Mangalore University’s interdisciplinary board has selected nine professors of the university to guide students in research in interdisciplinary subjects.
During an academic council meeting here on Thursday, Vice-Chancellor K. Byrappa said the university would encourage interdisciplinary research programmes.
While some of these professors were from the campus, others were from postgraduate centres. These professors were being selected on the basis of the research papers they had presented.
Mr. Byrappa told presspersons that the panel would be expanded in September by bringing in professors in affiliated colleges too. “We want to reach out to lot many students,” he said.
Reservation
The academic council has approved amendments to regulations to allow reservation of one seat each in postgraduate and postgraduate diploma courses for NCC, NSS, sports, Scouts (Rovers and Rangers) and culture categories.
It has also approved reservation of 3 per cent of seats for people with disabilities, one per cent for those from third gender, 8 per cent for those from the Hyderabad Karnataka region and one per cent for Kashmiri students as directed by the State government.
The council also approved the proposed 15 per cent reservation of seats for students from other universities.
“This will help admit more students to courses here. We hardly had 12 students for two courses in zoology.” Now as many as 600 applications have come of which around 70 students from other universities are getting admission for two courses.
Mr. Byrappa agreed to a suggestion by J.R. Lobo, MLA, of the need to set up a vigilance committee for monitoring the working of institutions running B. Ed courses.
Mr. Lobo said there was good demand for B. Ed degree as it has now been made compulsory for the post of lecturers in pre-university colleges. “University needs to have a vigilance committee to make surprise visits and check how courses are being run,” he said.
The academic council decided to renew the affiliation of 14 educational institutions for the B. Ed (renewal) course by directing them to have two divisions of 50 students each of the sanctioned 100 students. Mr. Byrappa said they are restricting the basic unit of the classroom to 50 students as prescribed by the National Council for Teacher Education, he said.
