PU VC inaugurates Chandigarh Book Fair

Professor Raj Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University Chandigarh inaugurated the Chandigarh Book Fair at Panjab University campus in the benign presence of Lt. Col. Yuvraj Malik, Sardar SPS Oberoi, S. Gurbhej Singh Goraya here today. The Chandigarh Book Fair is organized by the National Book Trust in Panjab University from February 01 to 09, 2019.

In his inaugural address, Professor Raj Kumar highlighted the importance of the literature and underlined that the literature is the foundation of life. Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity and lay an emphasis on many topics from human tragedies to tales of the ever-popular search for love. Lauding the initiative of National Book Trust, PU VC stated that literature is one way for us to hear the voices of the past and work with the present. It is the way for the present to connect to the possible future.

Further, Professor Kumar said that the different colleges, institutions and the universities of the region including the
Chandigarh Region Innovation and Knowledge Cluster (CRIKC) will be benefitted from this initiative. He suggested the organizers of the book fair to explore the possibilities of establishing a nodal centre of National Book Trust in Panjab University to promote the habit of reading among the youth of the region in specific and country in general. Later, he visited the different book stalls and appreciated the wide collection of books.

Those accompanied PU VC at the inauguration ceremony included DUI Professor Shankarji Jha, DSW Professor Emanual Nahar, Professor Devinder Singh, Chief of University Security Professor Ashwani Kaul, Professor Gurpal Singh, Dr. Dinesh Kumar among other officials of the university.