Meeting held for containing covid in PU Campus

Chandigarh: Prof VR Sinha, Dean of University Instructions, Panjab University Chandigarh, held an emergent meeting today to discuss the directives issued by the U.T. Chandigarh as well as the Director, Higher Education, Chandigarh regarding the containment of spread of Covid-19.

The members unanimously recommended that:
•    The classes will continue in online mode till further orders.  However, the administrative staff of teaching departments and other offices shall continue to attend the office on all working days.
•    The online examination already scheduled shall continue as per the notified date sheet.
•    The A.C. Joshi Library and other departmental libraries shall remain closed till 31.03.2021.
•    No social gatherings including the Holi-Milan shall be held on the University campus till further orders. 
•    To ensure proper Covid-19 compliant behaviour, all gatherings (for whatever reasons) of University staff and students on the campus is banned, except with the prior permission of Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh. 

Those present included Prof. S.K.Tomar, Dean Student Welfare, Prof. Sukhbir Kaur, Dean Student Welfare (Women), Prof. Sanjay Kaushik, Dean College Development Council, Prof. Naval Kishore, Department of Geology, Prof. Hemant Batra, Principal-cum-Professor, Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital, Sh. Vikram Nayyar, Officiating Registrar, Dr. Jagat Bhushan, Controller of Examinations. Sh. Jivesh Bansal, Librarian and Sh. Vikram Singh, Chief of University Security.