PTU gets own building

The Punjab Government had given land to the PTU on the Jalandhar-Kapurthala road almost 9 years ago and the university was to construct its building by 2007. Though a major portion of the building had been completed in the deadline, the office could not be shifted. In 1997, PTU started functioning in the rented accommodation at the Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology NIT and remained there for 3 years before being shifted to the education college.

PTU Registrar Sarojini Gautam Sharda said some offices, including the Information Cell, will remain in the old building for the convenience of the people, as the present building is located in the heart of the city.

She said the university will also start research programmes once the shifting process is complete as the earlier constraint of space will no longer be there.