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PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH Minutes of the meeting of the SYNDICATE held on Saturday, 24 th February 2018 at 10.00 a.m., in the Syndicate Room, Panjab University, Chandigarh. PRESENT 1. Professor A.K. Grover … (in the Chair) Vice Chancellor 2. Dr. Ameer Sultana 3. Dr. Amit Joshi 4. Professor Anita Kaushal 5. Shri Ashok Goyal 6. Shri Gurjot Singh Malhi 7. Dr. Inderpal Singh Sidhu 8. Professor Keshav Malhotra 9. Professor Navdeep Goyal 10. Shri Prabhjit Singh 11. Professor Ronki Ram 12. Dr. Raj Kumar Mahajan 13. Shri Sanjay Tandon 14. Dr. Satish Kumar 15. Dr. Surinder Singh Sangha 16. Col. (Retd.) G.S. Chadha … (Secretary) Registrar Shri Harjit Singh, DPI (Colleges), Punjab, Shri Rakesh Kumar Popli, Director, Higher Education, U.T. Chandigarh and Dr. Subhash Sharma could not attend the meeting. The Vice-Chancellor said, “With a deep sense of sorrow, I may Condolence Resolution inform the members about the sad demise of – i) Prof. Satya Pal Gautam, former Professor of the Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh, former Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly (UP) and former Chairperson of the Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on January 30, 2018; ii) Prof. S.L. Malhotra, former Chairperson of the Department of Gandhian Studies, on February 13, 2018; iii) Prof. S.P. Tewari, former Chairperson, Department of Law, PU, on February 19, 2018; iv) Prof. C.L. Kaul, alumnus PU and former Director, NIPER, SAS Nagar, on February 16, 2018. v) Mrs. Swarn Kaur, mother of Dr. M.C. Sidhu, former Fellow, PU and Associate Professor, Dept. of Botany, PU, on 6 th February, 2018; vi) Professor Kartar Singh Suri, former Chairperson, Department of Punjabi on 24 th February, 2018 (today morning) 2 Syndicate Proceedings dated 24 th February 2018 The Syndicate expressed its sorrow and grief over the passing away of Prof Prof. Satya Pal Gautam, Prof. S.L. Malhotra, Professor S.P. Tewari, Prof. C.L. Kaul, Smt. Swarn Kaur & Prof. Kartar Singh Suri and observed two minutes silence, all standing, to pay homage to the departed soul. RESOLVED: That a copy of the above Resolution be sent to the members of the bereaved families. 1. The Vice Chancellor said, I am pleased to inform the Vice -Chancellor’s honourable members that: Statement i) 67 th Annual Convocation of Panjab University will start now at 10.00 a.m. as per revised communication received on February 21 from the Chancellor, PU, and Vice-President of India. The Chancellor is now arriving in Chandigarh on the previous day, so he desires that the Convocation should commence at 10.00 a.m. instead of 11.30 a.m. as intimated earlier. ii) Prof. Rajnish Jain of Devi Ahilya University, Indore, has joined as Secretary in the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. I met him last week. iii) Dr. B.N. Goswamy, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art and History, PU, has been honoured with Punjab Gaurav Sanmaan by Punjab Arts Council for his distinguished contribution in the field of art, on February 6, 2018. iv) Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, New Delhi, delivered 46 th PU Colloquium and 3 rd Shenmar Memorial Oration entitled ‘New India@2022’ at the University Auditorium on February 22, 2018. Dr. Vinod Paul, Member, NITI Aayog was also present during the event. Dr. Paul interacted and his family had made available an endowment for the KC Shenmar Memorial. Dr. Vinod Paul interacted with the faculty and research scholars of Life Sciences. Centre for Policy Research organized the interaction of the faculty with Dr. Vinod Paul. v) Panjab University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the London School of Management Education (LSME) on February 5, 2018 in London. Dr. Ravi Kumar, Director on behalf of LSME and Professor Arun Kumar Grover, Vice Chancellor on behalf of PU signed the MoU document. Lord Shiekh who was the Guest of Honour was present during the signing of the memorandum. vi) Prof. Madhu Raka, former Dean University Instruction, PU and former Chairperson, Deptt. of Mathematics, has been awarded Emeritus Scientistship of CSIR for 3 years. vii) Prof. R.K. Gupta, former Chairperson, USOL; former Director, UIHMT, PU and presently Vice Chancellor of 3 Syndicate Proceedings dated 24 th February 2018 Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, HP, has been felicitated by Indian Institute of Oriental Heritage with Dr S. Radhakrishnan Education Excellence Award. viii) Dr. Devinder Preet Singh, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Orthodonitics and Dentofacial Orthopaedic of Dr. H.S. Judge Instt. of Dental Sciences, PU, has received the ‘Best Orthodontist of the Year’ award at the Indian Healthcare Awards 2018 held at New Delhi on January 21, 2018. ix) Ms. Shivanshi Vashist, a research scholar initiated startup company incubated at BioNEST, PU, has secured first prize (including cash award of Rs.20,000/-) at the national