Professor Surinder Kumar Mehta, Vice Chancellor of the University of Ladakh (UoL), paid a visit to the Kargil Campus of the UoL on Tuesday.
The VC was accompanied by the Registrar UoL Imteeaz Kacho, Dean Academic Affairs Rayat Bahra University Mohali Professor VK Jain, Head Department of Chemistry, Gujarat University Professor Neena Mehta, Dean Academics UoL Professor Deskyong Namgyal, Dean Students Welfare UoL Dr Amjad Ali, retired teacher Ripu Jain besides other concerned officers.
Director UoL Campus Kargil Kaneez Fatima and other faculty members gave a rousing welcome to the VC and other guests on their arrival at the campus.
The VC inaugurated the newly installed virtual classroom set-up in the department of Environmental Sciences wherein the faculty members of the Computer Science/IT Department presented a full demonstration of the complete setup including both hardware and software components. He also visited the Tribal Research Centre where the Coordinator Sociology/Tribal Research Centre Dr Jaffar Ali Khan presented an overview of the objectives and future research plans of the centre.
The VC along with other officers also visited the Chemistry Laboratory for the inauguration of Alpha II FTIR Spectrometer, Double Beam UV-Visible Spectrophotometer and introduction of Computational Chemistry.
The Coordinator Chemistry Department Ghulam Ali briefed the VC about the newly procured sophisticated instruments in the department. The VC also visited the classrooms and laboratories of other departments where a virtual class setup has been installed.
Later, the VC convened a meeting with the Director and all coordinators of the respective departments.
The Director apprised the VC about the infrastructural as well as academic developments taken by the campus till date and also highlighted the major issues and further development to be carried out in due course of time.
