By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Academic Council of Aligarh Muslim University today resolved the differences between the two top bodies of the university over the use of term for the special off-campus centres coming up in different parts of the country.
“Academic Council held today has reconsidered its draft amendments/ additions in the Statutes today and altered the use of words “Regional Campuses” in the light of Visitor’s approval and replaced it by the term “Centres”, said AMU PRO Dr Rahat Abrar.
As directed by the Executive Council in its meeting held on July 8, the Executive Council considered the draft amendments/ additions in the Statutes 6A, 8A, 18, 27, 29(2)(b), 35 and 36 of the Statutes of the University under Section 28 of the Act XL of 1920 submitted by the Academic Council and observed that since the Visitor while approving the AMU proposal to establish two Centres under Sub-section (2) of Section 12 of the University Act has used the term “Centres” the University for all its practical purposes should use the same term.
In view of the observation of the EC, the matter was brought back to the Academic Council and the change of terminology was unanimously approved.
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.”
The state governments of West Bengal and Kerala have given land for the Regional Centres in Murshidabad and Malappuram respectively. The university has made a lot of progress on the two sites.