Some Major Decisions taken in KU's 55th Academic Council (AC) meeting today
The AC emphasised the need to start MS in Artificial Intelligence at the KU’s Main Campus and North Campus for which the necessary modalities vi-a-vis infrastructure, faculty and other aspects shall be worked out.
The AC also gave its nod to the introduction of a Master's programme in Public Administration.
The meeting has endorsed the proposal of the Institute of Foreign Languages to introduce a certificate course in Chinese (mandarin) language.
The Academic Council has agreed to the launch of several courses/subjects including Library and Information Science, Environmental Science, Nanotechnology, Microbiology, Linguistics, Disaster Management, Gender Studies and Geoinformatics as major/minor subjects at the UG level in affiliated colleges.
The Academic Council also decided to establish examination facilitation centres at North and South campuses, under the command and control of Controller of Examinations, for convenience of the examinees from the catchment areas and to ease the logistical requirements of officials associated with the examination processes. (GK)
