Top priority to quality teaching: JNTUA V-C

Anantapur: Prof S Srinivas Kumar, took charge as the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of JNTUA here on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference on the occasion, the new V-C promised to take the university to its glorious heights. Kumar said that he would take feedback from students, teaching faculty and also from confidential sources for improving the quality of education and standards of teaching apart from boosting student performance.

Replying to a question, the V-C said that he would take two months to study conditions in the affiliated engineering colleges on the infrastructure and engineering amenities and take measures accordingly. Kumar stated his objective was not to punish or victimise anyone but to take corrective steps in the interest of providing quality education to students.

On appointing high quality teaching faculty, the V-C said that if need be he would keep positions vacant rather than compromising on quality. Getting selected for any position is not a cake walk, he observed.

Asked if the university intended to contribute to solar and wind energy industry development in the context of the district emerging as a non-conventional energy hub, Srinivas Kumar stated that suitable courses would be introduced to train up youth for suitable absorption in the industry. He promised to work with Gujarat based GERMI institute for promoting the local industry.

The V-C said he would explore possibility of the university tapping solar energy as well as its colleges in Pulivendula in Kadapa district. Asked on the employability rate of engineering students in engineering jobs in the state, he replied it is hardly 10 per cent.