Ansari: Central nod to IIT, IIM incubation centres in Srinagar

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, May 29

Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has given the nod to the opening of incubation centres for the IIT and IIM in Srinagar.

This was stated by the Minister for Higher Education, Technical Education and Information Technology Molvi Imran Raza Ansari who had a meeting with the HRD Minister in New Delhi to discuss matters pertaining to the education sector in the state.

Ansari said steps were underway to strengthen higher education in the state. He said the HRD Minister had agreed to establish incubation centres of the IIT and IIM in Srinagar.

The minister said a team of the IIM-Lucknow had visited Kashmir in December last year to identify a rented building for running the incubation centre in the summer capital. The team has identified the building and the further course of action by the IIM-Jammu is awaited, he said.

He said the department had taken up the issue of creation of the off-campus of the IIT-Jammu in Srinagar. He said necessary action in this behalf is still awaited by the IIT-Jammu.

The minister demanded establishment of an Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in the state.

Ansari informed the Union Minister that the University of Kashmir and 46 colleges had applied for NAAC accreditation but the team had not visited the campuses for evaluation. He asked Javadekar to take up the matter with the NAAC authorities to accelerate the process.