The Fiji TimesProf Ahluwalia: ‘I hope we are going to proceed’

The College of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia says 2022 had been a 12 months that had examined their resiliency within the face of numerous obstacles.

He prolonged his honest appreciation to the complete college neighborhood for a 12 months that has been each demanding and extremely gratifying.

In his finish of the 12 months message, Prof Pal stated they conquered insurmountable obstacles and achieved nice success.

“Along with our college students we conquered seemingly insurmountable obstacles and achieved nice success,” he stated.

“This 12 months we returned to having head to head graduations and different college occasions which had come to a standstill due to the COVID-19 pandemic – these celebrations have been welcomed as we progressively return to some semblance of normalcy.”

Prof Ahluwalia highlighted that the college achieved international rankings within the extremely prestigious Occasions Larger Schooling World College Rankings for the second time in a row.

“And for the primary time we made it within the topic rankings in Enterprise and Economics within the 2023 Occasions Larger Schooling World College Rankings.

“We had been delighted to be ranked extremely within the Occasions Larger Schooling World College Rankings, a recognition of our efforts in the direction of attaining the worldwide sustainable improvement targets regardless of the challenges of COVID-19, USP was as soon as once more ranked within the WURI rankings – we had been ranked twelfth towards a few of the prime universities of the world within the space of disaster administration.”

He added that in the newest Shanghai rankings the College of Enterprise and Administration’s Self-discipline of Tourism and Hospitality Administration (THM) rated within the prime 150-200 (SBM) and USPs Political Science program ranked from 301-400.

“This 12 months’s accomplishment is a results of a collaborative effort which I hope we are going to proceed in 2023 as we proceed to pursuit excellence.

“With the wonderful help of our dedicated employees, diligent college students, our improvement companions and our revered member nations, we stay optimistic that we’ll try for larger heights and additional strengthen USP’s repute in 2023.”