NIT-Srinagar resumes classes

Tribune News Service

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Jammu, December 1

Prof AR Dar, Director, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar, has informed Governor NN Vohra that classwork had been resumed with the commencement of classes for BTech-first semester from November 28.

As per the NIT’s report, Phd and MTech classes are also proceeding smoothly; classes for BTech- seventh semester are scheduled to commence from December 15 and those for third and fifth semesters from January 1, 2017; students of third and fifth semesters are undergoing internship/practical training and students of seventh semester are working on their final-year project and seminars.

NIT has taken various steps and made arrangements for resumption of academic work, which include provision of adequate facilities for heating in the classrooms and hostels; adoption of online teaching with uploading of e-lectures on the website of the institute. To compensate for the time lost due to the unrest it has been decided to cancel the winter vacation and to observe a six-day week instead of the usual five-day week. All holidays have also been cancelled.

Baseer Ahmed Khan, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, who had been asked by the Governor to provide all required support to NIT to resume full academic functioning, has taken a series of meetings and has informed the Governor that the Chief Engineer, EM&RE, Kashmir, shall make the required arrangements to provide uninterrupted power supply to NIT through a dedicated power line.

The Raj Bhawan spokesperson recalled the Governor’s continued concern over the irreparable damage suffered by students at all levels due to the recent unrest in the Kashmir Division. He has been stressing on the crucial importance of the required steps being taken most expeditiously to compensate the loss of studies and for the pending examinations in colleges and universities. In this context, in the past weeks the Governor had held several meetings with the Minister for Education, Vice Chancellors of the Kashmir-based private, state and Central universities and NIT.