Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 10
The first meeting of a high-level committee of experts headed by Prof RP Tiwari, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, to examine various facets of the existing governance structure of Panjab University was held on Wednesday.
The committee held a pre-dominant opinion to go for governance reforms by having a lean and efficient governance structure based on the best governance practices within the state and outside it. The committee also decided to seek inputs from all stakeholders of PU, for which a designated portal will be made functional for a period of seven days.
The members discussed the way forward and meet mandate of the committee within the stipulated time-frame of two months.
Other issues, including existing governance structure of PU, re-initiation of governance reforms in the university, mandate of the 11-member committee as abstracted from the backdrop note appended by PU Chancellor, mode of appointment of deans of faculties in other universities/institutes in India (with reference to NAAC report of on quality enhancement of the PU), were also discussed.
Vice-Chancellor honoured
Prof Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, was honoured with the "Management Guru" title by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for his contribution to imparting Vedic knowledge to students. By Professor Kumar's efforts, a one-year certificate course on "Upanishad amp; Gita" was started on November 21 at the Department of Sanskrit. The VC stressed that the Bhagavad Gita was not only a religious book but also a way of living.
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