8 faculty members elected to Panjab University Senate

Chandigarh, August 22

As many as eight members from the constituency of teachers of affiliated arts colleges were elected to the Panjab University (PU) Senate.

Harpreet Singh Dua, Shaminder Singh Sandhu, KK Sharma, Jagdeep Kumar, Jagdish Chander, Inderpal Singh Sidhu, Jagtar Singh and Tarun Ghai have been elected to the constituency.

Meanwhile, the result for the constituency of heads of affiliated arts colleges was not declared on Friday due to issue over the inclusion of the name of a voter in the voters’ list. The result will be produced before the High Court in a sealed cover by the PU.

Also, polling for the constituency of faculties has been rescheduled for September 1. Earlier, the elections were scheduled for August 23.

“The date of the election for faculties has been rescheduled from August 23 to September 1, subject to approval from the Chancellor and the permission of the UT Administration with regard to holding of meeting of combined faculty,” stated the notice. — TNS