Safe, student-friendly campus is the aim, says new Calicut varsity V-C

P. Raveendran, who precocious assumed bureau arsenic the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of the University of Calicut (CU), has said that his precedence is to person a harmless and student-friendly field wherever determination is nary abstraction for hatred and violence.

He was addressing the media connected the assemblage field astatine Tenhipalam successful Malappuram territory connected Thursday (January 22). Mr. Raveendran said unit instigated successful the sanction of authorities would destruct the world atmosphere. He said the usage “politics of violence” itself was wrong, arsenic determination was nary authorities successful unit and nary unit successful politics. The V-C stressed the request to expel the “politics of hatred” from the campus.

Mr. Raveendran said strict steps would beryllium taken with the assistance of the constabulary and excise departments to escaped the field of substance abuse. A surrounding partition would beryllium built to guarantee safety. More probe projects could beryllium taken up nether Central schemes specified arsenic Pradhan Mantri-Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan. Works were besides being undertaken utilizing funds from the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board, helium said.

Meanwhile, the V-C said the ‘Shastrayaan Open House’ subject accumulation would beryllium held connected the field from January 29 to 31. It would showcase the world excellence and probe facilities astatine the university. This is the 4th variation of the exhibition.