Q. What factors helped CUHP earn category-II autonomy?
A. I was founder-VC of Maharaja Agrasen University (MAU), Solan; VC of Indira Gandhi University, Rewari, with additional charge of Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Sonipat; and VC of Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur. I joined CUHP as vice-chancellor in July 2021 with additional charge of Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, with nearly 500 affiliated colleges.
Using the expertise and experiences from my past stints, I vowed to provide Central University of Himachal Pradesh its own identity. I believe that it must be different from others. I worked on three things – management, re-orientation and quality of higher education.
We provided CUHP its own identity by improving infrastructure and heavily focusing on research to establish the university’s identity at a global level. Since I joined, our faculties have got research projects worth Rs 9 crore.
CUHP received an A+ grade with CGPA of 3.42 from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). This means we were very close to the CGPA range of 3.51-4 and A++. These factors helped us.
Q. How will CUHP’s functioning improve with the new status?
A. The UGC provides graded autonomy in category I to A++ institutes and category II to A+ institutes. As we have been granted graded autonomy within category II, we will now have a free hand in collaborations with foreign universities and colleges as part of NEP’s provision of internationalisation of education.
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