Chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti reviewed the pace of work on several upcoming educational and technical institutes in the State at a meeting of officers here today.
These include IIT, Jammu; IIM, Jammu and their off campuses in Kashmir; NIT, Srinagar and Government Colleges of Engineering & Technology at Jammu, Kathua and Safapore.
Minister for Education, Syed Altaf Bukhari and Minister of State for Education, Priya Sethi were also present .
The CM underscored the need for early completion of works on these projects so that the students get the benefits of these educational institutes at the earliest. She expressed satisfaction over the pace of work on the IIT and IIM at Jammu and directed early operationalization of their off campuses at Srinagar so that these institutes take off optimally.
The meeting was informed that the IIT, Jammu has started functioning from transit accommodation with seven disciplines and an enrolment of 120 students. It is expected to reach a target of 220 faculty and staff members with 1260 students by 2020, the meeting was informed.
Similarly, the meeting was informed, IIM, Jammu has been operationalized with two batches with very high standards of academics. Efforts are on to set up off campuses of these two premier institutes at Srinagar, the meeting was told.
