2 min learnSrinagarApr 13, 2026 05:40 AM IST
Three universities within the Kashmir Valley have concurrently cancelled their MoUs with the US-based Kashmir Care Foundation (KCF), saying a “review by competent authorities” decided that the MoUs had been towards “larger institutional interest”.
The universities are Kashmir University, the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) and the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology (SKUAST) Srinagar.
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KCF, an NGO based mostly in Atlanta within the US state of Georgia, describes itself as having been based with a “vision to empower the youth of Kashmir”.
A letter by Kashmir University’s Registrar, Dr Naseer Iqbal, stated the MoU was executed on December 15, 2025, “with the objective of furthering educational initiative through workshops, seminars and other academic engagements in STEM, Humanities and related fields”. The letter provides that the MoU “has been reviewed by the competent authorities of the university, and it has been determined that continuation of the MoU is not in the larger institutional interest of the university”.
“Now, therefore, in exercise of powers conferred under Class D, Sub Class IV of the MoU and applicable rules, the University of Kashmir hereby terminates the aforesaid MoU with immediate effect,” the letter reads.
Islamic University of Science and Technology’s Registrar, Prof Abdul Wahid Makhdoomi, additionally wrote to KCF, saying the MoU executed for “collaborative initiatives in the field of emerging technologies has been reviewed by the competent authorities of the university”, and that “upon such review, it has been decided to cancel the said Memorandum of Understanding”.
The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Srinagar, issued a shorter memo, saying, “Letter of Agreement signed between SKUAST-K and Kashmir Care Foundation (KCF), Atlanta, USA, on 15th of April 2025 is hereby cancelled with immediate effect.”
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KCF president Altaf Lal informed The Indian Express that he has responded to the universities. “I am as ignorant about the development as anyone else. However, I have responded to the respective universities and the honourable Chancellor,” he stated. J&Okay Lt Governor Manoj Sinha is the Chancellor of all three universities.
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