By TCN News,
Aligarh: All is not well with the powerful bodies of Aligarh Muslim University as far as the proposed off-campus centres are concerned. The special meeting of the Executive Council of AMU held today was adjourned without any work on the issue of the official term to be given to the centres.
The Executive Council today observed that the term “regional campuses” used by Academic Council of AMU “is not in conformity with the term used by the Visitor of the University while granting approval under Sub-section (2) of the Section 12 of the University Act for the establishment of two new AMU Centres at Murshidabad and Malappuram. The Academic Council had coined the term “regional campuses” in a resolution passed by it in the special meeting held on June 9, 2010. The Visitor of the University, however, used the term “Centres.”
Therefore, in the Executive Council meeting today “it was felt that the word “Centres” be used in the draft amendments in place of “regional campuses” as suggested by the Academic Council and therefore it was referred back to Academic Council for reconsideration,” says Dr Rahat Abrar, PRO, AMU.
The adjourned meeting of the Executive Council will now will be held on July 21, 2010 for consideration of the required statutes amendment.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis presented a detailed status report on Murshidabad and Malappuram Centres. The Executive Council, principal executive body of the University, accorded its special thanks to West Bengal and Kerala governments for providing the required land free of cost to Aligarh Muslim University for establishing its centres.