Jammu, June 20: Chairperson of J&K Waqf Board Dr DarakhshanAndrabi Monday presided over the 117th Annual Day function of IslamiaFaridiya Educational & Research Institute held at its Kishtwar Campus.

The official spokesperson said that in her presidential address Dr DarakhshanAndrabi congratulated the Institute Management for their efforts to establish this Institute as the leading education & research hub in the area. She said that J&K Waqf Board will soon formulate a plan to give a boost to infrastructure & other facilities here so that this emerges as one of the leading Educational Centers of J&K and the Country. She instructed the management to formulate a plan for developing this Institute as a National Level Educational Centre. “Waqf Board has a huge educational set-up in J&K but it needs to be streamlined and improved.  Many of Waqf-managed educational centres are in shambles and the new Board has taken note of it. We are devising a holistic roadmap to develop the existing educational network of Waqf within a year. With the help of the grant of the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, Waqf intends to begin some coaching centres for Competitive Examinations & Civil Services and also establish some skill-centres in the UT,” said Dr DarakhshanAndrabi. Waqf Board Chairperson congratulated the staff & the teaching faculty for their hard work which won laurels for this Institute. Dr DarakhshanAndrabi later chaired a meeting of the civil society representatives and listened to the issues and suggestions of the people of the area. Dr Andrabi assured them that she will be taking up the issues with the administration so that they are resolved at the earliest.  Dr Andrabi appealed to the people to maintain communal harmony and brotherhood at all costs so that the designs of anti-social elements to disrupt peace are defeated. “Unity among all sections of society is our strength and we have to remain united for our resolve of co-existence for everlasting peace & development,” said Andrabi.