Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is expected to visit Punjabi University here and address teachers and students tomorrow. The university has decided to shut classes for the day. - File photo
Patiala, November 23
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is expected to visit Punjabi University here and address teachers and students tomorrow. The university has decided to shut classes for the day.
Officials of the the district administration, including Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Hans and SSP HS Bhullar, paid a visit to the university to check security arrangements.
The officials said the Chief Minister was expected to reach the campus at 11 am. He would be accompanied by Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal. It would be his first visit to the university after he became the Chief Minister.
The Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof Arvind, said they had shared information regarding the university’s fiscal health with the CM’s office. “We are expecting that the university will be pulled out of its financial crisis,” he said.
The CM is expected to launch two new centres, “Rehabilitation of ecosystem in Punjab” and “Rural entrepreneurship and Initiative and Skill Development”, on the campus. — TNS
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