Departmental Distinctiveness
Welcome to the Departmental Distinctiveness page on Panjab University IQAC’s website, where we showcase the unique attributes and strengths of our diverse academic departments. Each department at Panjab University is characterized by its distinct identity, expertise, and contributions to knowledge and society. This page serves as a platform to highlight the exceptional faculty, cutting-edge research, innovative teaching methodologies, and impactful collaborations that make each department stand out. Whether you are exploring undergraduate or postgraduate programs, seeking research opportunities, or interested in the department’s societal outreach initiatives, this page will provide you with valuable insights into the department’s strengths, achievements, and future directions. We invite you to delve into the individual department profiles and discover the vibrant intellectual community that thrives within Panjab University’s academic landscape.
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| # | Department | Title of Area of Thrust distinctive to its vision priority & thrust | Details of Performance of the institution in the area |
| 1 | Department of Microbial Biotechnology | Translational work and generating industry/R & D ready manpower | The M.Sc. program, of the department is designed in consultation with the experts from both academia and industries keeping in mind the requirements and challenges of the microbial biotechnology research to generate industry ready workforce and allowing its translation into entrepreneurship. The skill sets and expertise available are diverse and complimentary. These include expertise in cutting edge translational research in various thrust areas such as Microbial Enzymes/Biocatalysis, Fermentation Technology, Scale-up of Bioprocesses, Antimicrobials, Microbial Biofilms, Microbial Interactions, Vaccine Development, Cancer Biology, etc. |
| 2 | Department of Public Administration | Renewable Energy; Food Security and Nutrition, Health; Skill Development | The performance of the Department with regard to its MA, M.Phil and Ph.D courses is satisfactory. The Masters students were actively involved in field-based projects as part of their assignments. The M.Phil and Ph.D students were undertaking research in various thrust areas as outlined in the vision statement of the Department like Renewable Energy,Health, Food Security and Nutrition and Various other aspects of Public Administration, Development and Public Policy. |
| 3 | Department of Sanskrit | Vedas, Classical Sanskrit literature, Indian Philosophy, Sanskrit Grammar, Puranas, Ramayana and DharamShastras. | As the deptt. has Multi-specialization faculty in the fields of Vedas, Classical Sanskrit Literature, Indian Philosophy, Grammar, Puranas and Dharamshastras to provide guidance to the Research Scholars. The deptt. is encouraging projects of Research which deal with the issues on race, gender and environment likes status of women in ancient society, ecology and position of Varnas. Extension Lectures and workshops are organized for the Research scholars and MA students. The deptt. is also working towards the preservation of Sanskrit heritage through research on ancient texts like Epics, Puranas, Agamas etc.The deptt. also provide guidance to the students for the competitive exams of state level and all india level etc. We are Working towards the preservation of Sanskrit heritage through research on ancient texts like Epics, puranas, Agamas etc. and also Encouraging projects of research which deal with the issues on race, gender and environment like status of women in ancient society, ecology and position of varnas. The Department is also making a special role in Popularising Sanskrit by organising Sanskrit Day and Inter-University Sanskrit Competitions (Sloka Recitation, Extempore Speech, Sanskrit Kavi Sammelana etc.). The Department is Encouraging the tradition of spoken Sanskrit, the department organises Sanskrit Speaking Course. We provide guidance to the research scholars in areas like Vedas, Classical Sanskrit literature, Indian Philosophy, Sanskrit Grammar, Puranas, Ramayana, Study of Sanskrit Literature, Grammar, in the light of Advanced Modern Technology and its comparison. |
| 4 | Department of Zoology | Human Health, Alternative therapeutics and Animal Biodiversity | Currently, the department has three major thrust areas of the research viz. human health, alternative therapeutics and animal biodiversity. The details of research work being done under these thrust areas are listed below: A. Human Health 1. Neurotoxicity and therapeutic targeting 2. Molecular approaches in common gynaecological disorders 3. Omics based approaches to identify potential tick vaccine protein targets 4. Human genetics and susceptibility to diseases 5. Evaluation of novel adjuvants along with first generation antigens as vaccine candidates for visceral leishmaniasis. B. Alternative therapeutics 1. Evaluation of homeopathic drugs, plant extracts and their active components for their antileishmanial and antimalarial activity 2. Bee products as therapeutics 3. Fish scales as natural biomaterial 4. Zebra fish model in neuroscience research 5. Combination/alternative therapeutics in gynaecological disorders 6. Pathophysiology of skin disorders and stem cell therapeutics 7. Development of retinal