Arts varsity to serve as nodal agency for soft-skill courses

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, April 29

The State University of Visual and Performing Arts (SUPVA) is all geared up to begin its new academic session from August 1, a week earlier than the previous session’s schedule.

A series of entrance tests for various study programmes will be organised in the months of May and June. The qualifying test will be conducted online and the list of qualified candidates will be displayed on the university’s website on May 17.

Thereafter, the university will hold aptitude and skill tests for the qualified candidates from June 28-30. The entire intake process will end on July 27.

Talking to mediapersons here, SUPVA Vice-Chancellor Rajbir Singh said that the university prospectus was available on the university website since March 20. He said that from this year, choice-based credit system (CBCS) would be introduced to widen the range of papers to be offered during the academic session.

The VC pointed out that SUPVA offers professional programmes in performing and visual arts across various disciplines like film and television, acting, design, urban planning and architecture etc.

“There will be a special focus on the industry-academia interface, which will not only guide the syllabi development, but would also be instrumental in the training and placement of students,” he said.

The VC said the university was now all set to take up the crucial task of soft-skill training across the higher education institutions of the state. SUPVA would be the nodal agency to develop, design and implement soft-skill courses, besides being the digital learning resource centre.

A number of adjunct faculty members across various disciplines would also be engaged to enrich and diversify the teaching-training resources at the university, he added.

The VC said the university library would be upgraded and kept open round the clock. The campus would be developed as green and self-sustainable campus, he added.

SUPVA Registrar Bharti Sharma, Film and Television HoD Jeetendra Sharma, Urban Planning and Architecture HoD Ajay Kaushik and Visual Arts HoD Vinay were also present on the occasion.

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