*Exercising the powers conferred by Section 10 of the Panjab University Act 1947, Shri Dhankhar made the appointment of Prof. Vig for a term of three years.

*PU Syndicate Meeting

*Dr. Anu H. Gupta, Chairperson of UIFT &VD, expressed her delight for an enthusiastic response of the students for the workshop *Prof. Meena Sharma, Honorary Director, Placement Cell, Panjab University, apprised the students about the activities carried out by the Central placement cell and how students can collaborate with the Placement cell to obtain placements.

*Prof. Dulal Panda, Director, NIPER, Mohali was the Chief Guest on the occasion.

*पंजाब यूनिवर्सिटी, चण्डीगढ़ में एनएसएस के सात दिवसीय विशेष शिविर का उदघाटन हुआ जिसमें मुख्य अतिथि के रूप में एनएसएस चंडीगढ के स्टेट लाइज़न अधिकारी डॉ.नेमी चंद रहे।

*Prof. Meena Sharma, Honorary Director, Central Placement Cell, Panjab University, Chandigarh, inaugurated the event and emphasized the significance of such workshop.

*फ़ारसी विभाग से डॉ. ज़ुल्फ़िक़ार अली ने नौरोज़ के महत्व और उसकी सार्थकता पर चर्चा करते हुए कहा कि ईद नौरोज़ हख़ामुंशी युग के बादशाह जमशेद के साथ शुरू हुआ।

*Prof. Vig while congratulating the DPR for taking this initiative, said that this was a need of the hour as this is an era of digitization and taking this move at this stage is itself a big achievement of the department.

*CA Vikram Nayyar, Finance and Development Officer, PU, Sh. Honey Thakur, PUNTEFF President along with PU non teaching female employees were also present.

*Prof. Renu Vig, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University who motivated the students, research scholars and the faculty of UBS to enjoy the day, and encouraged them to participate and be involved in the various events of the sports day. * Prof. Sanjay Kaushik, Chairperson of UBS, emphasized the relevance of mental health, quality of life and wellbeing by promoting active participation of management students in extracurricular activities/sports apart from academics which will bring much relevance for an individual as well the society.

*Dr Raahat Devender Singh is the founder of startup and it is incubated at the Design Innovation Centre under the mentorship of Prof. Naveen Aggarwal.

*“Today, women’s are making colossal contribution in all walks of human life including civil and defense services and also other public services in the fields of education, health, sports, journalism etc. In our country women’s are inferior to none,” Dr. Ali added.

*Prof. Renu Vig, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, along with Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India and Davesh Moudgil, Former Mayor Chandigarh, today released the first ever book-cum-newsletter ‘Samajik Karya Sankalan’ brought out by the Centre for Social Work, Panjab University.

*Four Parallel panel discussions took place at different venues. The first session took place in the Law Auditorium focusing on the theme of “Future of work: Industry 4.0, Innovation & 21 Century”.

*(Dr.) Promila Pathak, Secretary, TOSI and convener of National conference. The function was well attended by more than 150 participants including distinguished scientists, teachers, research scholars, and students.

*Sh. Banwari Lal Purohit, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh in his inaugural address encouraged the students to work for the welfare of the society to make India a ‘Vishavguru’ again.

*Prof Sanjay Kaushik initiated the meeting by putting forward the agenda for the meeting. All six agenda items sent to the principals were discussed in the meeting.

*At the outset, Prof. (Dr.) Promila Pathak, Secretary, TOSI and Convener cum Organizing Secretary for National Conference gave welcome address and apprised the dedication and commitment of the society in highlighting the scientific and commercial importance of orchids besides motivating scientists and entrepreneurs.

*भारत सरकार द्वारा उत्कृष्ट युवा लेखक के रूप में चयनित पीयू के छात्र सरताज सिंह ने अपनी पुस्तक वाइस चांसलर प्रो. रेणु विग को भेंट की

*Team from organizing committee met Honourable Vice Chancellor, Prof. Renu Vig to express gratitude for able leadership and apprise about the success of event. On the occasion Er. Anil Thakur, Divisional Engineer (Horticulture); Mr. Honey Thakur, President, Non-teaching staff, Panjab University; Er. Amandeep Singla, Assistant Engineer (Horticulture) and Dr. Arun Bansal, Sr. Programmer presented a memento as a token of gratitude to Prof. Renu Vig and two books ‘Horticulture Aspects of Panjab University’ and ‘Biodiversity Around: An annual exhibition on Natural Biodiversity’ were released by her.