degenerative model with lead acetate for regeneration studies C. Animal Biodiversity 1. Taxonomical, histological and molecular characterization of fish cestodes and Myxozoa from Punjab 2. Tracking the effects of Alfalfa and Apricot Kernel on growth and survival of Common Carp 3. Fish assemblage of native and non-native trout in Indian Himalayan Region -Response to Climate Change 4. Development of eDNA based biodiversity monitoring and diagnostic tools 5. Aquatic Biodiversity and Fish Toxicology 6. Morpho-taxonomic and molecular analysis of various vector species 7. Studies on acoustic communication of Lepidoptera Contribution to national repositories 8. Molecular characterization of reproductive physiology of Ladakhi cow 9. Omics based approaches to characterize potential protein candidates/targets to control tick infestations |
| 5 | Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology | Specialization in Ancient Indian History, Heritage and Culture | 1. The department is committed to the vision of comprehending past with rationality, objectivity and critical perspective. We sensitize our students to the importance of heritage conservation and management. We introduce them to the agencies such as ASI and INTACH. Various webinars were organized by the department to acquaint our students with India’s rich Heritage. 2. The Departmental Museum houses antiquities collected from the excavation organized by the department. The Museum collection is utilized as a methodological tool for enhancement and understanding of the various M.A. courses taught in the department. The Museum collection also aids and helps Scholars of our department involved in Research work. |
| 6 | Department of English & Cultural Studies | Cultural Studies | The Department has graduated into a major centre of Cultural Studies. Our courses have a heavy percentage of contents which belong to the domain of Cultural Studies. Most of our research students opt for projects which fall within the rubric of Cultural Studies. In the years ahead, we intend to create corpus of critical writings on the Indian aspects of Cultural Studies. |
| 7 | P.U. Rural Centre, Kauni, Muktsar | Promote the quality of education among the students of Rural Area | Panjab University. Rural Centre Kauni has successfully risen to the Rural Education challenges. The institution has a very highly qualified and experienced faculty. The infrastructure is excellent. The building is spacious and there are big and airy classrooms. A new multi-crore state-of-the-art building is under construction to meet future requirements in academics, research and co-cThe institution is serving or imparting the quality of education among the students of remote area, particularly the educationally backward district Sri Muktsar Sahib. Along with the formal education, the director of the institution has engaged faculty and students in Online/ofline mode Seminars and webinars, sports meet and other such events like talent hunt competition, quiz competition, etc. In addition, since PURC Kauni has recently got NSS unit, field camps as per the norms of PU will also be organised. Besides teaching activities, Faculty has published new knowledge in terms of quality research publication. The centre is also trying to generate funds for the construction of building and other recurring and non recurring grants. |
| 8 | Department of Biotechnology | Plant Biotechnology; Microbial Biotechnology; Protein Biochemistry; Human molecular epidemiology; Bioinformatic analysis of genomes; | The Department faculty has expertise in diverse fields. They are utilizing their knowledge to explore various domains of Science such as molecular Biology, bioinformatics, microbial Biotechnology, Protein Biochemistry and molecular epidemiology. |
| 9 | Centre for Police Administration | Policing | Thrust Areas of Teaching and Research of the Centre for Police Administration are Police Administration; Crime in India and ita various forms; Stress Amongst Police Personnel; Correctional Administration; Juvenile Delinquency; Police Reforms; Traffic Management; Training of Police Personnel; Police-Public Interface; Law and Police Administration; and Forensic Science. During the last fifteen years, Centre for Police Administration has done exceedingly well both in terms of teaching & research. It has not only produced large number of quality Human resources for the police agencies, but has also organized Special lectures/workshops for bringing awareness on various police issues. The Centre has been successful in sensitizing students and society for improving the image of police. 11 Ph. D. Research Scholars have been granted degrees and 20 research scholars are on the rolls of the Centre and are conducting research on different problems confronting the police agencies. |
| 10 | Department of Statistics | Multiple Comparison Procedures, Reliability and Survival Analysis, Applied Statistics, Bio-Statistics, Econometrics | The Department of Statistics is one of the best departments in the northern regions as well as in the country also. The Department has the privilege of having the best teachers having immense knowledge in their fields. The quality research is also carried out by all the faculty members which is visible in the form of reputed national and international publications. Their subject knowledge is passed to the students in a very systematic and useful manner. In the thrust areas viz Multiple Comparison Procedures, Reliability and Survival Analysis, Bayesian and Classical Inference, and Applied Statistics, the department is actively involved in showing excellence in terms of research and organization of various academic events for the benefit of both the students and faculty. |
