Jharkhand

• 22 Dec 2022

Preparations Begin to Convert Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS) into a University

Why In News?

• On December 20, 2022, Dr. Joseph Marianus Kujur said in the program 'Samvad 3.0' organized at the institute that preparations have been started to convert Xavier Institute of Social Service into a university and 35 acres of land has been identified at Bandhgaon, Namkum in Ranchi for the new campus.

Key Points

• Director Dr. Kujur said that a University Task Force has been constituted to establish XISS as a university soon. It is headed by four other members, including Father Xavier Soreng.
• He said that under the New Education Policy 2020, two new diploma courses will be conducted from the new session. Under this, the six-month certificate course in Geoinformatics, which was earlier run, has now been converted into a one-year diploma course in Geoinformatics (GIS).
• Apart from this, one-year Diploma in Tribal Studies will be started. Its course plan has been prepared.