In a bid to deal with challenges like natural disasters, the State Government is going to chart out a work plan.
"We have called a meeting of Vice-chancellors of all Uttarakhand based universities and deemed universities at Dehradun University on December 27 to discuss how to prepare a work plan to take on challenges like natural disaster, said,” said State Finance and Higher Education Minister Indira Haridayesh, adding the Vice-Chancellor of the Himalayan Medical Institute has also been invited to this meet.Stressing on the need to have a proper work plan in this regard, she has called upon the universities in Uttarakhand to give priority to research works on natural disaster and earthquakes.
Given Uttarakhand's tougher geographical character and in a changing environment, the higher educational institutions will have to work in the field of research on how to deal with natural disasters and make people aware about the issues related to the natural disaster, apart from imparting education, maintained the State Finance and Higher Education Minister.All the higher educational institutions and universities will have to work hard to create their identity at the national and international level by putting the modern technologies in better use, she added.