GANDERBAL, AUGUST 19: The 12th meeting of the Faculty of Fisheries Rangil, Ganderbal, SKUAST-K was convened at the Rangil Campus under the chairmanship of Prof. Farooz A. Bhat, Dean, Faculty of Fisheries.
At the outset, Dean, Faculty of Fisheries in detail emphasized on the importance of statutory meeting of Faculty of Fisheries in designing of Course curriculum, adoption and designing of various degree programmes etc and also deliberated about the agenda items taken up during the session.
The meeting witnessed the participation of officers of SKUAST-K including Prof. Altaf Ahmad Bhat, Director Education; Prof. Arshad Mughal, Dean, Faculty of Forestry; Prof. Neelofer Bandey, Dean, Faculty of Horticulture; Prof. Riyaz A. Shah, Dean, FVSc & AH; Dr Nahida, Deputy Director, Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir, besides Professors, Heads of Divisions of the Faculty of Fisheries, and other members nominated by the University Authorities.
The house deliberated upon various agenda items pertaining to academic curricula and related matters.
The main Agenda was the adoption of 6th Dean’s Committee report (Syllabus) of ICAR in alignment of NEP 2024.
The main feature of the 6th Deans committee adoption includes curriculum revision, modification of academic structure of degrees/ diplomas/ certificates, introduction of an academic banking system (ABC), a multiple entry-and-exit system, flexible course selection, introduction of skill enhancement courses, making internship as part of UG-certificate, UG-diploma and degree requirements, and the incorporation of industry-oriented internships as part of UG requirements.
New age courses like artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, etc. have been incorporated into the course curricula for preparing student in the era of Digital Technology etc.
After thorough deliberations, discussions, several recommendations and approvals were made to further strengthen academic programmes.
