Chandigarh October 28, 2023
VICE CHANCELLOR’S STATEMENT
1. I welcome all the Members of Syndicate and wish a very Good Morning to all.
2. With a deep sense of sorrow, I may inform the honorable members about the sad demise of:-
i) Dr. P. K. Mehta, Professor (Retd.), Department of Geology on 09.09.2023;
ii) Dr. Sumangal Roy husband of Dr. Jayanti Dutta, HRDC on i.e. 27.09.2023;
(To pay homage to the departed soul, two-minute silence may be observed)
3. I am pleased to inform the honourable members of the Syndicate that:-
i) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) awarded Rs. 61 lakh grant to Dr. Deepak B Salunke and Prof. Sukhbir Kaur to conduct research for the development of new vaccine formulations.
ii) It is matter of pride for the Panjab University that as many as 32 Panjab University faculty members have featured among top 2% scientists worldwide, as per the lists released by Standard University.
iii) A three-day National Conference, CHASCON-2023, on “Global Science for Global well-being” was organized by Panjab University, Chandigarh in association with CRIKC from October 12-14, 2023. Padma Shri awardee Prof. Balram Bhargava, President, National Academy of Sciences, India, former Director General, ICMR and Professor of Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi delivered the keynote address.
iv) To commemorate its establishment i.e. 14th October, 1882 at Lahore (Now in Pakistan), Panjab University celebrated its 141st Foundation Day on 14th October, 2023 with great enthusiasm. On this occasion foundation day lecture was delivered by Padma Shri Dr. Jatinder Kumar Bajaj, former Chairperson of Indian Council for Social Sciences Research (ICSSR).
v) Padma Shri Prof. G.D. Yadav, National Science Chair, SERB, DST GOI, Emeritus Professor of Eminence and J.C. Bose National Fellow delivered the oration in the “Panjab University Pharmaceutical Sciences Oration-2023” on the theme “Green Chemistry, sustainability and need of the pharma industry” on 19th October 2023.
vi) The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has awarded a research grant of Rs 42 lakh to Dr Vijayta D Chadha, Chairperson, Centre for Nuclear Medicine, Panjab University, for the synthesis and bio-evaluation of nano-based radiopharmaceuticals in cancer imaging.
vii) UIET, Panjab University has figured in the list of 100 institutions that will get 5G Use-case labs as part of the initiative of the Department of Telecommunication (DoT), Ministry of Communications. The objective of the labs is to build competencies and engagement in 5G and beyond technologies for students and start-up communities.
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Chandigarh October 28, 2023
PU Syndicate Meeting
The Syndicate in its meeting held today deliberated on all agenda items and few of them are following:-
The Syndicate approved the recommendations (Item No. 3,5,6,7,8,10,12,13,15,16 and 17) dated 4.10.2023 of the Board of Finance.
The Syndicate approved the minutes of the committee dated 14.9.2023 for appointment of Adjunct Faculty in Panjab University, Chandigarh.
The Syndicate approved the recommendations (No. 4,5,20,25,32 and 33) of the Executive Committee of PUSC dated 11.9.2023.
The Syndicate approved the minutes of the committee dated 5.9.2023 regarding cheating/copying/mass copying in some examination centres of Panjab University, especially in far off areas.
The Syndicate approved the reconsideration of the employment of Dr. Rakesh Khullar as Medical Officer at BJG, Health Centre, PU on contract basis after the age of 70 years.
The Syndicate approved the minutes of the Committee dated 27.9.2023 with regard to the issue of evaluation of MBBS Course, re-evaluation and golden chance via online mode.