Senate Held on 14Th December 2019
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PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH Minutes of the meeting of the SENATE held on Saturday, 14 th December 2019 at 11.00 a.m. in the Senate Hall, Panjab University, Chandigarh. PRESENT: 1. Professor Raj Kumar … (in the chair) Vice Chancellor 2. Shri Ashok Goyal 3. Professor Akhtar Mahmood 4. Dr. Anita Kaushal 5. Dr. (Mrs.) Amita (Pandove) Rishi 6. Dr. Ajay Ranga 7. Dr. Amit Joshi 8. Dr. Ameer Sultana 9. Ms. Anu Chatrath 10. Ambassador I.S. Chadha 11. Shri Amanpreet Singh 12. Professor B.S. Ghuman 13. Dr. B.C. Josan 14. Professor Chaman Lal 15. Shri Deepak Kaushik 16. Dr. Dalip Kumar 17. Dr. Dayal Partap Singh Randhwa 18. Professor Emanual Nahar 19. Principal Gurdip Kumar Sharma 20. Dr. Gurmeet Singh 21. Dr. Gurmit Singh 22. Dr. Gurjot Singh Malhi 23. Dr. Harpreet Singh Dua 24. Dr. Harjodh Singh 25. Dr. Harsh Batra 26. Dr. Inderjit Kaur 27. Dr. Inderpal Singh Sidhu 28. Principal Iqbal Singh Sandhu 29. Professor J.K. Goswamy 30. Dr. Jagdish Chander Mehta 31. Dr. Jarnail Singh 32. Dr. K.K. Sharma 33. Professor Keshav Malhotra 34. Professor Manoj K. Sharma 35. Professor Mukesh Arora 36. Shri Naresh Gaur 37. Professor Navdeep Goyal 38. Dr. N.R. Sharma 39. Dr. Neeru Malik 40. Dr. Narinder Singh Sidhu 41. Dr. Nisha Bhargawa 42. Professor Pam Rajput 43. Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal 44. Dr. Parveen Goyal 45. Shri Prabhjit Singh 46. Principal Paramjit Singh 2 Senate Proceedings dated 14 th December, 2019 47. Dr. Raj Kumar Mahajan 48. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mahajan 49. Dr. R.S. Jhanji 50. Professor Rajat Sandhir 51. Professor Rajesh Gill 52. Professor Ronki Ram 53. Dr. Rabinder Nath Sharma 54. Shri Rajinder Bhandari 55. Professor Shankarji Jha 55. Shri Subhash Sharma 56. Professor S.K. Sharma 57. Shri Sandeep Singh 58. Shri Sanjay Tandon 59. Dr. Sarabjit Kaur 60. Professor Shelley Walia 61. Shri Satya Pal Jain 62. Dr. S.S. Sangha 63. Shri Sandeep Kumar 64. Dr. Vipul Narang 66. Shri V.K. Sibal 67. Shri Varinder Singh 68. Shri Tarlochan Singh 69. Professor Karamjeet Singh … (Secretary) Registrar The following members could not attend the meeting: 1. Dr. Amar Singh 2. Shri Anilesh Mahajan 3. Dr. Amod Gupta 4. Capt. Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister 5. Shri Bharat Bhushan Ashu 6. Dr. Baljinder Singh 7. Mrs. Indu Malhotra, DPI (Colleges), Punjab 8. Shri Jagdeep Kumar 9. Smt. Kirron Kher 10. Shri Manoj Kumar Parida 11. Dr. Raj Kumar Chabbewal 12. Shri Rubinderjit Singh Brar, D.H.E., Chandigarh 13. Shri Parmod Kumar 14. Justice Ravi Shankar Jha Chief Justice, Punjab & Haryana High Court 15. Professor R.P. Bambah 16. Shri Rashpal Malhotra 17. Shri Raj Kumar Bhatia 18. Shri Som Parkash Kainth 19. Dr. Surinder Kaur 20. Dr. Shaminder Singh Sandhu 21. Shri Sanjeev Bandlish 22. Dr. Satish Kumar 23. Shri Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa Minister for Higher Education, Punjab The Vice Chancellor wished good morning to all the esteemed members of the House. He also welcomed and gave greetings to all the Hon’ble members for the 3 Senate Proceedings dated 14 th December, 2019 meeting of the Senate. He said that, first of all, he would like to go with the Vice Chancellor’s Statement. I. The Vice Chancellor said, “I am pleased to inform the honourable members of the Senate that: “1. Dr. Jagat Bhushan, Principal, Dr. H.S. Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital, has been conferred the title of Fellow by the Academy of Dentistry International in recognition of his worthy contributions to the advancement of Dentistry worldwide. 2. Professor Jaspal Kaur Kaang, Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, has received the Global Education Award-2019 of Eminent personality in Sikh Scholarship. 3. Professor Ronki Ram, Department of Political Science; Professor B.S. Ghuman, Fellow; Professor Emanual Nahar, Dean Student Welfare and Dr. Bhupinder Singh, University School of Open Learning, have received Achiever Award from Government of Punjab on the eve of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Parkash Purb. 4. Department of Youth Welfare organized Twelfth Zonal Youth and Heritage Festivals and one Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival successfully during the months of September - November, 2019. 5. It is a matter of great honour that about 100 students from Panjab University Colleges participated in ‘Dera Baba Nanak Online Youth Festival’ organized by Punjab Government during the celebrations of 550 th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Panjab University students secured 15 prizes in various items from Punjab Government. All the students were honoured on November 11, 2019 at Dera Baba Nanak. 6. Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded all the achievers of the Panjab University Youth and Heritage Festivals in Tagore Theatre on 26 th and 27 th November, 2019.” Referring to Vice Chancellor’s Statement at Sr. No.3, Professor Rajesh Gill said that it has been mentioned that some of their colleagues had received the Achiever Award from the Government of Punjab and amongst them is Dr. Bhupinder Singh Pali, who is waiting for his promotion for the last more than one and half years and his case has been hanging fire. Such achievers, who are being awarded elsewhere, needed to be rewarded within the University also. She requested that it might please be noted down and expedite it. Referring to Vice Chancellor’s Statement at Sr. No.4, Dr. Dalip Kumar stated that it has only been mentioned that the Department of Youth Welfare has conducted the Twelfth Zonal Youth and Heritage Festivals and one Inter-Zonal Youth and Heritage Festival successfully. He thought that from his (Vice Chancellor) side and on behalf of the Senate, the appreciations and congratulations should be given to the Director, Youth Welfare, for conducting this Mega Event, which comprised of Twelve Zones. He again requested that they should also publish annually, on behalf of the University, a coffee-table book relating to the Youth Heritage Festival, so that they could have this particular event as a heritage year-to-year wise. He would also be happy if had he (Vice Chancellor) include in his statement, as they came to know from the media that 4 Senate Proceedings dated 14 th December, 2019 for the last 3-4 days, about the issue of molestation, which had happened in the University. They are thankful to the media for bringing this incident in their notice. He would like to mention one thing here that from the media only he came to know that the University had written a letter to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for raising the boundary wall, but what he understand is that it is not an issue relating to Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. In fact, they have to obtain permission from the Urban Planning Department for such a clearance as Urban Planning Department is the only authority in the Chandigarh Administration, which could give them such type of relaxation. Again he is quoting that such relaxation would not be provided by the Union Territory Administration. It is not an issue of Botanical Garden alone as in one of the reports of media, it had been reported that one of the girl students had reported that while coming back from the Library she had also been harassed in similar manner. It is not only the locations, the University should conduct a security audit for this purpose and find out/identity the area(s) in Sectors 14 and 25, which are prone for such incidents. Whatever existed in Panjab University Anthem, should be followed in letter and spirit. At the same time, the security audit pertaining to molestation should also be carried out. Professor Pam Rajput said that her request is that since it is a serious issue, at least half an hour at any time should be allocated for discussing this issue because they did not want that it should treated in such a manner that just a statement came and they did not take any action on it. They wanted thorough discussion on this issue and at least half an hour should be allotted for the purpose. The Vice Chancellor said that half an hour would definitely be allocated for discussing the security issue. Referring to Action Taken Report, Dr. Parveen Goyal stated that in the last to last meeting of the Senate dated 26 th May 2019, there was an Item C-25 regarding which he had reminded in the meeting of the Senate dated 22 nd August 2019 about the Action Taken Report. He had also pointed out verbally as well as given in writing, but still no action has been taken on the issue. Shri Varinder Singh remarked that he did not understand as to what he (Dr. Parveen Goyal) is saying. First, they should take up the agenda items. In fact, he is deliberately delaying. At this stage, a din prevailed as both Dr. Parveen Goyal and Shri Varinder Singh spoke together. Dr. Parveen Goyal said that if they did not discuss/take note of the Action Taken Report, how would the Administration function? Actually, they are discussing the item. When the Vice Chancellor asked Dr. Parveen Goyal to wind up the discussion, Dr. Parveen Goyal pointed that he had raised the issue on 26 th May 2019 and on 22 nd August 2019 and followed by an e-mail to the Registrar, but no action has been taken on the issue so far. When he met him (Registrar), he told him that they have marked the same to the Deputy Registrar (Estt.) and when he met him (Deputy Registrar (Estt.), he told that they had made the correction and the updated information had been uploaded on the University website.