Lakshadweep’s first nursing school will get VNSGU affiliation after it did not get ‘satisfactory response’ from 3 states

Lakshadweep’s first nursing school has acquired in-principle approval for affiliation from Gujarat’s Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) in Surat, after it did not get “satisfactory response” from Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, stated the island Union Territory’s secretary for well being and training, Amit Satija.
The VNSGU, in a syndicate assembly on Friday, authorised affiliation for the school, situated over 1,000 kilometres away, within the southern finish of the nation.
The proposal in search of affiliation was despatched to the VNSGU vice-chancellor KN Chawda by Dr MK Basheer, director, Lakshadweep well being hervices, on July 15.
Speaking to The Indian Express on Saturday, Satija stated, “This would be the first nursing college in Lakshadweep. We are hopeful that in the next four to six weeks, we will start (running the) college. Initially, we will take lecturers on contract basis. The college, where medium of instruction will be English, will have 30 seats, with 24 reserved for girls.”
“Before reaching out to VNSGU, we applied for affiliation from universities in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka but did not get any satisfactory response. The proposals were delayed but not denied. We sent a proposal to VNSGU on July 15 and the syndicate members’ meeting approved it,” Satija added.
The proposal by Basheer mentions that it might be the primary authorities nursing school within the Union Territory.
Lakshadweep joint secretary well being Dr Shashi Pal stated, “At present, the nursing college will function from a vacant government building at Kavaratti, the headquarter of Lakshadweep. The vacant staff quarters will be converted into a girls’ hostel. A hospital complex is being planned in the same area for which land has been identified.”
Satija says that the affiliation might be legitimate solely after approval from the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Gujarat Nursing Council and Indian Nursing Council.
According to Gujarat Nursing Council vice-president Ikbal Kadiwala, the well being division of the Union Territory must ship letter of request to the state authorities. “Once the state government approves the proposal, we will work on it,” he stated.As per UGC pointers, “a university established or incorporated by or under a state act shall operate only within the territorial jurisdiction allotted to it under its act and in no case beyond the territory of the state of its location”.
When requested about this, VNSGU vice-chancellor KN Chawda stated, “It is upto them (college authorities) to get UGC permission for affiliation. Generally for a Union Territory, UGC gives permission to the college.”
The VNSGU, headquartered in Surat, has given affiliation to over 350 self-finance and authorities faculties in South Gujarat. The Government Nursing College and Government Medical College at Silvassa within the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli in addition to Arts, Commerce and Science Government College, Government Nursing College and Self-finance College of BBA and BCA in Daman are additionally affiliated to it. Both these UTs are geographically inside Gujarat borders.

The administrator for the unified UTs of Diu, Daman and DNH is former Gujarat minister Praful Patel, who was additionally handed further cost of the UT of Lakshadweep final yr.
Congress chief and senate member of VNSGU, Bhavesh Rabari, stated, “We opposed the proposal initially but later it was passed by the members as it is a government college. We have also raised the issue of UGC guidelines of territorial issue, they told us itwill be sorted out by the department of health, Lakshadweep.”
Chawda stated the varsity will arrange a Local Inquiry Committee (LIC) that may perform digital inspection of the school in coming days. “With this affiliation, students who pass out of Lakshadweep college can join for M.Sc Nursing at University in Surat or can work in Gujarat hospitals. This will also open doors for other self-finance colleges or government colleges in Lakshadweep for getting affiliation with VNSGU.”
Pal stated that originally the school will admit solely college students from Lakshadweep.