JAMMU, Apr 22: Governor N N Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today emphasised the need for setting up Incubation Centres in the universities in the State for developing entrepreneurship skills of students for generating employment opportunities and boosting economic development in the State.
The Governor and the Chief Minister were addressing the University Council meeting of the Kashmir University at Raj Bhawan here.
Mr Vohra stressed the importance of a corpus fund being established by pooling resources to provide help to needy students in pursuing their education and research aspirations.
The Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the University, stressed the urgent importance of a small Expert Group being setup for evolving a broad approach in identifying the subjects and courses which may be offered to the students in both the Kashmir and Jammu Universities which are in sync with the emerging and future job market requirements.
“There is also a need for imparting teaching in particular courses in which skills are also imparted, to enable the youth of the State to be advantageously placed in the job market,” he added.
Mr Vohra and Mr Abdullah observed that the youth of the State, who are second to none in talent, calibre and capacity and have proved their mettle in all spheres of human endeavour, are capable of performing even better when provided enabling opportunities.
The Chief Minister, who is also the Pro-Chancellor of the University, emphasized the need for the autonomous centres of the State Universities committing themselves by entering into Result framework commitments, to become fully answerable. (AGENCIES)
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