'Politics in universities pollutes educational environment'

Himachal Pradesh governor Acharya Devvrat today said "there was no place for politics" in Universities, as it polluted the educational environment and regular incidents of strikes at the university level created a bad impression.
"Any educational institution could attain new heights, provided all concerned people joined hand, demonstrated strong will power and worked honestly besides sharing responsibility and accountability," he said while presiding over the 27th Annual Court meeting of Himachal Pradesh University here.
He said the universities were the centres of higher learning and human development, but unfortunately political activities in such institutions pollute the educational environment and regular incidents of strikes at the university level created a bad impression.

"Universities are institutions of intellectuals and should create an impression of wisdom and learning and all responsible people should think about the problem and come forward to resolve it for the benefit of the institution," he said.
The governor stressed the need to work with commitment and diligence for social reforms and provide quality education to the young generation and make them capable in every respect.
He said that in the present era of "cut-throat" competition and science and technology, there was need for introspection and work analysis adding that plans should be made at the department level.

Himachal Pradesh University had achieved many milestones and efforts were being made to provide quality education, he said adding that the university would certainly be included in the A-Grade category in the country soon.

The University Court approved the annual reports for the year 2013-14 and 2014-15 to be placed before the State Legislative Assembly.
Vice-Chancellor Professor ADN Bajpai said the HPU had achieved many milestones during last five years and efforts were being made to improve the standard of the university besides providing quality education to the students.
He said the direct elections for Students Central Association (SCA) were banned in the university to create conducive educational environment in the campus.