance the scale of Professional Development Assistance, the University’s enrolment as a participating institution under the Direct Admission Students Abroad (DASA), introduction of an MBA Program for working executives, construction of an Indoor Sports Complex with modern facilities and a Transit Hostel in the University.
Prof. Sanjeev K. Jain, Vice Chancellor of the University informed the Council that efforts were being made to invite IIT Professors to teach courses at the University, even for short periods.
The Executive Council meeting was attended by Prof. K.L. Chopra, former Director IIT Kharagpur; R.P. Agrawal, former Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development; D.P Aggarwal, former Professor, IIT Delhi and Ex-Chairman, UPSC; Umang Narula, Principal Secretary to the Governor; Prof. R.D. Sharma, Vice-Chancellor University of Jammu; Prof. Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi, Vice Chancellor, University of Kashmir; Ajeet K. Sahu, Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board; Prof. V. Verma, Dean Faculty of Engineering; Dr. Yugal Khajuria, Incharge Dean of Students, Dr. Sumeet Gupta, Incharge Associate Dean, SMVDU; Dr. Vandana Sharma, Head  Department of Languages and Literature; and V.K. Bhat, Registrar of the University.

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