Thu. Mar 28th, 2024
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi

Mahesh Verma, the newly appointed vice-chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University has set up new agendas to follow like setting up a community radio, starting new undergraduate courses, improving perception and addressing litigations.

Mahesh Verma, said, “The university was accredited ‘A’ grade twice by NAAC and Verma said getting the accreditation again is a priority for him. “We are trying to meet all parameters of NAAC to get ‘A’ grade again. For the last four-five years, the public perception and visibility of the university has declined. We are trying hard to regain its glory and grace. We scored four marks out of 30 on the perception parameter in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings and our ranking also suffered because of it.”

Verma noticed on the litigations and said, “I have noticed that the university faced hundreds of litigations, some by students and affiliated colleges. Some are genuine and some are fragile. I have been talking to the administration and we need to resolve it. Conflict brings negativity. That will be another area I will be working on.”

Just few month back in June this year, students had protested after they were asked to pay fee arrears.

The issue had provoked a conflict between the colleges affiliated to the university and the Delhi government.

The colleges had then approached the Delhi High Court, which upheld the hike. The Delhi government had filed a Special Leave Petition against the order in the top court, but it was rejected.

The vice-chancellor said that the university mostly offers postgraduate courses but more undergraduate courses will be introduce. The varsity is planning to introduce popular UG courses like BA (Honours) English, B. Com (Honours), BJMC, BA ( Economics), BEd etc in the campus schools.

“We are planning to introduce more integrated courses, MTech in Environmental Engineering, courses in Nano Sciences and PhD in emerging areas like Pharmaceutical sciences,” he said.

“We are also planning to start a Community Radio Station of the University on the lines of other universities but there is a community radio service already functional within 10 kilometre of our campus so we are working out processes. We are planning to start more skill and job oriented courses, especially in media department,” he added.

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