Strive to transform universities, Telangana governor tells Vice-Chancellors

The universities should not just remain as ‘teaching universities’, but instead they should emerge as the centres of innovation, research, and development, Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan said

Hyderabad: Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday called upon the Vice-Chancellors of the State universities to strive to transform the universities into centres of excellence in academics and research.

The universities should not just remain as ‘teaching universities’, but instead they should emerge as the centres of innovation, research, and development, she said while interacting with the Vice-Chancellors of the State universities through the virtual mode from the Raj Bhavan, here.

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The Governor also emphasised on carrying out the multi-disciplinary research related to the Covid-19 pandemic. “Quality research and publication in international journals must be encouraged through support and incentives,” she said.

Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan also urged all stakeholders to join hands and work to ensure a top place for Telangana in quality higher education. She announced that as the Chancellor she would institute awards for best teacher, who will be selected by the students, best research paper, and the award for the best village adopted by students.

Besides the V-Cs of all the 14 State universities, Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE), chairman, Prof T Papi Reddy, TSCHE vice-chairman-I Prof R Limbadri and TSCHE vice-chairman-II, Prof V Venkata Ramana were part of the interaction.

‘Students should be vaccinated’

Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday supported the students’ request to get vaccinated to attend the offline classes on the campuses.
Answering a host of queries during her live interaction, “Ask the Chancellor” on Twitter, with the students of the universities and colleges, the Governor supported a student’s suggestion that students need to get vaccinated to attend the physical classes and examinations offline.

“Definitely students should be vaccinated. I am happy about your awareness. Starting the physical classes will be decided after assessing the pandemic conditions,” she replied to a query.

Most students asked for the early conduct of examinations for their promotion to the next semesters and so as to not lag behind the schedule. MBBS students of the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences, Warangal, requested for early conduct of examinations for the second-year and third-year and added that they were lagging behind by five months for their next year classes.

Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, who is also the Chancellor of the State universities assured them that she would take up the issue with the Vice-Chancellor of the KNRUHS.

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