Srinagar, Mar 13: Chairman of Mewar University, Ashok Kumar, on Friday said the future of Kashmiri students enrolled in the B.Sc Nursing course at the university is safe and urged protesting students not to take the law into their hands.
In a video message, Kumar said the university is authorised to run the B.Sc Nursing programme under the Mewar University Act 2009, which allows the institution to conduct courses in medicine, surgery, nursing, pharmacy and dentistry, including certificate, diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes.
He said the university had applied to the Government of Rajasthan in 2021 for a No Objection Certificate (NOC), a prerequisite for obtaining approval from the Rajasthan Nursing Council. According to him, the university waited for nearly a year and wrote several letters to the authorities but the NOC was not issued.
Kumar said the university subsequently approached the Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur, which allowed the institution to start the course and directed the state government to inspect the facilities and issue the NOC. An inspection was carried out in October 2022 and the team reportedly found the infrastructure satisfactory.
He said admissions were started only after the inspection and students were informed from the beginning that the government NOC and recognition from the Rajasthan Nursing Council were still pending.
“These students came through the Indian Army under the Operation Sadbhavana scheme. Both the Army authorities and the students were informed that the NOC had been applied for and would be issued later,” he said.
The chairman said the university again approached the High Court following delays from the government. After court directions and a contempt petition, the Rajasthan government issued a provisional NOC covering the academic sessions from 2022 to 2024.
However, he said the Rajasthan Nursing Council has not uploaded the university on its website as it is awaiting a permanent NOC.
Kumar said the university has applied again for approval for the 2025–26 academic session and another inspection was conducted in September 2025. He claimed that no deficiencies were reported and the proposal has moved through several administrative levels and is now awaiting final approval.
“Once the NOC is issued, the Rajasthan Nursing Council will list the university on its website, after which the Indian Nursing Council will also grant recognition,” he said.
Kumar said the university has around 10,000 students and alleged that protests by nursing students disrupted academic activities for nearly 20 days.
He said the students have been suspended for disturbing campus discipline and advised them to return home for Ramzan and Eid until the NOC process is completed.
The chairman said the B.Sc Nursing course fee is around Rs 2.5 lakh, including hostel charges, of which Rs 1 lakh is paid by the Indian Army while the remaining Rs 1.5 lakh is provided as scholarship by the university.
He added that more than 3,000 students from Kashmir have previously studied at the university and obtained valid degrees.
Kumar urged the students to maintain discipline and allow the university to resolve the matter through legal and government channels.
