Srinagar, March 21 -- Education Minister Sakina Itoo confirmed this development in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. "The Higher Education Department has framed a draft policy concerning the setting up of private universities in Jammu & Kashmir," she said.She added that after approval from the competent authority, the policy would pave the way for private universities in the region.

Responding to inquiries about a satellite campus in Ramban under the University of Jammu, the minister clarified, "At present, there is no proposal regarding the establishment of a satellite campus in the Ramban constituency on the pattern of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University." However, she mentioned that a committee has been formed to evaluate the feas...