The Central University of Kashmir has launched a few measures such as fee waiver to the meritorious and needy students, to improve the admission intake in the varsity. The announcement was made by the varsity’s Vice Chancellor Professor A. Ravinder Nath.

“We will be providing 100 per cent tuition fee waiver to 10 per cent students based on merit and financial need of the students in the post-graduate courses, another 10 per cent students will get 50 per cent waiver while another 10 per cent will get 25 per cent waiver,” Nath was quoted by PTI.

Nath also assured that the varsity is ensuring that the curriculum is being designed in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The vice chancellor said the university will sign MoUs with the industries in other parts of the country to enable the students to undertake internship.

Nath said the university will introduce a credit-based system whereby the students can take some credits from other partner universities to gain international exposure. He also added that since the NTA has now been conducting CUET UG and PG for college admissions, “our students must make use of that mainly from this region, Jammu and Kashmir, to explore further opportunities of their career progression not only in the Central University of Kashmir, but also other premier institutions of the country,” he added.

“We have signed a MoU with a Malaysian university while MoUs with more universities are coming up in several countries,” he added.

The vice chancellor said Rs 494 crore will be spent on infrastructure development in the university.

(With inputs from PTI)