Sai Nath University…Mapping your future’, as the motto suggests is not just an educational centre of excellence but an ultimate destination of learning that exposes the new generation to the State of the Art learning know-how, say university officials. Setup with the aim to provide quality education to the students of Jharkhand and to restrain immigration is slowly widening its sphere in the higher education sector. With the introduction of some new courses, the university established in 2012 at Ormanjhi block is providing value based education to approximately 3,000 students both from Jharkhand and bordering States.
“The university is not just opened here to earn profit but it is established with a goal to curb migration. With nominal cost of expenditure, the university offers wide range of courses in all the three different streams. From Diplomas to doctorate, here industry integrated academic curriculum are offered in all courses seeking the market requirement and preparing the students for the ever dynamic professional world,” said, Pro Chancellor, Sai Nath University, Dr (Prof) SP Agarwal.
Taking the State towards new dawn and covering maximum domains, the university is gearing up to start diploma in mining engineering and Master degree course in Agriculture from this academic year. Serving the need of students from diverse segment of the society, as many as 1500 candidates studying in university are from different States.
“The university has carved a niche for itself in five years, a Bihar Board topper of 2016 batch is also studying in our university. This university registers quite a number of students hailing from North-Eastern States admitted in B.Sc. Agriculture which reflects the popularity of the varsity among the candidates and unique blend of diversity,” added the Pro Chancellor.
Scripting a new history, Sai Nath University is the first university in Jharkhand and Bihar to have affiliations from All India Institute of Technical Education (AICTE), Pharmacy Council of India, National Council of Education, Bar Council of India, Certification of Bureau of Indian Standards to polish the talents of candidates in their chosen streams.
“Our university campus is first AICTE approved campus. M.Ed and D.Pharmacy courses were first initiated at Sai Nath University. The craze is such that students from North Eastern States, Odisha, Bengal are studying here,” added Agarwal, indicating towards an archetype shift in modern education curriculum that is swiftly breaking all boundaries.
Precisely, describing about the change in academic setup especially after the introduction of programmes like Make in India, Start-up, Stand-up, Skill Development, rejuvenation of the cottage industries, Agarwal further added, “The focus has shifted from just book based knowledge to innovation and on extracting maximum human resources skill. So according to the present demand, we prepare the curriculum emphasizing more on corporate advance. We have collaborated with corporate biggies like Parle-G, Ambuja Cement including some Public Sectors as well to familiarise students with the real work culture.”
In spite of having a large pool of talents in tribal land, potential of several students go unnoticed due to the lack of basic amenities especially in the clutter of fiscal constrains when it comes to higher education. “Brain drain is very common scenario in a State like Jharkhand. But the biggest challenge here is to provide quality education at par with metropolitan cities at a nominal cost. Besides providing education to students at a minimum charge, we are also boosting up jobs for the local residents here,” added Agarwal.