Imphal: The 1st Senate Meeting of Dhanamanjuri University was held at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan through virtual mode Friday. In her address as Chancellor, the Governor of Manipur Dr Najma Heptulla welcomes the Senate members attending the 1st Senate Meeting.
During the meeting the Senate members agreed to conferment of Honorary Degree to the Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh.
Progress report of Dhanamanjuri University was given by Registrar citing that Dhanamanjuri University was established on 6th April 2018 under the “The Dhanamanjuri University Act, 2017’’, which came into force on the 6th of April, 2018, through a gazette notification of the State Government with infrastructure funding from RUSA (Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan), a National Scheme under the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
Highlighting the achievement of the University, the Registrar, DMU, mentioned that the University has undergraduate and Post-Graduate courses of various subjects. The University is recognized under Section 2 of the UGC Act, 1956 and affiliated to the Association of Indian Universities and the students have been representing the University in various sporting tournaments at the university level. The University is now listed in the National Testing Agency ( NTA) website and some students of University have cleared UGC-NET Examination and registered to National Academic Depository (NAD).
Since the 1st Academic Year, the University follows Choice Based Credit System in PG programme, the University in collaboration with King Sejong Institute, South Korea has started Korean language Study Centre and Started the Certificate Programmes, she added.
The Vice-Chancellor and many ex-officio members of the DMU attended the meeting.