Munger varsity to start new courses

Patna: Keeping in tune with the provisions of the National Education Policy, 2020 Munger University has decided to sign as many as five MoUs with some research laboratories, institutions and professional bodies for awarding academic credit to students, facilitating exchange of students and faculty members and bringing in the much-desired flexibility in curricula both at undergraduate and postgraduate stages. This decision was taken at a meeting of the syndicate held at Munger on Saturday under the chairmanship of vice-chancellor Ranjit Kumar Verma.
Verma said the one-year PG diploma course in fragrance and aroma technology would be started shortly in partnership with the government-owned Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre at Kannauj. Similarly, a diploma course in fisheries and aquaculture would be launched in collaboration with the Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore (Kolkata) with a view to training university students in augmenting the production of more nutritious fishes in a vast stretch of Mokamah Tal area.
Study materials on ‘family management’ are to be developed soon by the university in collaboration with the Delhi Centre of UGC-MOOCs (massive open online courses), Verma said..
The syndicate also decided to allocate an initial grant of Rs 10 lakh for establishing Electronic Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) which will facilitate production, editing and quality control of the e-learning materials. It also approved a plan for the establishment of a Rs 1.36 crore Rajendra Amphitheatre on the university campus, the VC said.