| 11 | Department of Evening Studies | Multi-Disciplinary Research | The Department of Evening Studies -MDRC specially caters to the academic needsand aspirations of the marginalized sections of society. As an interdisciplinary department having a signi_cant proof of social scientist and scholars in literarycultural studies. The teachers have contributed to contemporary _elds of study and research in Punjabi, English, History , Economics, Political Science and other area also. |
| 12 | Department of Political Science | Indian Politics, International Relations and Political Theory | The Department strive to achieve excellency in all the three Thrust Areas (Indian Politics , International relations and Political Theory). We further encouraged field based research on wide -ranging issues concerning sustainable future of communities, especially those on the social economic margins, affirmative policies and actions, climate change, environmental issues and substantial development , Electoral politics and political parties. |
| 13 | Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy | Thrust Area | Ø Social Exclusion related to Dalits, Tribes, Women, Disabled and Minorities and Subaltern Studies. Ø Newer forms of Social Exclusion: Inter-regional labour flows, expanding informal sector, and SEZs. Ø Theoretical and Empirical Research on the mandatory theme Ø The phenomena of Development and Deprivation in the era of liberalization of the economy. |
| 14 | Dr SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engg. & Tech. | Materials for engineering applications and engineered nanomaterials. | Faculty is extensively involved in research in the areas like Materials Science and Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Sustainable Development and Nanotechnology, Core areas of Chemical Engineering, Non conventional/ Renewable Energy and Food Science and Technology and publishing high impact research papers (highest impact factor is 42) with journals like Nature, Physical reviews etc. TEQIP-II & III has provided funds for establishment and up-gradation of both undergraduate and Postgraduate laboratories with excellent characterization and testing facilities. Moreover, Dr. SSBUICET is a part of highly coveted Panjab University thus having access to the centralized facilities of the university. Our faculty members are doing high end research at international level. One of our faculty Prof. Sushil Kansal is recognized as top 2% scientists of the world in material science. the institute has high number of faculty publications and patents to its credit. |
| 15 | School of Communication Studies | Plans of Institution/Department for future | To expand the SCS and include the following Departments i. Dept of Communication – Communication Theory – Communication Research Methodology ii. Dept of Journalism – Print journalism – Online-Journalism Capsule courses in the following areas: – Science and Technology – Business Journalism – Sports Journalism – Feature Writing iii. Dept of Advertising – Copy Writing – Layout and Design – Media Planning – Client Servicing – Brand Communication iv. Dept of Public Relations – Corporate Communication – Customer Relations – Media Relations – Event Management v. Dept of Broadcast Communication – Radio communication – TV Communication Capsule courses in documentary Production, Single-camera Production; Multi-Camera production; Radio features Production; Script Writing. vi. Dept of Cinema Studies Theory and practicals such as – Documentaries – Film appreciation vii. Dept of Visual Communication & Technology – Graphic Design – Computer Applications viii. Dept of International and Development Communication – International Communication – Development support Communication – Rural Communication ix. Refresher courses for in-service Media professionals in various courses from i) to viii) above. Presently the department plans to start new diploma courses in the evening so that the training can be provided to in-service professionals in the field and also to students of the department who are interested in gaining specialized qualification in a specific area of mass communication after completion of the Master degree. The proposed courses are as follows: a) One year Diploma courses in the following: · Radio and TV Journalism · Communication Skills · Corporate Communications · Health Communications · Business Journalism · Graphic Design and Computer Applications · Print Journalism · Video Production · Science Journalism 91.2 MHz, Jyotirgamaya, the CRS (Community Radio Station) of the Panjab University is being run by the School of Communication Studies. It was inaugurated on 13th February, 2011. Having started its journey with just a half-an-hour broadcast per day, today the station proudly offers four broadcasts a day that include a total of nine programs running for over 10 hours. We plan to take the total broadcast to a 24 hour one; and provide a better and more efficient training ground for the community and also for the students of electronic media An Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) is on its way to be set up in the School of Communication Studies. The foundation stone of the Centre was laid on 13th February, 2011. The EMMRC will be linked with the EMMRCs all over the country for making education more inclusive. The centre will also be able to produce socially relevant documentaries. We plan to make the EMMRC functional in the coming year. |