platform ‘LJ Innovation Village 2018’ at Ahemdabad, Gujarat, on February 17, 2018. x) With reference to communication received from University Grants Commission and Govt. of Punjab, regarding Address of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji to the Students of all educational institutions on February 16, 2018 on handling examination stress and making exams fun, arrangement in the University Auditorium was made. Around 850 students and faculty members saw/heard the Address of the Hon’ble Prime Minister. xi) With reference to University Grants Commission’s letter, MATRIBHASHA DIWAS was celebrated by the Department of Punjabi, Hindi, Sanskrit and University School of Open Learning (USOL) on February 21, 2018. A report to this effect has been filed to the A.D.C.. xii) Dr. Muneeshwar Joshi, former Deputy Registrar, PU, has joined as Registrar at Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh. xiii) Ms. Pratibha, a NSS volunteer of PU, got second position in quiz in National Youth Fest in Delhi and was honoured by the President of India. xiv) ENACTUS SSBUICET team again brought laurels to the University by bagging Second Runners-Up Position in SAMADHAN, a Social Case Study held under Aspire 2018 5 th edition of the Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology’s (NSIT), Delhi, Annual Social Entrepreneurship Convention. xv) Ms. Amandeep Kaur, Research Scholar, Dr S.S. Bhatnagar Univ. Instt. of Chemical Engineering and Technology, PU, has been selected for Shastri Research Student Fellowship, 2017-2018 awarded by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute which operates from the University of British Columbia. xvi) Panjab University is continuing to perform well in the various sports events during the current academic 4 Syndicate Proceedings dated 24 th February 2018 year (2017-18). In this regard an update on the performance in 2017-18 has been made available by the Directorate of Sports for perusal of the Syndicate. xvii) Prof. R.C. Paul Rose Garden of the University has been adjudged as the Best Open Space Maintained in the Tri-city in the 46 th Rose festival being held from February 23-25, 2018. Besides it, the University has also won two 1 st prizes and four 2 nd prizes in cut flower category competitions. xviii) G.H.G. Harparkash College of Education for Women, Sidhwan Khurd (Ludhiana) has been placed in the ‘A’ Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), with CGPA of 3.38 on seven point scale. xix) The Vice Chancellor, PU, delivered Founder’s Day Lecture entitled ‘Nucleation and progression of Higher Education & Research in pre- and post Independent India: A personal perspective’ at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) on February 22, 2018. This premier institute was founded by Mr. P.M. Bhargava who passed away recently on August 1, 2017. A lecture in his honour was commenced just two years ago, first was given to Dr. T. Ramaswami, the former DST Secretary and the second one was delivered day before yesterday. RESOLVED : That – 1) felicitation of the Syndicate be conveyed to– i) Prof. Rajnish Jain of Devi Ahilya University, Indore, on his joining as Secretary in the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. ii) Dr. B.N. Goswamy, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art and History, PU, on his being honoured with Punjab Gaurav Sanmaan by Punjab Arts Council for his distinguished contribution in the field of art. iii) Prof. Madhu Raka, former Dean University Instruction, PU and former Chairperson, Deptt. of Mathematics, on her being awarded Emeritus Scientistship of CSIR. iv) Prof. R.K. Gupta, former Chairperson, USOL; former Director, UIHMT, PU and presently Vice Chancellor of Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, HP, on his being felicitated by Indian Institute of Oriental Heritage with Dr S. Radhakrishnan Education Excellence Award. v) Dr. Devinder Preet Singh, Associate Professor in the Dept. of Orthodonitics and Dentofacial Orthopaedic of Dr. H.S. Judge Instt. of Dental Sciences, PU, on his receiving the ‘Best Orthodontist of the Year’ award at the Indian Healthcare Awards 2018. 5 Syndicate Proceedings dated 24 th February 2018 vi) Ms. Shivanshi Vashist, a research scholar who initiated startup company incubated at BioNEST, PU, on her securing first prize (including cash award of Rs.20,000/-) at the national platform ‘LJ Innovation Village 2018’ at Ahemdabad, Gujarat. vii) Dr. Muneeshwar Joshi, former Deputy Registrar, PU, on his joining as Registrar at Maharaja Agrasen University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh. viii) Ms. Pratibha, a NSS volunteer of PU for being honoured by the President of India for getting second position in quiz in National Youth Fest in Delhi. ix) Ms. Amandeep Kaur, Research Scholar, Dr S.S. Bhatnagar Univ. Instt. of Chemical Engineering and Technology, PU, on her being selected for Shastri Research Student Fellowship, 2017-2018 awarded by Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.