School Education Principal Secretary B. Rajasekhar, who assumed office as the Vice-Chancellor (FAC) of Sri Krishnadevaraya University on Saturday, asked the university’s Academic Senate members to concentrate on improving the quality of academics on the campus. Mr. Rajasekhar asked the university administration to continue the current procedure of recruiting Teaching Assistants or Academic Assistants by individual departments on an hourly basis. The existing amount was being distributed among 13 universities leading to reduction in the allocation, the university’s physics professor and public relations officer Kotalo Rama Gopal said. Focus on researchDuring the meeting, the Vice-Chancellor stressed upon improving the academic-industry-agriculture cooperation for the research activities in the university reaching the targeted groups and vice-versa, the university students getting field-level exposure instead of indulging in only theoretical studies. Asking the faculty to introduce Master of Rural Development and Management specialisation in Master in Social Welfare, the Vice-Chancellor said that an advanced course in Rural Development was essential.

Source: The Hindu December 29, 2019 20:03 UTC