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The Tribune has a close look at the state of universities in Punjab, Haryana and
Himachal Pradesh. Senior staffers visited these institutions to
examine their problems and prospects.
Saturday,
September 20, 2003
Panjab
University: venerable but showing its age
Pressure groups play
politics and scuttle academic reforms
by Roopinder Singh
THE
level of politicisation in the institution that traces its
roots back to pre-partition Punjab, the one that was spelt
with an ‘a’, is so high as to be all-pervasive. The
Senate, the Syndicate faculty members, employees and
students, all are “politically” active. |
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all 12 universities in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh
have been covered. After monitoring the working of these
universities for some months, The Tribune staffers
will again visit them to find out whether something has been
done to improve their functioning.
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Editor-in-Chief |
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Guru
Jambeshwar University
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Tuesday,
September 16, 2003
Academic
environment chokes teachers, many quit
GJU in reverse gear;
assistants, deputies and ad hoc staff dominate
by Nirmal Sandhu
WHAT
distinguishes Guru Jambeshwar University, Hisar, from others is
that it has made the least contribution to unemployment. By
keeping off mainstream arts subjects and stressing on job-oriented
courses in engineering, science and management, GJU has done
tremendous social good. Permanent teachers are, by and large,
young, bright and apolitical.
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Himachal Pradesh Agriculture
University
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Saturday,
September 13, 2003
Research benefits don’t reach farmers
Palampur varsity fails to implement expert report on restructuring
by Shishu Patial
CHOUDHARY Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture
University at Palampur, which completes 25 years of its existence this year, has failed to come up to the expectations of the farming community in the state. The university earlier was a campus of Punjab Agricultural University.
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Parmar
University of Horticulture and Forestry
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Wednesday,
September 10, 2003
Bleak
employment opportunities worry the students
Resource crunch and inbreeding
hinder research at Nauni varsity
by V. Eshwar Anand
OVER
the years, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry at
Nauni in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh has created a niche for
itself as a pioneering centre of research. Its unique position among the
agricultural universities in the country can be gauged by the fact that
though it is a state university, its achievements surpass international
standards.
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Maharshi Dayanand
University
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Tuesday,
September 2, 2003
No
transparency in decision-making at MDU
Ad hocism is the norm
with dissent remaining suppressed
by Syed Nooruzzaman
IT is 6 p.m. An
Ambassador car passes by. Quickly, the people talking to this
journalist bowed with folded hands. The person in the car is Maj-Gen
(retd) Bhim Singh Suhag, Vice-Chancellor of Maharshi Dayanand
University (MDU), Rohtak. The saluting men are senior teachers.
Their reverence illustrates the atmosphere on the campus,
promoting a culture of servility.
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Guru
Nanak Dev University
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Saturday,
August 30, 2003
Charges
more from students, spends more on infrastructure
Buildings come up as merit
slips away at G.N.D. University
by Nirmal Sandhu
GURU
Nanak Dev University is a picture of academic peace if seen in the
context of the campus turmoil around. Student protests over the fee hike
have forced the closure of Punjabi University. Students opened fire
during a clash at Panjab University. The politicisation of Himachal
Pradesh University is notorious.
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Punjab Technical
University
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Tuesday,
August 26, 2003
Study centres charge high
fees, lack staff and facilities
Punjab Technical
University fails to meet students’ expectations
by Roopinder Singh
The
only self-sufficient university in the state, Punjab Technical
University, Jalandhar, has never been far from controversies ever since
its inception on January 16, 1997. There have been allegations that many
study centres affiliated to the university were virtually auctioned
without their having a proper infrastructure.
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Haryana Agricultural
University
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Saturday,
August 23, 2003
The
virus of casteism causes HAU’s deterioration
The restructuring
committee’s recommendations remain unimplemented
by P.P.S. Gill
DESPITE
the pre-fix “Chaudhary Charan Singh”, it is still referred
to as HAU—Haryana Agricultural University. Prior to the
establishment of HAU in February 1970, there existed only the
College of Veterinary Sciences, as the Hisar campus of Punjab
Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
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Himachal
Pradesh University
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Tuesday,
August 19, 2003
Where
academics propose and babus dispose
Volatile campus politics
has spoiled Himachal university’s reputation
by Nirmal Sandhu
Despite being
ranked the best in Punjab, Haryana and Himachal by the UGC’s
National Accreditation and Assessment Committee (NAAC), Himachal
Pradesh University, Shimla, stinks of politics, more than any
other university in the region.
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Punjab Agricultural University
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Saturday,
August 16, 2003
PAU
is showing signs of fatigue and stagnation
Most of the money is
spent on paying salaries, not on research
by P. P. S. Gill
THE
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) at Ludhiana has been an
inalienable part of the life of the peasantry. In 1995, the
Indian Council of Agricultural Research had adjudged it as the
“best” state university in the country.
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Wednesday,
August 13, 2003
Why the decline:
second-raters have appointed third-raters
Promotion of Punjabi no longer on the priority list
by Roopinder Singh
THE teachers,
students and employees that you meet in Punjabi University,
Patiala, convey a distinct feeling of wanting to move on. This
they have to, since controversies have dogged the university in
recent times. The recent mudslinging between the Vice-Chancellor
and the Pro Vice-Chancellor is a case in point.
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Monday,
August 11, 2003
Obliging VC,
eroded autonomy bane of Kurukshetra
by Nirmal Sandhu
IN the very first verse
of Bhagwad Gita, Kurukshetra is described as “dharamkshetra”,
which means a “region of righteousness”. Today much that is
morally wrong is happening here, that too at a respectable seat
of learning. Starting in 1956 only with the Department of
Sanskrit, Kurukshetra University has grown formidably. Problems
and aberrations are natural in a university with 400 teachers
and 5,000 students, 10 faculties, 42 teaching departments and
two colleges on the campus.
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