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Universities in this day and age are not judged just by
their ability to transfer knowledge but their ability to
create new knowledge. This is measured by (a) high
quality PhD out put, (b) patents that are commercialized
based on the work carried out in the universities, (c)
honours and awards won by the faculty at international
level, (d) citations of the work of the faculty in the
Science Citation Index, (e) impact factor of the
journals in which the work of the faculty is published,
(f) international grants won by the faculty. These and
other such measures which reflect the creativity of the
faculty and students of the university determine the
academic stature of the university. The management of
the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University will need to
use these yardsticks for its own performance assessment
so that it can emerge as a genuine quality university.
The commitment of the SBKWU in holding of its Second
Academic Convocation is commendable. I pray for the
success of the university in future, and expect that the
university will continue to work with same sincerity and
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