Vice Chancellor’s Statement

Chandigarh October 16, 2019

            With a very heavy heart, I would like to inform:

the honourable members of the Syndicate about the sad demise of Professor D.V.S. Jain, Professor Emeritus and a former Fellow of this august house on October 6, 2019. The academic fraternity has lost a legendary scientist and a guide.

            (To pay homage to the departed soul, two minutes silence, all standing, may be      observed).

1. The National Association of Geographers of India has conferred Bhoogol Ratna Award-2019 on Dr. Gopal Krishan, Professor Emeritus, Department of Geography of our University.

• Eight students of Centre for Medical Physics of our university have passed the Radiation Safety Officer-III examination conducted by Radiological Physics & Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. These scientists are now placed in various hospitals across the country.

• Dr. Rohit Kumar Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, has been invited for China Innovation Tour for young Indian Scientists for promoting exchange & cooperation between India & China by the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.

• The Department of Defence & National Security Studies has been sanctioned a grant of Rs. 2 crore for upgradation by UGC.

• Dr. Gaurav Verma, Associate Professor, Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, P.U., has been awarded certificate of recognition for outstanding contribution to Indian agriculture and Indian agrochemical industry by the Indian Chemical Council.

• Dr. Sushil Kumar Kansal, Professor, Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, P.U., has been awarded with ‘Hiyoshi Think of Ecology Award’ by Hiyoshi Ecological Services, Hiyoshi Corporation, Japan, in recognition of outstanding research and application in the field of Environmental Conservation and Protection in India.