PU governance reforms: Panel discusses recommendations
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 20
A meeting of the high-level committee constituted for the Panjab University governance reforms was held today. The online meeting was headed by Prof RP Tiwari, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda.
The 11-member committee discussed in detail the subcommittee recommendations, which were mainly related to the composition of the Senate, Syndicate, faculties and appointment of Deans. The nominees from the Punjab Government sought one week’s time to compile the government’s view, which will be incorporated in the final report.
Prof Nagarajan Ramamoorthy, Director, IIM Amritsar; Prof VS Chauhan, Chairman, Executive Committee, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) – Nominee of Chairman, UGC Member; Prof PK Raina, Director, IIT Ropar; Prof KN Pathak, former Vice-Chancellor, PU; Prof Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, PU; Dr Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, and Nominee of the Punjab Chief Minister; Paramjit Singh, DPI (Colleges), Government of Punjab; Rubinderjit Singh Brar, Director (Higher Education), Chandigarh Administration; Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India – Nominee of the Chancellor, Panjab University; and Vikram Nayyar, Registrar, PU, Member Secretary, attended the meeting.
