In a nation wide selection process monitored by high power committee consisting of academicians of high repute, Department of Zoology, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University has been selected for the prestigious grant with the provision of maximum outlay of Rs. 3 crores under the Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in universities and higher educational Institutions (FIST) Level-1Program by DST, Govt. of India. Out of the 186 institutions which competed for the grant, BGSBU is among the 16 which were selected. It is noteworthy that BGSBU is the only Institution that got selected from the UT of J&K. The grant is largely to augment the infrastructure facilities by equipping the Department with state-of-the-art instruments to promote high quality research.