Chandigarh, July 5, 2025-Panjab University today celebrated Van Mahotsav by planting as many as 510 saplings in the PU campus.

Governor of Punjab, Sh. Gulab Chand Kataria graced the occasion as Chief Guest and planted a sapling at its Sector 25 campus near Boys Hostel No. 8 to inaugurate the plantation drive.

PU Vice Chancellor Prof. Renu Vig, PU Registrar Prof. Y.P. Verma, Dean Student Welfare Prof. Amit Chauhan, and Executive Engineer-II Er. Anil Thakur also participated in the plantation drive organised by the PU Horticulture Division.

Shri Kataria expressed his gratitude to all attendees for their enthusiastic participation and extended his best wishes for the upcoming monsoon plantation drives.

On this occasion, Prof. Vig informed that the PU Horticulture Division has planned extensive plantations during the monsoon season in a systematic manner to enhance the green cover of the campus.

A large number of PU wardens, research scholars, and students also took part in the celebration.