| 16 | School of Punjabi Studies | Thrust Area | * Medieval and Modern Punjabi Literature i.e. poetry, Fiction, Drama. Prose, Criticism, Culture and Folklore Studies. * in the Medieval Punjabi Literature, Gurmat Kav , Sufi Kav, Veer kav and Puratan Punjabi prose are the major fields. * in Modern Literature , Modern Poetry, Fiction , Criticism, Linguistics, History of Punjabi Literature , Folklore and Cultural of Punjab are major fields. |
| 17 | Department of Defence and National Security Studies | Ugradation of Department | The deptt was establish in 2001. The deptt had proposed to establish Centre for research in Internal Security Studies to UGC under the UGC scheme of upgradation of the department of Defence and National security studies. The proposal of the deptt was accepted and is adjudged as on of the best deptt in the subject in the country. The deptt was also sanctioned special grant of RS.66.00 Lakhs for the purpose. The deptt has vision of establishing the centre of Excellence on ” internal Security” . The dept in its endeavour to achieve excellence in the field of academics has also been sanctioned a grant of rs. 2 crore by UGC for development of National Security Studies and upgradation of subject to the masses. |
| 18 | Department of Mathematics | Algebra & Number Theory, Continuum Mechanics, Operational Research Numerical Analysis. | The Department of Mathematics, Panjab University, Chandigarh was established in 1952 at Hoshiarpur and was shifted to Chandigarh in 1958. It has grown to be one of the best Departments of Mathematics of the Indian Universities. It has been recognized as Centre of Advanced Studies in Mathematics since 1963 by the UGC. The Department participated in COSIP program during 1970-1983 and subsequently in COSIST program from 1984-1989. The Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, had sponsored the Department for the FIST (Level-II) Program. The National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) has granted the status of Regional Library to the Library of the Department and supports the Consortium for the online access of MathSciNet, for which the Department is the leading partner. The NBHM has been providing huge funds every year for books and journals. The Department is a source centre for Regional as well as National Mathematical Olympiad participants for the North-West Region. The Department is also zonal centre for the award of NBHM, M.A./M.Sc. and Ph.D scholarships awarded by the Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India. At present, the Department has 14 regular faculty members and 2 UGC Assistant Professors in addition to 5 Emeritus Professors in this department. The faculty of the Department is bestowed with various honours such as Padam Bhushan, Srinivas Ramanujan Medal of INSA and ISCA, Jawahar Lal Nehru Award of ISCA, Megh Nath Saha Award in Mathematical Sciences, V.V. Narlikar Memorial Lecture Award of INSA, INSA Young Scientist Award, Narasinga Rao Medal of Indian Mathematical Society, B. C. Roy Award, Biren Roy Award of INSA, Bhatnagar Award, Fellowships of the three national science academies, Platinum Jubilee Lecture of Indian Science Congress Association, Co-chairman of International Conference on ‘Continuum Mechanics’ held in 1989, Vancouver, Canada, UGC National Fellowship, Young Scientist Award of UNESCO, Rostca, Sir James Lighthil Award Lecture(IMS), P.L. Bhatnagar Lecture Award(IMS), Srinivasa Ramanujan Memorial Lecture Award(IMS), Jawahar Lal Nehru Birth Centenary Fellowship. Several Faculty Members of the Department are members of various National Boards and Committees, Editorial boards of Journals and the Board of Studies and other academic bodies of other Universities in addition to those of Panjab University. Most of the faculty members actively collaborate with international community and have regularly visited several Universities in Canada, USA and Europe. They regularly participate in national and international conferences. The Ongoing Thrust Areas are Algebra & Number Theory, Continuum Mechanics, Operational Research Numerical Analysis. |
| 19 | Centre For Stem Cell Tissue Engineering & Biomedical Excellence | KIDNEY REGENERATION AND CANCER STEM CELLS & MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION PATHWAYS | The Department is focused towards understanding the pathophysiology of kidney diseases and associated mechanisms including AKI (Acute Kidney Injury), Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) and ESRD (End stage renal diseases) etc. In addition another thrust area in which the Department is actively engaged is kidney regeneration in order to find a feasible and reliable solution for kidney transplantation in case of Renal Failures. It is also working towards a fight against Kidney Cancer through the identification of Kidney cancer stem cells and in understanding the differentiation pathways involved in mesenchymal stem cell differentiation upon administration of various herbal and nutraceuticals. |
