NSU needs to add new faculties to attract more students: Minister Sharma

By Gokarna Paudel, Tulasipur, Feb 15:  Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma has pointed at the need to introduce new faculties to attract more students to study in Nepal Sanskrit University (NSU).

Minister Sharma said so while inaugurating Central Ayurveda Study Center of the NSU.

Referring to the growing interest of the western nationals to study eastern philosophy, Minister Sharma, who is also the government spokesperson, highlighted scope of the NSU to be an international university.

She underlined the need for including study of technology and the practices and conducts of the ancient sages.

Minister Sharma observed that there is a need to form a taskforce to enhance the NSU development.

She lauded the way the NSU's Ayurveda Teaching Institute saved lives of hundreds of the patients infected with the novel coronavirus by treating them with Ayurvedic medicine.