<p>Lieutenant Governor Brigadier (Retd) B D Mishra has decided to set up an agriculture department in the University of Ladakh and transfer various units of SKUAST to it, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Mishra took the decision at a meeting convened at Raj Niwas here to discuss the handing of assets of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), an official spokesperson said.</p>.SC reserves verdict on plea of National Conference against denial of plough symbol to candidates for Ladakh polls.<p>The spokesperson said the Lt Governor decided that the full-fledged agriculture department would be established under the University of Ladakh in affiliation of SKUAST Kashmir.</p>.<p>Mishra also decided that various SKUAST units in Ladakh would be transferred to the agriculture department of the University of Ladakh.</p>.<p>He directed the Vice Chancellor of University of Ladakh, Prof S K Mehta to expedite the process of creating the agriculture department.</p>.<p>Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education, Ladakh, Padma Angmo suggested that SKUAST should hand over the assets as well as the posts to the administration of Ladakh.</p>.<p>SKUAST Kashmir Vice Chancellor Prof Nazir Ahmad Ganai informed the meeting about the university and its existence in the Union Territory.</p>.<p>He said two research institutes, two Krishi Vigyan Kendras and six SKUAST units were established in Ladakh during the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.</p>.<p>Ladakh was granted Union Territory status after being carved out from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019.</p>.<p>Jammu and Kashmir was also turned into a Union Territory with its special status under Article 370 revoked.</p>.<p>Gania said 45 non-technical posts are lying vacant in six units of the university and are reserved for the residents of Ladakh.</p> <p>The assets of SKUAST-Kashmir will be taken over by the Agriculture Department of the Ladakh University when it becomes fully functional, the spokesperson said.</p>
<p>Lieutenant Governor Brigadier (Retd) B D Mishra has decided to set up an agriculture department in the University of Ladakh and transfer various units of SKUAST to it, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Mishra took the decision at a meeting convened at Raj Niwas here to discuss the handing of assets of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), an official spokesperson said.</p>.SC reserves verdict on plea of National Conference against denial of plough symbol to candidates for Ladakh polls.<p>The spokesperson said the Lt Governor decided that the full-fledged agriculture department would be established under the University of Ladakh in affiliation of SKUAST Kashmir.</p>.<p>Mishra also decided that various SKUAST units in Ladakh would be transferred to the agriculture department of the University of Ladakh.</p>.<p>He directed the Vice Chancellor of University of Ladakh, Prof S K Mehta to expedite the process of creating the agriculture department.</p>.<p>Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education, Ladakh, Padma Angmo suggested that SKUAST should hand over the assets as well as the posts to the administration of Ladakh.</p>.<p>SKUAST Kashmir Vice Chancellor Prof Nazir Ahmad Ganai informed the meeting about the university and its existence in the Union Territory.</p>.<p>He said two research institutes, two Krishi Vigyan Kendras and six SKUAST units were established in Ladakh during the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.</p>.<p>Ladakh was granted Union Territory status after being carved out from the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019.</p>.<p>Jammu and Kashmir was also turned into a Union Territory with its special status under Article 370 revoked.</p>.<p>Gania said 45 non-technical posts are lying vacant in six units of the university and are reserved for the residents of Ladakh.</p> <p>The assets of SKUAST-Kashmir will be taken over by the Agriculture Department of the Ladakh University when it becomes fully functional, the spokesperson said.</p>