PU VC to attend alumni meet in Vancouver

Chandigarh, October 15

Panjab University (PU) Vice-Chancellor Arun Kumar Grover and Dean of Alumni Relations Prof Anil Monga are heading for Vancouver, Canada, to attend a meet of the PU’s alumni on October 22.

The pass-outs, who are settled in the USA and Canada, are expected to attend the event.

“We have been told that the gathering will be of around 400-500 former students. This is the fourth such meet of the alumni there but for the first time, PU functionaries are attending it. We are going there on an invitation from the alumni association,” said Prof Monga. A documentary on the PU would be screened there, he informed.

“We want to strengthen our bond. People from many places are coming there. A lot of enthusiasm is being seen. Prominent personalities from politics and business are expected to come. Punjabi diaspora has a strong presence in Canada,” he added. Besides, the VC is also expected to meet officials of the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and the University of Fraser Valley. —TNS