Jalandhar 29 August (Gurkirat Singh)- Kanya Maha Vidyalaya- the Heritage and Autonomous Institution, Jalandhar celebrated the conferment of the Star Status by DBT, Govt. of India. KMV has become one of the 16 colleges out of all the eminent colleges of India to be awarded with this prestigious Star College Status in the year 2018. This status has been awarded to KMV due to its excellent performance in the teaching and learning of Sciences. Under this scheme, KMV has included new practicals, student projects, interdisciplinary projects, inter-college competitions, faculty development programmes, student-student mentoring and other extension activities. It is worth mentioning here that KMV was covered under star college scheme three years back which has been initiated by DBT to support colleges offering under graduate education in order to improve the science teaching. Under this status, KMV will get enhanced grant to improve the skills of teachers by organizing faculty training programmes, improved curriculum and emphasis on practical training of the students by providing access to specialized infrastructure and consumables. KMV has also been recently bestowed Autonomous status under which many P.G. and U.G. Programmes have been introduced and the syllabi of older programmes have also been revised. The celebrations for the Star College Status conferment witnessed the presence of three outstanding mentors of National level calibre. The mentors highly appreciated the various projects undertaken by the students of KMV. They also congratulated the faculty members and especially the Principal Prof. Atima Sharma Dwivedi for being an excellent team leader and, thus enabling the college to achieve Excellence in Science. The senior scientists were also appreciative of the outstanding achievements of the departments of science in KMV. They applauded the hard work constantly put in by faculty members and students of KMV, thereby making it worth of the title of a ‘Star College’. The enhanced grants of the UGC under the Star Status will enable KMV students to have more excellence in their learning by exposure to the best resources and opportunities. It is also worth a mention here that KMV was among the 19 institutions across the nation to be conferred with the status of Heritage Institution in 2015, followed by the status of college with potential for excellence. It is also the first College of GNDU, Amritsar to be awarded Kaushal Kendra- Skill Development Centre by Govt. of India. The most recent achievement which is the award of autonomous status has made KMV the first women college of Punjab to be bestowed with this status. Achievements galore for KMV indeed!
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