• CITES&M leads initiative to streamline University operations, enhancing transparency and accountability through samarth ERP integration

JAMMU: The Centre for IT Enabled Services & Management (CITES&M), the University of Jammu organized a three-day training session on “Leave Management System” under the Samarth ERP for all Officers, Directors/HODs, and Teaching Single Point of Contact (SPOC) of the various departments of the university.

Dr. Guneet Singh Sudan, Director, Centre for IT Enabled Services & Management, welcomed all the participants and introduced the various sub-systems of the ERP implemented at the University of Jammu which includes the Employee Management System, Career Advancement Scheme (CAS), Inventory Management System, File Management And Tracking System, Transport Management System, IT Desk Management System Guest House Management System, Grievance Management System, Core Communication System etc.

He emphasized that within an educational institute, the ERP would play a pivotal role in making university governance transparent, effective, efficient, responsive, and accountable, to its employees, students, and all the stakeholders. He highlighted that this new system would be the University's initiative towards e-governance and good governance in alignment with the vision of Prof. Umesh Rai, Vice Chancellor, the University of Jammu.

The participants were trained on the Leave Management System on the ERP and various stages of leave management process which include online submission of various types of leave, recommendation, reviewing, approval/rejection, and sanctioning. They were informed about leave balance, and leave analysis. The system is designed to streamline and simplify the process of managing leave applications for teaching faculty, officers, non-teaching, and multitasking staff.

Additionally, the participants were introduced to the Employee Management System, Guest House Management System, Transport Management System, and IT Desk Management System.

All participated enthusiastically in the training session and asked various questions which were answered to their satisfaction. The training session was coordinated by Ms. Jaswinder Kour, Service and Development Engineer, Centre for IT which was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Guneet Singh Sudan, Director IT. The training was conducted by Mr. Harsh Dutt Sharma, Ms. Sonakshi Varshneya and Mr. Shubham Digra .Among those who were also present included Er. Vinod Parihar, Er. Narinder Anthal, Mr. Sandeep Bakshi, Ms. Lakshmi Balwal, Mr. Rakesh Sharma, Ms. Indu Sharma, Mr. Deepak Badyal, Mr. Shantul Raina, Mr. Manik Sharma, Mr. Shubam Sharma, Mr. Gourav Gupta and Mr. Ankush Sharma.

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A brilliant mind who studied at Netarhat Residential School and graduated in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur before earning his PhD from the University of Maryland, Dr. Ranjan chose to return to India and dedicate his life to teaching, research and social good.

His pioneering work in networked systems, AI, robotics and biomedical applications—especially computer-vision tools for early detection of cancer and heart disease—reflected his deep belief that advanced technology must serve humanity.

For more than 15 years at JK Monitor, he remained a loyal friend, mentor and collaborator, marked by rare humility, intellectual integrity and quiet generosity. His passing leaves a void that cannot be filled. Priya, you will be deeply missed. Your life continues to remind us that knowledge finds its highest purpose in the service of others.

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