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Terrorism was the “biggest force of the younker of J&K” for much than 3 decades, and it destroyed their dreams and aspirations, Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha said connected Wednesday (November 12, 2025).
He was speaking astatine the valedictory league of the instauration time celebrations of the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) astatine Awantipora.
“Terrorism was the biggest force of the younker of J&K. Now, our younker and young professionals are fulfilling their dreams and achieving their aspirations. However, our neighbouring state and immoderate of their violent elements sitting present are trying to disrupt this progress,” Mr. Sinha said.
These remarks came aft the relation of 3 doctors from Kashmir came nether the scanner for “terror links” successful the caller past. Remain “vigilant against such ecosystems, and enactment unneurotic to foil their efforts”, the L-G said.
“Jammu and Kashmir has created its caller destiny, a caller identity, and woven caller dreams. This indispensable beryllium protected astatine each cost, and those trying to shatter the dreams of our younker indispensable beryllium strictly dealt with,” Mr. Sinha said.
The monolithic concern successful the past five-six years successful quality capital, probe and development, incubation centres, and the university’s infrastructure, would thrust J&K’s economical growth, Mr. Sinha said of the varsity’s contribution. “Academic programmes accrued from 41 to 90 betwixt 2021 and 2025, offering interdisciplinary and cutting-edge courses similar AI, robotics, ‘design your ain degree’, abstraction technology, information sciences, and apprenticeship based UG (undergraduate)-level accomplishment courses,” the L-G said.
Applications successful aggregate disciplines were up from 3,000 successful 2021 to 7,600 successful 2025, with accrued diverseness from crossed J&K and beyond. “Before 2021, outer backing of IUST for probe was simply ₹2 crore annually. In 4 years, much than ₹69 crore outer backing was achieved for research,” Mr. Sinha said.
The assemblage had besides grown to incubate 93 start-ups successful the past 4 years, hosted implicit 225 incubatees, and nurtured award-winning innovations successful renewable energy, healthcare, and Information Technology, Mr. Sinha said.
“32 patents granted, 77 patents person been published, 33 much filed; additionally, 2 module person been ranked among apical Indian scientists successful their field. It is simply a substance of pridefulness for IUST,” helium said.
The Lieutenant Governor directed the IUST to prosecute probe innovation successful processing low-cost vigor resilient houses. He besides asked the assemblage to look into the ways for effectual reuse of roadworthy and gathering operation material, and promotion of cold-mix exertion for much durable roads. “IUST indispensable besides supply innovative solutions for connection exertion to scope distant regions without relying connected accepted awesome towers,” Mr. Sinha said.
