First meeting of AAC of NSU held
Develop NSU to intl level: Kiren Rijiju
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 11 2020:
The first meeting of the Academic and Activity Council of National Sports University was held today at 10 am at the Conference hall of Manipur Olympic Bhavan, Khuman Lampak Sports Complex with Minister of State of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju attending via video conference.
Vice Chancellor, NSU RC Mishra, The Sangai Express owner Nishikant Singh Sapam, first Olympian from Manipur Nilakomol Singh and members of the Academic & Activity Council attended the.
meeting.
On this occasion, Kiren Rijiju addressed the Council and said that the Vice-Chancellor and the AAC members are given full freedom to take up all necessary steps to develop the NSU to an international level.
The university will focus on sports education, training, research, sports science and related high-tech areas.
He further said that the Central Government will provide full support on the resource mobilization and infrastructure development to make the university a centre of excellence and make India a global sports power house and a great sporting Nation.
The infrastructure will be designed with modern technology as an environmental friendly campus with local (Manipur) touch.
The Minister further urged all the former players, coaches, officials to come together and contribute directly or indirectly in the whole process.
Vice-Chancellor RC Mishra urged the Council members to contribute their valuable expertise and experience in meeting the challenges of setting the NSU.
The NSU is not only new but unique and there are no such models in the country as well abroad to copy from.
This puts a heavy responsibility on the soldiers of the members of the academic council to lay a strong foundation, which will shape the future of the university, he said.
He also assured that "no stone will be left unturned" in doing all that is required to make NSU a world class institution to realise its vision of "be the best and lead the rest".
During the meeting, the council took several agendas and amongst others approved the university's course curriculum.
The council also authorised the Vice-Chancellor to constitute a committee to examine the course curriculum with reference to the National Education Policy 2020 and recommend suggestions and changes.
Further, the members also suggested that the university should tie up with various sports federations to enhance employability of its students.