SKICC, Kashmir’s premier international conference centre,  has set a record of a different kind this time in the middle of the deadly second wave of Covid pandemic by hosting an open-air conference on the jetty of its back lawns overlooking the picturesque Dal Lake in capital Srinagar.

This meeting chaired by Baseer A Khan, adviser to Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, about the Covid response mechanism in place for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, was attended by the stakeholders, allied departments, trade body representatives, civil society representatives and tourism trade bodies who while appreciating the efforts of the govt’s COVID response management raised issues and gave suggestions for the improvement and effectiveness of the measures taken by the government on the ground.

Director SKICC Bakshi Humayun Javed termed this as an experiential conference tourism initiative and assured to make it more facilitating and delegate friendly with foolproof Covid protocol.

“We at SKICC keep an eye on the changing situation and try to provide the best of the available conferencing infrastructure and safety gears,” he said.

SKICC had earlier also set a benchmark when it hosted the first post-pandemic conference by adhering to the perfect Covid protocol norms in the centre which made SKICC an important hub of events after the first wave of Covid pandemic.