Vice-Chancellor Statement

Chandigarh July 30, 2019

1.      With a deep sense of sorrow, I may inform the honourable members of the Syndicate about the sad demise of:
i)      S. Balwant Singh Grewal, father of Prof.  Ramanjit K. Johal, Dept. of Public Administration on 25th July, 2019
ii)     Smt. Kaushalya Paresh, mother of Dr. Latika Sharma, Dept. of Education on 25th July, 2019  (To pay homage to the departed souls, two minutes silence, all standing, may be observed).

2.      I am pleased to inform the honourable members of the Syndicate that:
(i)     Prof. Sudhir Kumar, Department of Evening Studies-Multidisciplinary Research Centre, P.U., has been nominated as a member of the School of Literature/Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi 
Vishwa Vidyalaya, Wardha.
(ii)    The UIPS has brought laurels to the University as follows:
(a)     Ms. Ranjot Kaur, Research Scholar, under the guidance of Prof. Bhupinder Singh Bhoop, UIPS, has prepared anti-bacterial and anti-fungal medicine for the treatment of lung infection.
(b)     Prof. B.S. Bhoop, UIPS, was specially included in a Committee formed under the Drug Controller General of India to make changes in the old Drug and Cosmetics Act.
(c)     Prof. Indu Pal Kaur, UIPS, has secured Rs. 5.5 crore funding from government agencies and Rs. 77 lakh from industrial consultancies.

(iii)   Prof. Seema Kapoor, UICET has been selected for Distinguished Faculty in Engineering Award in 5th Faculty Awards-VIFA 2019.
(iv)    The students of University have brought laurels for the University as follows:
(a)     Nina Chandel, student of MCA, Panjab University won the BRONZE MEDAL in 10 Mtr. Air Rifle Women Team Event at 30th SUMMER UNIVERSIADE – 2019, held at Napoli, Italy from 3rd to 14th July 2019.
(b)     Five students namely Priyanka Kairon, Aayush Gupta, Navjot Kaur Sandhu, Varinder Singh Khosa and Karan Singh Sandhu of the IAS Coaching Centre, P.U., have been selected as PCS Executive Officers. 
(c)     10 students of UILS have been selected as Metropolitan Magistrates in the Delhi Judicial Services Exam 2019. 
(d)     Five research scholars from the Department of English & Cultural Studies have been selected by the HPSC-AP recruitment 2019.
(e)     A record number of students from different departments have cleared UGC NET/JRF exam this year. 
It is indeed a matter of pride for the University to see their students shining.

(v)     Dr. Rohit Sharma, Chairperson, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, P.U., was successfully granted a patent entitled ‘Lipase/esterase-catalyzed synthesis of alkyl esters by transesterification (2019)’ for a term of 20 years in accordance with the provisions of the Patent Act, 1970
(vi)    Department of Geography, P.U., has been awarded a prestigious collaborative research project titled ‘Capacity Building for Policy and Planning in Kenya, Tanzania and India. The project carries an award of CAN $2,98,000. Under this project, four students will visit Canada for three months each over two years starting from Sept., 2019 until Summer 2021. 
(vii)   As many as 34,369 candidates registered for admission in various courses for 5311 (approx.) seats in P.U. till the last day for online registration process i.e. 10th July, 2019.
(viii)  A team of six students from UIET, won the 1st Prize in the Smart India Hackathon 2019 – Hardware Edition held at IIT Hyderabad from July 8 to 12. They were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-.
(ix)    Prof. Deepti Gupta, Department of English & Cultural Studies, has been selected by USIEF for Fulbright-Nehru Award Programme from Oct. 5-19, 2019 in the United States.