Amritsar – Guru Nanak Dev University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. A.S. Brar has constituted a 22-member high powered committee to examine and review the present status of teaching of Punjabi language and making recommendations regarding the level of teaching of Punjabi language to students at the Undergraduate level in the colleges affiliated to the University.
A noted Linguist, Prof. Joginder Singh Puar, former Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala has been made the Chairman of this Committee, while Dr. Rajinderjit Kaur Pawar, Dean, Academic Affairs of this University would act as Convener.
The Vice-Chancellor said that the semester system had been introduced at the Postgraduate level from the current academic session by the University and it has also decided to introduce the semester system at the Undergraduate level too from the next academic session 2012-13.
Prof. Brar said that the Committee will submit its report within two months and the recommendations will be routed through the respective bodies for taking necessary action well before the beginning of the next academic session.
The other members of the Committee are: Prof. Surjit Patar, Ludhiana; Prof. Dalip Kaur Tiwana, Patiala; Mr. Satnam Singh Manik, Daily Ajit, Jalandhar; Dean, College Development Council; Dean, Faculty of Sciences; Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences; Dean, Faculty of Economics & Business; Dean, Faculty of Languages & Prof. & Head, School of Punjabi Studies; Head, Department of Chemistry; Head, Department of Physics, Head, Department of Botany; Head, Department of Zoology; Prof. Gurmit Singh, School of Punjabi Studies from Guru Nanak Dev University; Dr. Jaspal Singh Randhawa, Principal, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar; Dr. Mehal Singh, Principal, GND University College, Verka; Head, Department of Chemistry, DAV College, Jalandhar; Head, Department of Physics, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar; Head, Department of Botany, Khalsa College, Amritsar and Head, Department of Zoology, DAV College, Amritsar.