Focal University of Kashmir (some time ago known as the Central University of Jammu and Kashmir) was set up in March 2009 with the arrangement and joining of Prof. Abdul Wahid Qureshi , a prominent academician and the previous Vice Chancellor of University of Kashmir, as the First Vice Chancellor. The regulatory office setup at 101, Baghi-Hyder, Hyderpora in May 2009 began working with a skelton staff drew in on assignment/contract premise