PU: Syndicate may grant graduates, post-graduates another golden chance

A proposal to this effect was mooted keeping in view the semester system, which will be followed in all departments. Syndicate member Dr Gurdip Kumar Sharma said, “It will benefit students as many of them could not clear their golden chance in the last academic session, which is why most students had demanded another golden chance.”

The second golden chance will be given to all graduate and post-graduate students of all departments at PU.

The Syndicate will also appoint a standing committee to deal with cases of alleged misconduct and use of unfair means during examinations and come up with criteria for internal assessment weightage and for passing students with severe disabilities.

Among other things a fee structure will be presented for international students, an academic calendar for teaching department/ regional centres of PU and its affiliated colleges will be finalised and guidelines be formed for relaxation given to a candidate for submission of his/her Phd synopsis over and above the prescribed period.

Varsity gears up for March 14 convocation

Panjab University (PU) has speeded up preparations for its upcoming convocation, where President Pranab Mukherjee is expected to deliver an address on March 14. Mukherjee will be the fifth President to deliver a convocation address at the varsity.

In a meeting held here on Monday, PU Registrar Colonel G S Chadha (retd.), PU Controller of Examinations Professor Parvinder Singh, Dean Students Welfare Professor Navdeep Goyal, other officers and senior professors reviewed the preparations and assigned responsibilities to various departments for the convocation.

It was informed that Noble Peace Prize Laureate (2014) and Child Rights activist, Kailash Satyarthi; Fields Medal winner (2014) and noted mathematician, Professor Manjul Bhargava; and renowned agricultural Scientist and recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, Professor M S Swaminathan, had confirmed to receive a PU honorary degree on the occasion. Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry (2009), Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, has expressed regret at his inability to participate in the convocation but said he would visit PU to deliver talks and interact with students.