Sobti appointed VC of DAV University

by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, AUG 19
  Dr. R.C. Sobti, a well-known academician and the former Vice-Chancellor of Punjab University was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of DAV University at Jalandhar, as per UGC norms, on Sunday.

            A decision in this regard was taken at the meeting of DAV College Managing Committee held under the chairmanship of its President Mr. Punam Suri, at its headquarters at New Delhi on Sunday.

            Speaking on the item, Mr. Suri said that DAV University would not be an ordinary one but a novel University which would have the thrust in research work. It would provide high level education based on ethics and cultural values. Curriculum and syllabus would be drafted in consultation with Industrial sector so that students get passed out from here are absorbed in jobs. He said that a committee comprising of five former Vice-Chancellors has been constituted for guiding in chalking out curriculum and syllabus.

            He further disclosed that a committee was also constituted in the meeting to complete formalities to start construction work of Mahatama Hans Raj DAV Institute of Nursing at Jallunder, for which a total estimate budget of Rs. 49.06 crores had already been approved.  

            Mr. Suri further disclosed to this correspondent on telephone that the DAV management also resolved to introduce Educational Audit of DAV Public Schools to assess the character and quality of the institutions. This would build a system of in-house educational audit for evaluating institutions and to determine whether or not they are operating at minimum levels of quality.

            He said that an assessment of each institution will ensure conformity to good practices and bench marks of global requirements. It would also assist the schools to self apprise the institution’s facilities, faculty vis-à-vis performance and stimulate the academic environment for facilitating the transaction of curriculum and to ensure self-evaluating, accountability, autonomy and innovations.