Ludhiana: The board of management of Punjab Agricultural University has decided to give extension to Baldev Singh Dhillon as the vice-chancellor. The board meeting, which was attended by all its members under the chairmanship of chief secretary Vinni Mahajan, was held on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the issue of appointment of the new vice-chancellor.
Additional chief secretary (development), department of agriculture and farmers welfare, Punjab, Anirudh Tewari said, “The board has unanimously decided to give Dhillon an extension as the VC till further orders. The date is not decided yet as the file is at the chief minister office. He has taken PAU to greater heights.”
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Ludhiana: The fast unto death of Harmeet Sing Kingra, president of Punjab Agricultural University Teachers’ Association (PAUTA) in protest against non acceptance of the demands of teachers entered 6th day on Monday.
A large number of teachers, including women teachers, visited the dharna site in support of Kingra on Monday.
In a release here, D K Sharma, secretary of PAUTA, said Amrinder Singh Malhi, sub-divisional magistrate of Ludhiana west met Kingra and apprised him that the his meeting has been fixed with Anirudh Tiwari, additional chief secretary-cum-financial commissioner, development, Punjab to sort the issue out. Sharma also said the election of the PAU Teachers Association has been postponed to January 20, 2021. Earlier it was scheduled for December 20.