Panjab University Alumni Association (PUAA) to host first ever annual global alumni meet

Chandigarh, November 19, 2019: Panjab University Alumni Association (PUAA), Chandigarh is hosting first ever 2 day Annual Global Alumni Meet on 28-29, November, 2019 at PU Law Auditorium informed Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, PU and President, PUAA in the presence of Prof.Deepti Gupta, Dean Alumni Relations and Secretary, PUAA. The Guest of Honours of the event would be Mr.Sunl Arora, Chief Election Commissioner of India and Mia Yen, Consul General of Canada in Chandigarh. During the two day event, there will be academic interactions apart from cultural and award ceremonies. PU VC also informed that some Alumni will be taken to their hostels for a nostalgic trip. Even the Chief Guest is PU Alumnus and used to stay in Hostel No. 1. 21 distinguished Alumni are shortlisted to be honoured at the event. PU VC informed that already 200 confirmations with families have been received from India and 7 countries including US, UK, Canada, Philippines, Singapore, Japan and Afghanistan. The main objective behind organizing this event is to revive all alumni chapters spread all over India and the ones established overseas, he informed. Prof. Deepti Gupta, informed that there is a session on brand building for higher education institutes, which will have presence of Mr. Sandeep Goyal, Advertising Veteran, and Mr. Harit Nagpal, CEO, Tata Sky. Light, sight and sound play Sat Guru Nanak Pargatya where lanterns and lights will mark 100 years of PU Honours School. She further informed that tree plantation is planned on Day 2 of the event at PU Alumni House. The session on commemoration of 550 years of Guru Nanak Dev Ji is being coordinated by Dr. Prabhdeep Brar, Chairperson, University Institute of Fashion and Technology. A panel discussion on My Vision of PU 2025 will have Professor Emeritus and former VCs of PU. Also, an exhibition is planned to commemorate 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi, which will be inaugurated on 25th November, 2019 and will be on till 29th November, 2019. An Alumni Corridor is planned from Gandhi Bhawan to Law Auditorium for these 2 days. Meanwhile, Panjab University Chandigarh Alumni Association, Toronto, Canada organized Alumni Meet and Annual Family Dinner 2019 in Brampton with the purpose to create better opportunities for the Alumni to come together socially and for the new Alumni to establish in Canada. AWARDEES ANNUAL GLOBAL ALUMNI MEET-2019 1. O N Bhargava, Honorary Professor, Department of Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh 2. Sudesh Kaur Khanduja, Emeritus Professor Department of Mathematics, PU and CSIR emeritus scientist in IISER Mohali. 3. Akhay Anand, Editor in Chief, Annals of Neurosciences, Integrative Medicine International and Sr scientist, SSIAR, Bangalore 4. Pawan K Singal, Professor of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Principal Investigator in the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 5. Dr. Jaspreet Singh Dhau, Director of R & D, Molekule Inc. San Francisco, CA 6. Dr. Satyavrat Shastri, Prof. of Sanskrit, JNU, New Delhi and Former Chancellor of the Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya. 7. Dr. Ranbir Chander Sobti, Prof. of Biotechnology and Former VC of Panjab University and Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. 8. Dr. Veena Tandon, Scientist and Retd. Prof of Zoology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong 9. Arun Arora, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Edvance Pre-Schools and former president and Executive Director of Times of India Group 10. Dr. Manjit Kaur, Prof. (Rtd.) Physics Department & Former Vice president, Indian Association of Physics Teachers 11. Keshni Anand Arora, Haryana Chief Secretary 12. Prof. P.K. Khosla, Vice Chancellor, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan, HP 13. Harit Nagpal, Chief Executive Office of Tata Sky. 14. Dr. Balram K. Gupta, Sr. Advocate, Director (Academics) Punjab & Haryana, High Court 15. Paramjit Sahai, Ex- IFS Officer, Former India’s Ambassador/High Commissioner 16. Gulshan Rai, Ex -IRS officer 17. Prof. Lokesh Chandra, Former MP of India and Former President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (Ministry of External Affairs) 18. Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner 19. Dr A K Singh, Director General, life Sciences, DRDO Headquarters 20. Sunil Punjabi, Head Research Business-Merck Life Science 21. Harish Chander Sharma, Superintendent of Police, CBI (News content updated on November 27, 2019)