Teachers’ assn condemns departmental panels

Chandigarh, December 25

The Panjab University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) has condemned the constitution of departmental committees.

In a letter to the PU Vice-Chancellor, PUTA president Mritunjay Kumar and Secretary Amarjit Singh Naura stated that the association had been approached by several chairpersons informing that a circular was issued in the last week of November, asking all chairpersons to constitute committees (academic review committee, research review committee, social review committee/other review committee) as an outcome of the online meeting of chairpersons/directors on October 24. PUTA said it’s a violation of the PU Calendar and that academic/administrative/research committees already exist in each department as per statuary requirements. — TNS