Jammu University, which has received Rs.100 crore funding under the Centre’s Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyaan (RUSA) to promote excellence, and has set up three centres for entrepreneurship and skill development. “One of the focus of RUSA grant will be entrepreneurship and skill development sector. We have set up three such centres,” Vice Chancellor of Jammu University, Manoj Dhar said.

These centres are named as business incubation and innovation centre; industry, academia interface centre; and entrepreneurship and skill development centre. Mr Dhar added, “We will focus on entrepreneurship and skill development. We want to make job creators rather than job seekers.”

RUSA is meant for improvement in teaching, entrepreneurship and skill development, and for upgrading and mentoring other institutions. Ten university, including Jammu University, have been selected for Rs.1000 crore funding under RUSA. Mr Dhar added that students study to get jobs but there is always dearth of jobs. “We want to train such a human resource which will not only create economic opportunities and jobs for self but also create and offer jobs to others,” he added.