Shuttling between Syndicate and committees,proposals lie pending at PU

A case in point is the meagre scholarships given by the university. After a discussion in the Senate,a committee worked out the minimum scholarship amount as Rs 1,000. Any further action has,however,not been discussed in the Syndicate.

A proposal allowing students to write their PhD entrance exam in regional languages like Punjabi or Hindi is also awaiting a committee’s decision.

The Fellows and faculty believe the committees are the university’s method to avoid confrontations and decisions. A Fellow said: “When authorities want to delay doing anything about a particular issue,they refer it to a committee and the proposal is lost in paperwork. Not only proposals,many inquires are also pending with the committees.”

Even the scholars are not sure who is in charge — whether only governing bodies like the Syndicate and Senate can implement proposals or a committee can carry out the process.

Talking to Newsline,PU Fellow Prabhjit Singh said: “Many a times,proposals are not brought to the Syndicate for approval after modifications; the items are completely missing from the agenda. A factor that causes delay is that a scheme cannot be implemented unless the Syndicate and Senate both approve it.”

Vice-Chancellor Professor R C Sobti said,“Proposals involving money do take time. I will see to it that committees speed up work and come up with results as fast as possible.”