Kurukshetra University (KU) is the first university of Haryana to have online Btech admissions along with its final results.Vice-Chancellor, lt Gen (Retd) Dr DDS Sandhu said KU was in the process of adopting high-tech examination system by scanning all the answer sheets before sending them for evaluation. Talking to The Pioneer, he said a MoU had recently been signed between Bangalore-based M-Tutor and the University.Asked about plans of KU for the new academic session, Sandhu said the university had already started admission process for various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. “This year all admissions are being done through an online process which will save money and effort of the students seeking admissions,” he added.
On the decisions taken in the recent academic council, he said the council emphasised on more intra disciplinary courses which would be helpful in career building of the students.On promotion of research, Sandhu said minor projects would be given to 50 teachers working as Assistant Professors. “We have kept an amount of Rs75 lakh for this purpose. KU already introduced Dlitt. and post-doctoral fellowships,” he said.The V-C said after court’s decision, University would continue with the contract teachers working in various departments and added that if required, more recruitments would take place in coming days.Sandhu said that NAAC Accreditation process would be soon taken up after the new academic session. He added a transparent examination system and computerised results system had enhanced the image of the university.