New Courses at UGC Academic Staff College, AMU

Aligarh: The UGC Academic Staff College, Aligarh Muslim University has launched two Orientation Programmes and Subject Refresher Course in Oriental Studies. Over 70 university and college lecturers from 11 states including Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Bihar, JandK, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, MP, UP, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have enrolled for these courses. Prof. A. R. Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College, welcomed the participants and said that the two major objectives behind these courses is to equip the teachers with better teaching skills and to facilitate an intermingling of people from different states, cultures and linguistic orientations.