Chandigarh: Panjab University (PU), one of the oldest universities in the country, is organizing its first university-level alumni meeting on Saturday i.e. on February 19, 2011. Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra will deliver the inaugural address at the meet and several former students are expected to participate.
PU's Dean-Alumni Relations Bhupinder Singh Bhoop has said around 225 alumni of 1970 batch and previous ones will be honored on the occasion. As per sources, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been a former student as well as a faculty member of the economics department in the PU in 1950s and '60s. However, he is unlikely to participate in the event this time.
Furthermore, as per sources, various teaching departments of the university will also be holding events to mark the alumni meet. Also, Panjab University was established in 1882 at Lahore (now in Pakistan). It shifted to its present campus in Chandigarh's Sector 14 in late 1950s. It is now spread over an area of 550 acres in sectors 14 and 25 of Chandigarh.
Besides, the university has 75 teaching and research departments and 15 centres and chairs for teaching and research at the main campus located at Chandigarh. PU has 188 affiliated colleges across Punjab and has three regional centres at Muktsar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur. It also has one regional rural centre in Punjab.
