The foundation stone laying ceremony of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Srinagar Satellite Campus was held recently at Budgam. Chief minister Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah, Union Ministers Dr. Pallam Raju & Farooq Abdullah and other state ministers and prominent politicians attended the ceremony.
Prof. Mohammad Miyan, Vice Chancellor & Prof. S. M. Rahmatullah, Registrar represented the University. Mr. Omar Abdullah in his speech expressed gratitude to the Union Human Resource Development Ministry for providing satellite campus of MANUU in Kashmir. “Students belonging to every religion should study in the varsity. Language has no religion”, he remarked.
Speaking on the occasion, Union HRD Minister Dr. Pallam Raju said setting up of engineering colleges in J & K was need of the hour. “MANUU is covering 1.5 Lakh students through distance education mode. In J & K education is progressing. The focus has to be on skill development courses.” Raju said. He said 300 polytechnic colleges are in the pipeline for J & K. “We will also modernize the existing polytechnic colleges in J & K. We also want to build quality skill centers across J & K.” he said.
Prof. Mohammad Miyan welcomed the gathering & presented a brief profile of MANUU. There is no better place for establishing MANUU Satellite Campus than Kashmir as Urdu is the official language of the state, he observed. Prof. S. M. Rahmatullah proposed vote of thanks.
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