PAPER SCAN:
This appeared in The Hindu today
Introduction
to South Asia is a compulsory subject at SAU now
“Introduction
to South Asia” will now be a compulsory course for every student at South Asian
University (SAU) and they have to pass this non-credit course in order to get
their degrees.
Following the introduction of this course, students joining from
different nations in South Asia will have the benefit of acquiring some basic
facets pertaining to the region. This was decided at the second Academic
Council meeting of South Asian University held here.
South Asian University is also making all necessary arrangements
to start a Ph.D. programme from the next academic year. Publication of a
journal on South Asia is also in the offing.
Chaired by Professor G. K. Chadha, the president of SAU, the
meeting was attended by all members of the Council, including the three
external experts co-opted by the Council — Professor Ainun Nishat,
Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) University,
Dhaka, Professor Adil Najam, Vice-Chancellor of Lahore University of Management
Sciences, and Professor N. Jayaram from Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
The University will also institute an SAU Gold Medal for the
student who passes out of the university with the best academic performance in
his/her class. In all, there will be eight such medals, one given out to a
student each, from the eight post-graduate programmes the University currently
offers.
In view of the time-consuming visa process students have to go
though, the Academic Council recommended the admission schedule of SAU to start
from the first week of January, two months ahead of what it was last time
around. The university conducts admission assessments in all SAARC countries on
a single day. To facilitate easy process, the Indian High Commission provides
visas to students coming to the university under a special category called SAU
Visa. Understanding the unique nature of the university, the Council further
recommended a required minimum attendance in class and satisfactory fulfilment
of academic assignments, for students to be eligible to write their
examinations.
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