The University of Mysore Academic Council has approved setting up of a separate department for disability and rehabilitation studies in its campus at Manasagangotri. <br />''<br />''Speaking to the media, Vice-Chancellor G Hemantha Kumar, said that the new department would come into effect from the next academic year. The University Syndicate had approved the proposal in August this year.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The Ministry of Human Resource Development had asked the Mysore University in February to establish the department to provide facilities to persons with disabilities.</span><br />