| 20 | Centre for Social Work | Catering to the socially marginalized people in need and deprived poor and the disadvantaged groups. | Through out the COVID-19 Pandemic the Panjab University has supported the 270 migrant construction workers with their families living within the campus when the lockdown was announced. Disable Friendly buildings with lifts. Study Centers like Ambedkar Centre/Swami Vivekanand Study Centre/ Guru Nanak Sikh Studies/ Centre for Social & Exclusion policies & Research are working. More than 1200 NSS Volunteers are working for the community outreach Programmes. |
| 21 | Department of Library & Information Science | Research Productivity and curriculum updation. | All the faculty members are continuously engaged in research publications leading to higher citations in Social Sciences and also amongst the Library Science Departments specially in North India. The department also takes pride of its update syllabi. The department regularly takes feedback from the students. |
| 22 | Centre for System Biology & Bioinformatics | Trust Area | 1. The Centre has been guided with the major objectives of strengthening the research and teaching in the thrust areas 2. The class room are synchronised with hands on training sessions for student’s learning software and data analysis 3. The faculty members and research students of the Centre have achieved the original objectives to a larger extent in the thrust areas. |
| 23 | Department of Laws | Quality Legal Education with thrust on new emerging areas. | Quality Legal Education with thrust on new emerging areas. Alternate Dispute Resolutions Health Law Media Law Environment Law Human Rights Competition Law Cyber Law Service Law Intellectual Property Rights Legal Aid Clinic to serve the needy persons. Department as an active centre for arbitration, conciliation and mediation, as entrusted by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana |
| 24 | Department of Chinese and Tibetan Languages | Buddhist Studies | The Department is the nodal center in North area in the thrust area of Tibetan Buddhism/Himalayan Buddhism. Department is also providing research guidance in Buddhist Studies and Tibetan. Two doctoral degrees has been awarded to successful candidates in Tibetan Buddhism and third student has submitted her thesis. Add on courses were also introduced in Chinese Languages at UG level. Value added courses were introduced in Tibetan recently. |
| 25 | Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies | Gandhian | The Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies is engaged in alternative development action, research with considerable amount of success. We go beyond rituals and mere theoretical presentation and work for honest introspection and serious restructuring of our national priorities to achieve the social, economic, political and cultural goals for which the Mahatma Gandhi stood and died for. Gandhi left an unfinished agenda of making India a country without hunger and violence behind him for his nation to complete. And our Department is contributing in this in its own way. The overall performance of the institution is distinctive in sensitizing Gandhian Philosophy, various other social, political, economic issues among the students and the research scholars through various ways like workshops, research works, seminars, special lectures, etc. |
| 26 | University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Translational Research & Transfer of Technologies (T-o-T) | The faculty is actively working to bring in novel pharmaceuticals including phytopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, biosensors and technologies to the market with a focus to target current unmet medical needs in the areas of cancer, antimicrobial resistance, metabolic disorders including diabetes, skin disorders, regenerative therapy, ulcer/wound healing and neurological disorders. Initially the target is to develop aptamer/peptide-based biosensors for pre-identification of diseases and pathogens. In-silico tools or conventional synthetic pathways and drug discovery from natural sources are utilized to design or discover new drugs and/or repurpose existing molecules for newer implications and define novel biological targets. Further, novel drug delivery technologies will be developed to assign favourable bioprofile to existing or new molecules generating intellectual property. The promising drugs/drug products will be evaluated pre-clinically in suitable animal models to quantify response and assign mechanism of action followed by clinical evaluation to complete the cycle of lab to clinic. The developed technologies/ processes/ products would be out licensed. The institute promoted incubation of the ideas and start-up culture amongst younger sunder an existing Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC under MHRD) and pre-incubator at UIPS. Academic spin-offs realizing the ‘Make in India” and “Start-up India” initiatives of Government of India are the culminating intent of the proposal. Further, the faculty at the Institute endeavours to translate the established laboratory formulas to commercial scale. The T-o-T (Transfer of Technologies) from an academic Institute to the industry calls for generating faith based on the integrity of laboratory data. We proudly claim that UIPS has to its credit more than 5 technology transfers |
