What’s in a name? A lot for 2 students who landed in Chandigarh University instead of Panjab University
TNN | Apr 21, 2019, 08:31 IST
The two students from Bahal, Haryana, who wanted to enroll at Panjab University, accidentally went to Chandiga... Read MoreCHANDIGARH: A letter written to the Panjab University vice-chancellor by two students — who wanted admission in PU but accidentally landed in Chandigarh University — prompted a discussion among the varsity faculty on the name confusion between Chandigarh University in Punjab and Panjab University in Chandigarh.
The letter reached PU on Saturday wherein two students from Bahal in Haryana shared the concern over the name confusion. The letter, a copy of which is with TOI, has been sent to PU vice-chancellor Raj Kumar.
PU assistant professor Vinod Kumar shared the letter on a WhatsApp group of professors, triggering a debate on the name confusion issue. “These students contacted me and narrated the entire story. I then posted their letter in our official group of professors and it invited strong reactions. It should be clarified in the interests of the students that these two universities are separate. There are students who cannot afford to study in a private university. People should certainly be made aware about this,” said the professor.
Panjab University has already formed a committee to look into the matter. In its last meeting on February 20, the committee had decided to take legal opinion on the name confusion among students. The committee members had decided that before writing to the authorities including the Punjab government and Chandigarh administration, a legal opinion should be sought.
However, the committee in another meeting on February 1, had failed to reach a consensus on writing to the Punjab government on the issue.
In the first meeting it was decided that Prof Ronki Ram and Prof Rajesh Gill would formulate a letter, which would be sent to the Punjab government, to bring the issue of the name confusion to their notice. The minutes of the meeting, however, were not approved since a few members could not attend the first meeting of the committee. Since there was no consensus on the matter, the decision to write to the Punjab government was dropped. However, some members also hold the opinion that since the Act of Chandigarh University was passed by the Punjab government in the assembly, the issue should have been raised then and not after all these years. Panjab University, so far, has convened three meetings after it was constituted and the members still stand divided on the issue.
The letter reached PU on Saturday wherein two students from Bahal in Haryana shared the concern over the name confusion. The letter, a copy of which is with TOI, has been sent to PU vice-chancellor Raj Kumar.
PU assistant professor Vinod Kumar shared the letter on a WhatsApp group of professors, triggering a debate on the name confusion issue. “These students contacted me and narrated the entire story. I then posted their letter in our official group of professors and it invited strong reactions. It should be clarified in the interests of the students that these two universities are separate. There are students who cannot afford to study in a private university. People should certainly be made aware about this,” said the professor.
Panjab University has already formed a committee to look into the matter. In its last meeting on February 20, the committee had decided to take legal opinion on the name confusion among students. The committee members had decided that before writing to the authorities including the Punjab government and Chandigarh administration, a legal opinion should be sought.
However, the committee in another meeting on February 1, had failed to reach a consensus on writing to the Punjab government on the issue.
In the first meeting it was decided that Prof Ronki Ram and Prof Rajesh Gill would formulate a letter, which would be sent to the Punjab government, to bring the issue of the name confusion to their notice. The minutes of the meeting, however, were not approved since a few members could not attend the first meeting of the committee. Since there was no consensus on the matter, the decision to write to the Punjab government was dropped. However, some members also hold the opinion that since the Act of Chandigarh University was passed by the Punjab government in the assembly, the issue should have been raised then and not after all these years. Panjab University, so far, has convened three meetings after it was constituted and the members still stand divided on the issue.
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