Syndicate okays Rs 564-cr PU Budget

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, October 16

PU Syndicate in its meeting held today considered several issues related with the functioning of the varsity and its affiliated colleges.

At the outset, the Syndicate put on record the exemplary services of Prof DVS Jain, professor emeritus and former fellow, who passed away on October 6. The Syndicate approved the revised Budget estimates of Rs 564.52 crore for the fiscal year 2019-20 and also approved the Budget estimates of Rs 586.28 crore for the year 2020-21.

The Syndicate discussed in detail about the condonation of delay in submission of thesis by certain PhD students. After approving the item, it was decided that extension should not be given beyond eight years and a circular declaring the same be issued to all departments. Among several MoUs of PU in the pipeline, including the one with Indian Red Cross Society, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department of the Haryana Government, IIT-Kanpur, Government of Assam, the Syndicate approved only one MoU between PU and ICMR Centre for Innovation and Bio Design (CIBioD), PGIMER, for recognising the importance of research and development, innovation and training in the areas related to medical devices, instruments, affordable healthcare, bio design and other allied areas and facilitate innovation land deployment of solutions.

Now, pay to put up artworks at PU

The Syndicate approved rental charges for the galleries and courtyard in the Museum of Fine Arts, PU. The exhibitor will be charged Rs 500 per day per gallery and the rent will be for a minimum period of four days. Further, a minimum charge of Rs 500 per day will be charged from the exhibitors for using the courtyard of the Museum of Fine Arts, which can be used only by the exhibitors who had rented the museum galleries for their art exhibition. The courtyard will not be rented for any other purpose. Additional refundable deposit of Rs 5,000 will be required by the exhibitor to be submitted at the time of booking of the art gallery.

What Vice-Chancellor says

After the members of the Syndicate mourned the demise of Prof DVS Jain, PU Vice-Chancellor Prof Raj Kumar said the National Association of Geographers of India has conferred Bhoogol Ratna Award-2019 on Dr Gopal Krishan, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography.

He said eight students of the Centre for Medical Physics of the university had passed the Radiation Safety Officer-III examination conducted by Radiological the Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. These scientists are now placed in various hospitals across the country.