Prof.D.V.R.Sai Gopal, Ph.D.,Honble Vice-Chancellor,Cluster University, Kurnool
It is fortunate and Honour to me as a founder Vice-Chancellor of Cluster University Kurnool (CUK) which has established in 2020 at Kurnool the historical city in Andhra Pradesh. I believe that the establishment of the Cluster University is an innovative and a strategic intervention in the higher education sector of the State. The CUK has been established under “The Cluster University (Kurnool) Act, 2019 Act 13 of 2020” and the infrastructure development is funded through the Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme of the Ministry of Human Resources and Development and state government. The mandate of CUK is to provide opportunities to the aspiring students of the State to pursue higher education and also to bridge the critical gaps in specialized disciplines. The CUK has been created by pooling the resources of three existing colleges at Kurnool-
1. Silver Jubilee Government College (Autonomous), 2.K.V.R.Government College for Women (Autonomous), 3. Government Degree College for Men. These three constituent colleges of the Cluster University have adequate academic, physical and technical infrastructural facilities and the mission of CUK would be to lead these colleges to the advanced schools of learning. The higher educational sector of the State is in dire need of a paradigm shift due to technological innovations occurring around the world. The modern tools of e-learning shall form an integral component of the educational system at CUK. Innovative and integrated under-graduate and post-graduate courses will be introduced at CUK that will be strengthen the bridging of Institute, Industry and community linkage. The Father of The Nation, Mahatma Gandhi Ji quoted that “Literacy in itself is no education. Literacy is not the end of education or even the beginning. By education, I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man-body, mind and spirit”. We are planning to intend to introduce a multi-dimensional assessment system that shall include seminars, group interaction, community development programmes, skilled development and skill enhancement programs according to the NEP-2020 guidelines. These programmes will broaden the intellectual ability of the students. CUK will be promised for complete transparency in the evaluation process and student shall have vested rights to contest the assessments. The constituent campuses of CUK have glorious past and have immensely contributed to the intellectual growth of the people of the Andhra Pradesh. The faculty of the constituent colleges is highly skilled with many of them having multidimensional expertise both in teaching and research. I consider CUK will have one of the largest faculty strengths in the region with this augmentation of Clustering of the institutions. I welcome all the faculty and inspiring students to this Cluster University. I am sure that you will find CUK intellectually stimulating and have a wonderful learning experience with us.
