It is with a sense of great commitment and mindful passion that I address our students as we embark upon the upcoming academic year. With a valuable, outstanding heritage and glorious history of 134 years behind us, we are, at present, at a high curve of trajectory where we take on the present with futuristic vision and transformational action strategy. Autonomy has given us a clear field to introduce transformative education and initiatives to help students develop the competencies they will need to be successful in the following decades of this millennium. We aim to broaden the goals of education to better prepare students for the demands of their future lives. As we move globally from the Information to the Conceptual age, the future belongs to a society of Creators, Innovators, Empathizers and Meaning-makers. With our focus thus, on empowering education, inventive and creative thinking, effective communication and high productivity, we are ready as an institution to provide requisite training for the development of these skills among our young women students. Skill development programs under DDU Kaushal Kendra are developing a skilled, very employable generation of our country. We aim to nurture independent thinkers, creative entrepreneurs and most importantly, good human beings.

To provide world class education, we have upgraded syllabi of all the academic UG and PG programs being offered at KMV. Innovative Value-added programs like Foundation Program, Moral Education, Social Outreach Programs, Gender Sensitization & Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Inner Peace and Happiness programs have been added to academic curriculum in each Semester which form an essential part of holistic education at KMV. Tie-ups with various industries and national institutes for practical skill training of students and to prepare them for competitive exams adds to the vast panorama of learning opportunities here. Our International partnerships, Student Research initiatives, student publications, talent development events and student leadership development initiatives, regular workshops, seminars and conferences make the KMV experience most vibrant and enriching. Student Welfare programs and Mentoring of each student by the erudite and highly qualified faculty of the institution, is what sets us qualitatively at a high pedestal of academic traditions.

I look forward to welcome you all to be a part of this outstanding, transformational experience at KMV!

Prof (Dr) Atima Sharma Dwivedi