PU Board of Finance approves Rs 942.21-crore budget for 2027-28

Budget provides for academic and research infrastructure, hostel upgrades, sports facilities and improved campus services
Chandigarh, October 22, 2026: Panjab University (PU) today approved a revenue budget of Rs 942.21 crore for 2027-28, providing for expenditure on salaries, student services, examinations, academic and research infrastructure, hostels and other campus facilities.
The budget was approved at a meeting of the university’s Board of Finance chaired by PU Vice Chancellor Prof Meenakshi Goyal. The meeting was attended by UGC Financial Advisor Sudeep Singh Jain, representing the Union Ministry of Education, and ACLA Shri Suresh Kumar, representing the UT Finance Secretary. The representative of the Punjab Government joined the meeting virtually. PU Registrar Prof YP Verma, Finance and Development Officer (FDO) Dr Vikram Nayyar, Panjab University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) president Prof Amarjit Singh Naura, and Panjab University Non-Teaching Employees Association (PUSA) president Mr Honey Thakur also participated in the meeting.
Recognising the importance of students' psychological and emotional well-being, the university will increase the number of part-time mental health counsellors from two to four and raise their monthly remuneration from Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 per person.
Of the total revenue budget of Rs 942.21 crore for 2027-28, Rs 436.91 crore is expected from the University Grants Commission (UGC), Rs 107.78 crore from the Punjab Government and Rs 397.52 crore from the university's self generated income. These account for approximately 46.37 per cent, 11.44 per cent and 42.19 per cent of the total budget, respectively. The estimated revenue expenditure is Rs 39.53 crore higher than the revised estimate of Rs 902.68 crore for 2026-27. The major expenditure heads include Rs 25.23 crore for books, journals, publications, research aids, scholarships and fellowships. Budget has also been allocated for Electronic Targets for Captain Vikram Batra Shooting Range and equipment's for Physiotherapy Centre.
The approved capital expenditure provisions cover academic and research infrastructure, campus utilities, hostels, sports facilities and administrative services across the university’s Sector 14 and Sector 25 campuses. Key allocations include Rs 11.69 crore for academic and research infrastructure in teaching departments and Rs 5.97 crore for modernising the Data Centre, upgrading supporting IT infrastructure, installing a new-generation firewall and procuring servers. Budget has been approved for energy-efficient central air-conditioning plant at the Law Auditorium.
Hostel and campus infrastructure upgrades include Rs 2.02 crore for renovating washrooms in Boys’ Hostels 3 and 7, repairing roofs of non-residential buildings at a cost of Rs 3.58 crore, and renovating toilets in residential houses for Rs 2 crore. The university has also earmarked Rs 2.38 crore for office equipment and related infrastructure, Rs 1 crore for furniture and fixtures in teaching and non-teaching departments, and Rs 3 crore for air-conditioning systems and electrical fittings in faculty rooms of teaching departments and regional centres. Student and sports facilities will benefit from Rs 40 lakh for electronic targets at the Captain Vikram Batra Shooting Range and Rs 45 lakh for equipment for the Physiotherapy Centre.
To facilitate examinations for students with disabilities, the Board approved an honorarium of Rs 400 per examination for scribes engaged during the May 2025, December 2025 and May 2026 end-semester examinations. From the end-semester examinations of 2026 onwards, the honorarium will be Rs 500 per examination, subject to a ceiling of Rs 5,000 per scribe per semester examination. For mid-term examinations, the approved rate is Rs 150 per examination, subject to a ceiling of Rs 1,000 per scribe per mid-semester examination.