| 27 | University Institute of Legal Studies | Post Covid Rearrangement, Strengthening and Creating Online Resources as well | After Covid-19, the department returned offline classes. However, online facility was continued and strengthening. The department also developed an I cloud library to augment the availability of online books/resources in all areas of law and social sciences to all the department students and faculty members. the availability of these resources can be checked by y the members of the university, offline and also online through the OPAC system. Also, the library has the latest versions of the lslim library management software based on cloud computing. lt enables easy access to the library resources 24*7. Furthermore, reputed journals are subscribed to and efforts are persistently made to make available all the sources and databases in the print and electronic form, so as to strengthen the research capabilities, across all fields of specialisation. During Covid -19 , the UILS library started a Remote access facility ( lProx ) for all its users. Various Electronic books and databases were purchased like SCC online, Manupatra, LexisNexis, AirOnline , Oxford E- Books and and Thomas preview etc and the same has been accessed by the user from their home also. department also developed a system for conducting online examination for department students. for the same special software was purchased by the department. |
| 28 | University School of Open Learning | Social responsibility of providing education at the door step | THRUST AREAS Our vision is to take university education beyond the four walls of the University so as to fulfill the prime social responsibility of providing education at the door step to those who are unable to access formal education. To realize our vision, our thrust areas are: • Providing quality distance education. • Evolving new methods of imparting distance education by introducing new market driven/ job oriented/ professional courses. • Inculcating employability skills among learners. • Preparing quality study material. For this, USOL organizes • Activities for Competence Enhancement among students through- -Workshops on employability skills and value laden issues – Career guidance • Programmes for Capacity Building of Faculty. • Workshops on development of Audio-video content. • Interdisciplinary extension lectures. • Providing value education through Human Value Courses. • Introducing various market driven courses. • Conducting series of workshops for making our learners global citizens. • Developing E-content • Conducting online synchronous classes. |
| 29 | Department of Biophysics | Neurobiophysics and Cancer Biophysics | The department is continuously working in the field of cancer biophysics and neurobiophysics and has research papers, review articles, books and monographs in some of the high impact journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nanomedicine: nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, Microchimmica Acta, Molecular Neurobiology, Biophysica Biochemica Acta, PLoS One, Neuropharmacology, Neuroscience etc. Department focuses in identifying natural products and plant extracts for the treatment of skin and colon cancer and recently have developed certain nanoformulations for treating skin cancer. Moreover, in neurobiophysics, department is working on development of therapeutic molecules and screening natural compounds to have potential to treat neuropathological diseases like Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease. |
| 30 | Department of German | PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES (Thrust Areas): ► Text-book, work-book, Laptop, desktop computer, projector, internet Wifi, multimedia (audio, video) Google Meet online classroom & YouTube videos. ►Progre | PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES (Thrust Areas): ► Text-book, work-book, Laptop, desktop computer, projector, internet Wifi, multimedia (audio, video) Google Meet online classroom & YouTube videos. ►Progressively Develop German Language Specific skill-sets: – Focus speaking, grammar, listening, writing, composition, translation and interpretation on par with professional level competence and industry |
| 31 | University Institute of Fashion Technology & Vocational Development | A vision to build from grassroots level infused with the tangibility of the west to learn from the real artisans. | The Vision and Priority of the professional course, B.Sc. & M.Sc. in Fashion & Lifestyle Technology is to help every student to be professionally placed either in a job or as an entrepreneur. Every student gets professionally trained in a skill as per her aptitude . Students are given hands on training in Thrust Areas like design process, pattern development, product development, photography, journalism etc. Regular inputs from the alumni along with experts in the form of webinars and hand holding for internships prepares them to take future challenges. Highly trained and experienced faculty is involved in giving intensive theoretical and practical inputs. This develops their skills to face the challenging requirements of the Fashion Industry. A multi-disciplinary approach inculcates self-initiated learning and independent thinking and expands perceptual perspectives. Regular interaction with design studios, production and distribution centres, community projects, retail establishments and industry forms a vital bridge between UIFT and the world. |
