Chandigarh Higher Education Council holds meeting
The 22nd meeting of State Higher Education Council, UT, Chandigarh, was held under the Chairmanship of Prof Renu Vig, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, on Thursday at RUSA Directorate, Sector-42.
The agenda of the meeting was presented by Prof Lakhvir Singh, ASPD (RUSA), UT, Chandigarh. There were total 25 items, which were deliberated in detail.
The ASPD (RUSA) presented the details pertaining to the online admission for the 2024-25. It was mentioned that the entire admission process, including joint prospectus, filling of admission form, display of merit list and fee deposition, was online.
As many as 42,751 students were admitted to UG and PG programmes through an online process. The council reviewed the financial progress made under grant received from Ministry of Education, GoI, under RUSA 1.0 and 2.0 and the interest amounting to Rs 2,32,87,620 up to August 8, 2024 earned was remitted to the ministry.
The ASPD (RUSA) apprised the house about the proposal submitted to the Ministry of Education amounting to Rs 29,09,20,034 for the release of grant under RUSA/PM-USHA. The house was also apprised that the Ministry has marked annual budget of Rs 32.45 crore for Chandigarh under RUSA/PM-USHA for the financial year 2024-25. It was informed that GGDSD College, Sector 32, Chandigarh, has been approved a grant of Rs 5 crore under PM-USHA by the Union Ministry of Education.
To maintain the quality of education, the Assessment and Accreditation status of Higher Education Institutions of Chandigarh was also discussed. It was also informed to the house that the Recruitment Rules of 417 posts of assistant professor and 32 posts of librarians have been approved by the ministry. Moreover, to overcome the faculty crunch in government colleges, 27 retired teachers of various subjects have re-joined services as per court orders and 19 faculty members from Haryana will be joining shortly on deputation.
