Innovative growth, strategic planning, state-of-art infrastructure, heterogeneous cross cultural environment and world-class facilities are what have made this University a Centre of Excellence in higher Education. In times to come, knowledge economy is going to govern all aspects of life. It shall be our endeavor to ensure that the University reaches new strides in academic excellence and achieves pinnacles of success in the years to come.

The College of Engineering & Technology which is a flagship College of the University has been strengthened. Slowly and gradually, we have overcome the constraints of infrastructure and human resource. Our priority shall be to ensure that the first batch of B. Tech. which shall pass-out this year gets suitable placements.

We shall also be augmenting infrastructure and shall be adding more teaching programmes in the Centre for Biodiversity Studies, which has achieved National and International fame in a short span of time. We have now made operational the Mahatma Gandhi Chair for Environment & Ecology fully funded by Ministry of Environment & Forests, GOI. Consequently, budding local talent shall now get an opportunity to avail world class facilities and National exposure in the University Campus in the foothills of the Pir-Panjal.

Our first batch of students of masters’ programme of Information Technology have achieved 100% placement. This is truly a reflection of the quality of products being trained by the young university.

We have received an overwhelming response from aspirants of the newly introduced BA (Hon’s) Arabic programme. We shall be introducing short-term part-time certificate and diploma programmes in Arabic and computer skills, especially for women, for local populace to fill the vacuum that exists.

The University has pioneered in establishment of the first Centrally funded Polytechnic in the State in collaboration with State Government. This was a long cherished dream of the people of this region. It is indeed a moment of pride for us that out of the 18 Polytechnics sanctioned by the GOI for our State, the only Polytechnic to be made operational this year is the one which has been established by BGSB University.

We are also taking up projects with different agencies of State Govt. & Government of India for augmenting infrastructural and research facilities in the University. A new Hostel block has come up in the Campus this year and we shall make efforts to enhance residential facilities for students and staff shortly.

Our focus in the coming year shall be to put all our resources together to consolidate all that has been established over the last few years. We look forward to make a quantum jump to achieve new strides in academic excellence.

I must place on record the personal interest being taken by the Chancellor to develop this University as a Centre-par-Excellence and we are thankful to him for his unstinted support and patronage.