| 32 | Department of Anthropology | Distinctive Subject | 1.Anthropology is being distinctively taught as a subject in an around the vicinity of Panjab University, Chandigarh. 2. This department has been distinguished as one of the few departments having CAS status in India. 3. Panjab government has notified Anthropology Department as Nodal Center for Social Impact Assessment. Till date department has successfully completed eight SIA projects of worth about Rs 3 Crores. 4. Department has unique S.R.K Chopra Museum of Man. The Research Scholars, Students from different institutes visit this museum frequently. |
| 33 | P.U. Regional Centre, Muktsar | interdisciplinary approach catering to most of multi – faculty departments | Panjab University Regional Centre, Sri Muktsar Sahib, is located in the Malwa region of Punjab and caters mostly to the rural students of this region. Many of the passed out students of this Centre have got jobs in both government and private institutions. |
| 34 | University Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management | Professionals for hotel and tourism industry | Institutional Distinctiveness University Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management (UIHTM) aims at becoming one of the premier institutes in the country offering education, training, research and consultancy in the field of hospitality, tourism, travel and allied sectors. Established in 2009, University Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management (UIHTM) is striving hard towards the human resource development with the focus on Hospitality and Tourism sector. Being a specialized institute in sectoral education in the area of tourism and hospitality education, UIHTM had already marked its attendance at national level by organizing various curricular, extracurricular and extension activities during the years. The performance of our students in examinations as well as in industrial fields is exceptionally good. Special training programs, qualified and experienced faculty members, and administrative staff are the keys to our success.The ultimate goal of our institute is to prepare the students for immediate employment in the relevant functional area in industry/take-up entrepreneurship individually. Further nurturing such professionals by providing an overall and extensive exposure of tourism and hospitality industry. |
| 35 | Institute Of Educational Technology & Vocational Education | Research on Pedagogical techniques & Technology based education systems | Presently faculty is working in these areas: 1. Research on Pedagogical techniques 2. Technology based education systems 3. Quality aspects in elementary and secondary education 3. Life skills based education 5. Positive psychology 6. School based experiences and learning outcomes of students 7. Socio cultural milieu and students development 8. Value Education Research: 1. Research in the area of students’ mentoring and teaching skill development 2. Gender sensitivity and girls education 3. Computational thinking and learning levels of students 4. Computer games based rubrics and learning. Innovations: 1. Strengthening university-school partnership for pre-service mentoring of students’ 2. Developing training programmes for teacher mentors for effective internship programmes 3. Skill development of students for developing MOOC’s and cyber based learning materials 4. Having MoU’s with reputed schools in India for pre-service internship of students 5. To introduce B.Sc. B.Ed. Integrated programme in the institution |
| 36 | Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | The focus of the centre is to impart conceptual and up to date knowledge of nanoscience and nanotechnology, along with hands-on training on various advanced instrumentation techniques for nanomaterials synthesis and characterization. CNSNT strives to create much needed world class infrastructure facilities for innovative research and training at the industry-academia interface. CNSNT aims to become one of the leading academic centre in research and innovation through proactive collaborations with premier research institutes worldwide and by actively participating in cutting edge research in nanoscience and concomitant technological developments in focused areas like optoelectronics, nanoelectronics, bio-sensing, drug delivery, solar energy harvesting, environment, and healthcare. The centre also encourages participation of industries by creating state of the art infrastructure facilities for relevant industrial research, creating an atmosphere for time bound delivery, promoting entrepreneurship, and generating skilled manpower in allied domains. |
| 37 | Department of Economics | Research ,Placements & Updation of curriculum | The Number of Publications/Research Papers in Referred Journals/Papers Published in Proceedings of Conferences/Articles Published in News Papers: Faculty – 14 Post Doctoral Fellow – 00 The Number of Seminars/Conferences/Symposia/Workshop/ Training Programme attended and Paper Presented: Faculty – 24 The Number of Placements in academic session 2021-22: On-Campus – 7 Off-Campus – 5 Updation of Curriculum in academic session 2021-22 for following Classes. M.Phil/Ph.D – New Paper on “Research Publication and Ethics” introduced. and Two Semester in Ph.D introduced. |
