863 engg students get degree

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 25

Engineering graduates of the PU were awarded with degrees at the University Auditorium here today.

As many as 863 from three engineering institutes — University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Dr SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology (Dr SSBUICET), and UIET Swami Sarvanand Giri Panjab University Regional Centre (SSGPURC) in Hoshiarpur — were honoured.

The students were awarded degrees by Prof VK Malhotra, Member Secretary, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi. Prof RK Sinha, Director, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, was the guest of honour.

The degrees were awarded to 591 graduates and postgraduates from the UIET, 162 BE graduates from the SSGPURC and 162 graduates and postgraduates from Dr SSBUICET.

As many as 11 young assistant professors and research scholars from UIET, four from the Dr SSBUICET and three from the SSGPURC were also honoured.

Panjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Raj Kumar addressed the students.