The students, researchers and faculties of Shri Guru Ram Rai University will now avail the golden opportunity of enhancing knowledge, joint research and capacity building in the renowned universities of the world, said the newly appointed vice-chancellor of SGRR University Pitambar Prasad Dhyani on Saturday after he returned from annual meeting of the ‘Himalayi Universities Association’ held at Chengdu, China.
Notably, Himalayi Universities Association founded in 2007 has 62 universities as its members. Out of them, 47 universities are in eight Himalayi countries while 15 are situated outside the Himalayas.
“The meeting of the international steering group of Himalayi Universities Association was recently held at Chengdu, China. In this meeting, only two universities of India, namely Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Dehradun and South Asian University, New Delhi were included in the Himalayi Universities Association,” the VC said.
Both the universities were recommended by the majority of the VCs of 35 universities and 27 international personalities. He said that his priorities include imparting quality and job-oriented education and research at the university.
Besides, his top priority include the best utilization of the human resources available at the university and taking the university touch heights in the disciplines of higher education, health and environment, Dr Dhyani informed.