Srinagar, August 25 (KNO) : Members of the J&K Universities Vice Chancellors’ Forum called on Sh. N.N. Vohra, former Governor, to bid farewell to him. Pertinent to recall Sh. Vohra had functioned as Chancellor of the four State Universities, Central University of Jammu and of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University during his tenure of more than 10 years in the State.
The Vice Chancellor’s Forum thanked Sh. Vohra for his able guidance and continued support for helping the Universities to tread the path of excellence. They recalled his persistent emphasis on the need for the quality of teaching and learning being constantly upgraded, researches being carried out on certain problems which related to the State and promoting sports and extra mural activities so that the J&K Universities could rise to be among the top institutions in the Country.
Sh. Vohra thanked the VCs for coming to see him and urged them to maintain a strong united front to neutralise any attempt which seeks to vitiate the standards of higher education. Members of the VC’s forum who met former Governor comprised Prof. Manoj Dhar, VC University of Jammu; Prof. Nazeer Ahmed, VC, SKUAST- Kashmir; Prof. Sanjeev Jain, VC, SMVDU; Prof. Ashok Aima, VC, Central University of Jammu; Prof. Mehraj-ud-Din, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir; Prof Anju Bhasin, Vice Chancellor, Cluster University, Jammu; and Prof Sheikh Javid Ahmed, Vice Chancellor, Cluster University, Kashmir.