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Hon'ble Vice Chancellor Statement at Senate meeting...

 

VICE CHANCELLOR’S STATEMENT

 

  1. With a deep sense of sorrow, I would like to inform the House about the sad demise of

 

  1. Professor Gurbaksh Singh, former Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Physical Education, on March 22, 2015.

 

  1. Shri Lee Kuan Yew, Former PM of Singapore has passed away. As a mark of respect to the departed dignitary, the Govt. of India has decided that there will be one day National Mourning on 29.3.2015. The National Flag will be flown at half Mast on 29.3.2015 wherever it is regularly flown and there will be no official entertainment on this day throughout India.

 

(To pay homage to the departed souls, two minutes silence, all standing, may be observed).

 

  1. I am pleased to inform the honourable members that:

 

  1. Panjab University has organized first DST INSPIRE Camp as a part of 5 year project allotted to P.U., from March 23-27, 2015.  Around 325 science students from schools in tri-city region as well as in Haryana and Punjab states, participated in the five days camp.  A high point was an interaction with Prof. John C. Mather, Nobel Laureate and Senior Astrophysicist at NASA, USA, via a webcast.  Dr. Anurag Kuhad of University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences is coordinating this activity on behalf of P.U.

 

  1. Dr  Madhu Khatri, Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at University Institute of Engineering and Technology has been bestowed with Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Early Career Fellowship  with a project grant of Rs.1.5 crores.   On need based, an additional amount could also be made available to her later.  It is perhaps for the first time that such a prestigious grant has been made available to a faculty member from a traditional University in India.

 

  1. Dr Arun Kumar Garg, Associate Professor (Orthodontics) of Dr H.S. Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital, PU, has been honoured with the prestigious Fellowship of the International College of Dentists, USA, on the 50th Convocation held on December 21, 2014 at New Delhi, in recognition of his services rendered in the Art and Science of Dentistry

Iv)        The Enactus Team of 112 students of Dr S.S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology under the leadership of Professor Seema Kapoor, has bagged/won (i) Walmart Women Empowerment Grant (Rs. 1,20,000-First Prize), (ii) Mahindra Rise Special Competition Grant (Rs. 1,15,000-2nd Prize), (iii) Uniliver Grant (Rs.20,000), (iv) Tata Chemicals Competition (Rs. 40,000) and KPMG Business Ethics Grant (Rs.50,000) during the year 2014-2015.

                         The Team with coordination with Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA)  has started a new project ‘Bio-Indhan’.  Under this project, first biogas plant has been constructed at Kasauli Village, Block Kharan, Distt. SAS Nagar



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