PU offers to Setup Research Centre on Hindu Epics

Chandigarh, December 16, 2021: Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh offered to the Government of Punjab for setting up a Research Centre on Hindu Epics - Ramayana, Mahabharat and Bhagavad Gita. The announcement for the same was recently made by Charanjit Singh Channi, Chief Minister, State of Punjab.
PU VC shared that keeping in mind the rich heritage of imparting quality education, PU has a national character and enjoys an international stature drawing both faculty and students from all over the country and different parts of the globe. It was further informed that PU has already done a great work in the oriental languages and has its own Vishveshvaranand Vishwa Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies at Hoshiarpur and Department of Sanskrit, Dayanand Chair for Vedic Studies, Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Guru Ravi Dass Chair of Sant Sahitya Studies, Bhai Vir Singh Chair, Sheikh Baba Farid Chair etc at PU Campus.