"Corruption, Arguments, Blame game" syndicate ended as a boisterous event with a number of approvals being made.
Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. Raj Kumar and Syndics, including Satya Pal Jain, senior colleague and additional solicitor general of India, and Davesh Moudgil, former city mayor and PU Syndicate member, frequently engaged in a contentious dispute during the Panjab University Syndicate meeting, which lasted close to six hours. The house approved the following major amendments:
• Revision of guidelines for enhancement of honorarium of guest faculty from Rs 25,000 to maximum of Rs 50,000 per month on a condition that the same has to be come through the Board of Finance
• Requests of fellows for the change of their faculties for next two years
• Verification of recommendation of a committee to look into the roster policy of SC/ST in promotion of non-teaching staff, from the Punjab Government
• Recommendation of a panel to deliberate on the issues relating to e-rickshaw service
• Introduction of MVoc (Fashion Technology & Apparel Design) (semester system) from academic session 2021-22 as per recommendation (No. 3) of a committee
• Discontinuation of MEd course at Sant Baba Bhag Singh Memorial Girls College of Education, Moga, from the academic session 2023-24
The House also overwhelmingly decided to provide MPhil degrees in social sciences to the 48th APPPA course's enrollees this year. The House further instructed that a clarification be sought from the Punjab Government regarding the adoption of notifications from the Ministry of Personnel pertaining to the usage of one's own vehicle or a hired cab on LTC trips in support of physically challenged individuals.
Report by Ananya Bhardwaj
Graphics by Riya Handa
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