Opting for semester system

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Charanjit Ahuja: Feb 18 2008, 00:01 IST

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The Kurukshetra University (KU) that started with the lone department of Sanskrit way back in 1956 has already become a multi-faculty university. Its new vice-chancellor RP Bajpai, who took over on February 1, 2008, stresses that his “first priority would be to introduce a credit-based, semester system on the IIT pattern from the next academic session in KU”. Bajpai set up a nanotechnology laboratory at the Central Scientific Instuments Organisation in Chandigarh during his stint as its director.

Highlighting his priorities, he wanted to make “concerted efforts to produce employable youth through innovative courses, revamp the existing syllabi and introduce a credit-based semester system on the IIT pattern from the next academic session”.

Kurukshetra varsity has not organised a convocation for many years now. However, Bajpai said convocations would become a regular annual feature and the next convocation would be held soon.

The varsity, whose foundation stone was laid by the first Indian President Rajendra Prasad 43 years ago, today boasts of being a premier centre for advanced study and research in the region. The first university in Haryana now has faculties of arts and languages, science, social sciences, India studies, education, engineering and technology, medical and dental sciences, law, management and business studies, and ayurveda.

There are 105 colleges under its jurisdiction of which 29 are exclusively for girls. The university campus houses two colleges. Some job-oriented courses for regular students include MBA, MIB, MFC, MMT, MCA, MSc (computer science software), home science, information technology, M Tech

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