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- ↑ official website of All India Council for Technical Education. http://www.aicte-india.org/downloads/ET/Jammu%20and%20Kashmir_ET.pdf
- ↑ official website of kashmir university. http://www.kashmiruniversity.ac.in/collegedetailss.aspx?link=2. retrieved on 24 September 2014,