Panjab University, Chandigarh has decided to constitute Grievances Redressal and Counselling Cells in all the Professional Institutes at the campus.
The decision was taken in a meeting of Chairpersons and Heads of the various Professional Institutes with the PU authorities on Monday in the backdrop of a dental student committing suicide. PU Vice
Chancellor Prof Arun Kumar Grover presided over the meeting in which Registrar Prof AK Bhandari and Chairpersons and Heads of Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences and Hospital, University Institute of Engineering and , University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Institute of legal Studies. Also, Dr SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology participated in the event.
The meeting decided to expedite the process of assigning Mentors to the first year students of the Professional Institutes. Five to 10 first-year students would be assigned to each teacher, who would hold frequent meetings. Regular meetings of Mentor would also be held, so that teachers could be guided for better mentoring and counselling.