Jammu Central varsity still a dream

Jammu Central varsity still a dream
Archit Watts/TNS

Jammu, May 8
Due to an impasse over the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor (V-C), Central University, Jammu, is all set to lose one more academic session. Nearly one-and-half-year has passed after the Union government earmarked two central universities for Jammu and Kashmir, but the Union HRD Ministry has so far failed to establish Central University in Jammu.

At a time, when the fate of Central University, Jammu, is hanging in balance, Central University, Kashmir, which started functioning last year is about to enter in its second academic session.

The process to establish both the universities - Central University, Jammu, and Central University, Kashmir - was started in 2009.

However, in the absence of a V-C, the campus of the much prestigious Central University, Jammu, has not come up, delaying the admission process and the academic session.

The academic session in other central universities is all set to start from June, but here the things are not yet clear.

The final decision on V-C’s appointment is pending before the Union HRD Ministry, which had earlier rejected a number of candidates, following protests and agitation by some local organisations demanding a local V-C for the much prestigious university.

Even Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had earlier recommended some names for the post of V-C, but all of them were rejected.

Omar had also blamed local leaders for inordinate delay and politicising of this issue, who were demanding someone from Jammu be appointed as the V-C.