Srinagar, March 18 -- The University of Kashmir (KU) today convened the 56th meeting of its Academic Council under the chairpersonship of Vice-Chancellor KU Prof. Nilofer Khan. The meeting deliberated on key academic matters, including the introspection of program choices offered at the University's satellite campuses, keeping in view market demand, intake capacity, and admission trends. Addressing the meeting comprising top university officers, deans of the schools, heads of various departments/satellite campuses, and several college principals, Prof. Nilofer Khan stressed on the need to ensure that academic standards and benchmarks are not allowed to be lowered at any cost and that introduction of new courses proposed is done strictly i...