Himachal Pradesh University council okays Rs284 cr budget

Tribune News Service

Shimla, March 31

The Executive Council (EC) of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) on Tuesday approved a budget of Rs 284 crore for 2021-22 with a deficit of Rs 30 crore.

The EC, which held its first regular meeting of 2021 under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Sikander Kumar, also approved 26 posts of professor, associate professor and assistant professor.

It approved the fee structure of new courses, including BLib, MLib and MA in defence and strategic studies.

The EC gave its nod to split the University Institute of Information Technology (UIIT) into six departments for better functioning.

A proposal to create the departments of archaeology, population studies, data science and artificial intelligence and forensic science was also approved.

It was decided to digitise/computerise the degrees of graduate courses and grant holidays to chairpersons of various Chairs as per rules.