New Delhi: The College Development Council, Panjab University, has decided to grant scholarships to a total of 836 students under five different categories for the academic session 2020-21.
During a meeting with the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Raj Kumar, Panjab University had approved scholarships to 836 students belonging to various categories.
The scholarships have been awarded under the different categories of means-cum-merit, physically disabled, sports, single girl child and AIDS/cancer patients. However, no applications has been received under the youth welfare and transgender categories.
The CDC committee of the university has also granted an honorarium of INR 3,000 to 67 nodal officers for 2020-2021 session and 62 nodal officers for 2021-2022 session.
Apart from that, a sum of INR 57,136 as concession fee was also cleared by the CDC committee for college teachers’ wards enrolled in the university’s self-financing Punjab University courses in the 2021-2022 session.
Meanwhile, the students protested against several decisions of the administration in the university campus.
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Demanding to completely roll back the hike in mess fees, canteen fees and student centre rates, the students for society (SFS) held protests at the Vice-Chancellor's office.
Further, many students were reported to have joined the demonstration and missed their classes. The students' society also revealed that the university administration has said that the fee hike is due to inflation, claiming it to be a complete sham.
Adding the varsity is public-funded, the student body demanded that the PU administration should make sure the availability of food at a subsidised rate instead of hiking in fees for the common students. The students' union also complained of favouritism in the allotment of hostels.
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