JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik approved establishment of first ever University in Ladakh.

Advisors to the Governor, K Vijay Kumar, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai and Kewal Kumar Sharma, Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam and Principal Secretary to the Governor Umang Narula were present at the meeting.

It will be a Cluster University covering five colleges of Lehand Kargil districts. The University will be established with an initial grant of Rs 65 crore to be provided next fiscal.

Establishment of the University will fulfill a long-standing demand of the people of the districts.