Kashmir University to get IT Innovation Park; Check details here

IT Innovation Park is targeted to support and nurture around 50 start-ups (physical and virtual) per-year, with incubation facilities, over a period of five years

The University of Kashmir is all set to have an IT Innovation Park. Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Professor Talat Ahmad on June 14 chaired a meeting to review the blueprint of the state-of-the-art IT Innovation Park proposed to be set-up at the varsity’s Directorate of Information Technology and Support System. According to the reports, the four-storeyed park is begin established with an aim to create a technology platform for enabling innovative start-ups to develop software-based applications, products and solutions to address not just local and national needs but those with global perspectives too.

During the meeting, Professor Talat addressed IT professionals and officers stating that the IT Innovation Park is targeted to support and nurture around 50 start-ups (physical and virtual) per-year, with incubation facilities, over a period of five years while enabling research scholars and students of the Directorate of IT&SS to undertake specialization in Cloud Services, Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence.

Professor Talat and KU Registrar Dr Nisar A Mir also thanked the Jammu and Kashmir government, especially Higher Education and Finance Departments, for proving full support to several new development projects in the university, including the Innovation Park. The VC also reviewed the blueprint of a proposed state-of-the-art 300-bed research scholars' hostel coming up at Zakura Campus.

The proposed Innovation Park will be built on a sprawling 42000 sqft area. The reports suggest that it  will have state-of-the-art facilities, including Software Development Labs equipped with modern hardware and super specialised labs of AI and Database Management System, Cloud Services and Data Analytics.

Hailing the Directorate of IT and SS, Dean Academic Affairs Professor ShabirABhat said the project has been conceived keeping in view the current and future requirements in key areas of Information Technology. Registrar DrNisar A Mir thanked the Vice-Chancellor for his constant mentorship in the execution of various development projects.

The meeting, among others, was attended by Special Secretary to Vice-Chancellor DrTanveer A Shah, Joint Registrar Development Inam-ul-Rauf Malik, Executive Engineer University Construction Division Bilal MasoodShayik, Consultant Architect Er Tariq Fazili, Assistant Engineer UCD TatheerManzoor and a team of IT professionals from the Directorate of IT and SS.

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