Panjab University VC statement in Syndicate meeting held on July 31, 2016

Chandigarh, July 31, 2016: A Syndicate meeting of Panjab University, Chandigarh was held on Sunday. In his statement, Prof Arun Kumar Grover, Vice Chancellor, PU, said Mr Neeraj Chopra, a student of DAV College, Chandigarh, won a Gold Medal in the men’s Javelin Throw by throwing the javelin at a distance of 86.48m at the U-20 World Championship held at Bydgoszcz in Poland. He is reported to be the first Indian athlete to set a World record at any level.
Ms.Anayat Kaur of University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Panjab University, won Silver Medal in team event during the International Youth Archery Festival held at South Korea from 21-27 July, 2016.
further, he said Governing Council of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) at its meeting held on June 30, 2016 considered the notification issued by the University Grants Commission for revision of pay of academic staff of Universities and Colleges. AIU has constituted a Committee to prepare a collective view and place the same before the Pay Review Committee of UGC. In this regard AIU has sent an email to this office on July 25, 2016 seeking suggestions/comments on the subject mentioned above so as to reach them by 31.08.2016.
He added in response to a suggestion from the Syndicate, an email ID “[email protected]” has been created for submission of complaints online to the office of the Executive Engineer for various types of works.
He also said a copy of the communication sent to the Chairman, UGC, after my meeting with the Secretary, MHRD, on July 25, 2016 had been sent by email to all the Syndicate members. Such a communication collates together all the documents giving an update on ‘Funding situation of PU’. This would be brought to the attention of members of Board of Finance on August 1, 2016. The UGC has nominated Joint Secretary (Finance) to attend the Board of Finance meeting on August 1, 2016.
VC further said that Dr Ashu Khosla, Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Geology along with an American researcher Spencer G. Lucas, has published Edited Volume entitled “Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography” of New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (NMMNH&S), Bulletin 71. Dr Khosla has contributed three articles in this prestigious American Journal. The Volume includes Dinosaur papers
from India, North America, France, Germany, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Africa etc.
The J. Paul Getty Trust is a philanthropic institution dedicated for conservation of world’s artistic legacy, he said.
He said every year they select 10 monuments from across the globe for funding the study of Conservation Management Plan for ‘Keeping it Modern’ as an initiative. Gandhi Bhawan was one amongst the ten such monuments chosen for the year 2015.
He further said the Getty Foundation had conducted a three day Workshop at London from 24th to 26th July, 2016 to make an assessment of progress of the study being carried out by the participating institutions and exchange of best practices adopted by these institutions. Col. G.S. Chadha (Retd.), our Registrar along with the two representatives of DRONAH presented the Gandhi Bhawan Study. The presentation received wide appreciation.
“As a feedback, the Registrar observed that there is a need of making a comprehensive Conservation Management Plan for the Panjab University Campus and its buildings which would include
(a) Induction/orientation programme for the employees to be told about their heritage
(b) Sustainability plan for the buildings and facilities
(c) Archiving of records
(d) Erasing of earlier interventions, which could be detrimental for the life of the building
(e) Incorporation of relevant clauses for contract agreements to ensure
conservation of original character of the buildings
(f) Prepare a Dos and Don’ts document for the various stakeholders
(g) Build community consensus and form a Conservation Management Committee to review the status periodically.”
He said it is proposed that a Conservation Management Committee be constituted for the Panjab University Campus to review the status periodically.