Building Committee meeting held at CUJ, 100 bedded girls hostel coming up soon

JAMMU: The 25th University Works Building Committee of Central University Jammu (CUJ) was held here today. The meeting was presided over by Prof. Sanjeev Jain, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, CUJ. Prof. Jain welcomed the members and apprised them of various infrastructure projects under progress for enhancing the Academic & Hostel facilities for students.

At present 02 Nos 500 Bedded Hostels, 01 Academic Block and Library cum Administration are being constructed by the University. At present only one 100 Bedded Boys Hostel is functional in the campus. A new 100 Bedded Girls Hostel is likely to be completed by June, 2023 which will add to residential capacity of the University. Besides these 01 33/11 KVA Receiving Station is completed and ready for operationalization pending some approvals from Ministry of Environment for providing ROW for conductors for 33 KV Line from Bari Brahamana-II Feeder. University is in process of implementing many new projects in next 04 months and these includes University Gate Complex, Vice Chancellor Residence, Prefabricated Academic Block and 05 Nos. High Mast Lights.

External experts from various fields who attended the meeting including:Dr. C.M Seth, IFS (Retd.), Former Chairman Pollution Control Board, J&K, Mr. Kafeel Ahmad Ferozi, Chief Architect, Architect Organization J&K, Er. Ravinder Mansotra, Chief Engineer (Retd.), JKERA, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, HOD, Deptt. Of Civil Engineering, GCET and Sh. Ashok Chibber, Executive Engineer, JPDCL, STD-II.

Senior University Professors and Officials also attended the meeting included Prof. Devanand, Dean, School Of Basic & Applied Sciences, Prof. B.S Bhau Dean, School Of Life Sciences, Prof. Vinay Kumar, Department of Physics & Astronomical Sciences, Dr. Yashwant Singh, I/c Registrar, CUJ, Sh. Mohd. Iqbal, I/c Finance Officer, CUJ and  Er. Vishal Bargotra, Executive Engineer CUJ. After the meeting members visited the sites where projects were going on.