Overview

• Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu called for overhauling academic curricula and administrative systems to keep pace with technological and market developments
• Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla praised the university as a centre for nation-building that has produced leaders such as J. P. Nadda and Hamid Karzai
• On its 56th Foundation Day, HPU launched five new research centres including the Himalayan Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
• The disaster resilience centre will conduct scientific studies to predict, prevent and devise solutions for flash floods and other natural hazards
• State leaders emphasised introducing market-aligned courses and phasing out obsolete programmes to ensure graduates emerge skilled and self-reliant