New PUTA body elected

Kiranpreet Kaur was elected joint secretary polling 288 votes, while Nahar Singh lost, polling 241 votes. Keshav Malhotra has become the PUTA treasurer uncontested.

The list of the elected executive members includes Akshaya Kumar, D.R. Sharma, Raunki Ram, Satya P. Gautam, Amar Nath Gill, M.P. Sharma, M. Shyamala Devi, Promila Pathak, D.S. Toor, Ranbir Kaur, V.S. Chauhan, Sudhir Kumar and Ujaggar Singh.

Meanwhile, the outgoing secretary of PUTA, M. Rajivlochan, released the annual report of PUTA activities during 1998-99. PUTA has claimed credit for formation of the All-India Federation of University Teachers8217; Association, getting the release of DA due for over an year, implementation of the revised pay-scales. On the other hand, PUTA has accepted that it could not produce a computerised master list for house allotment or persuade the university to change its present rules concerning reimbursement of medical bills for women teachers.