| 38 | P.U. S.S. Giri Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur | Value Based Education Programs | Since its inception, the main aim of PUSSGRC, Hsp has been to provide an opportunity to the rural students to pursue higher education for their academic and social development. In accordance with this mission, PUSSGRC gives exposure to the students to get an opportunity to participate in every curricular, extracurricular and extension activity. Through NSS and NCC scheme the students get a stage and dais to develop their academic as well as professional, cultural, social consciousness, alertness, responsiveness. The campus has provided tremendous thrust and priority to its program of diversity inclusion and integration. The vision of the campus is to educate, enable and empower the students from different parts of the state as well as country. The campus has taught its students how to academically excel and lead a good life. A good life is the ability to enjoy the routine of daily life and to find meaning in its values and to achieve one’s aspiration in that context. Our campus is recognized publicly as the leading degree college in the region, strives to conduct all the academic activities by keeping in mind the vision and mission of the campus. The well equipped computer lab and well staked library throws the opportunity for students to maximize their skills and knowledge. The hostels for both boys and girls which are adjacent to the campus helps in joining a large number of students. The hostels have gymnasium which help students to improve their physical powers. Students are given practical approach based on the text they study during their course. The yearly fest has helped students to bring out their talent and creativity. During the yearly fest, students from all the states come to participate in various academic and cultural events. Cultural events like teej and Janmashtami, academic events like moot courts and annual sports week is also organized in the campus for the students overall development. There are various clubs like Shor, D-Cult, Symphonic Vibrations, Literati, Zamaana which are working for the students overall development. Value based education programs are also conducted to instill, confidence, commitment and concern to the society. In the beginning of every academic year an orientation program is conducted for students to make then aware and avail of different facilities and opportunities available at the campus. The students are also motivated and encouraged to participate in all aspects of learning in the campus. Those students who are brighter in learning are recognized and further encouraged to obtain ranks at university level. Infact, some students have obtained various ranks at university level from our campus. At the same time, the students who are lagging behind in learning are also recognized and given all kind of help in improving their academic performance. Overall The campus is continuously creating a hatching ground for the students to develop their hobbies and achieve success in life. The campus is a step forward facilitating the students with the required knowledge, experience and exposure to pursue their dreams. |
| 39 | Dr Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of Dental Sciences & Hospital | Providing world class treatment to urban and rural areas of the tri-city | – Being centrally located it is accessible to not only the people of tri-city but people from outside as well. – During the covid times institute has been running hospital with all the covid protocols in place and also a covid vaccination center for the people of tricity. – Through our outreach programmes in collaboration with NSS and Rotaract, Institute aims to reach out to the under privileged in an attempt to give back to the society. – We are a sought after Dental Institute for Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses. Our Institute has 100% enrollment for UG program and near 100% for PG program due to the central location of our college, – Functional Satellite Clinic in rural area to cater to the under-privileged. – Doorstep dental treatment is being provided through our mobile dental van especially to non-ambulatory patients. – Our Institute conducts various health awareness drives, Oral Health lectures at schools, community centres and plazas to create awareness to the masses. |
| 40 | Centre for Nuclear Medicine | The Centre visions to train the students to demonstrate high standards of professional skills and competency/leadership qualities in the field of Nuclear Medicine. | The curriculum is designed by the board of studies for Nuclear Medicine comprising of members who are skilled professionals from highly reputed institutes like PGIMER. The course is approved by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). First year of the course involves basic and preclinical training in the Centre for Nuclear Medicine, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Second year of the course involves teaching and clinical hands on training on patients in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at PGIMER, Chandigarh. Every student is allotted a project (Dissertation work) under a supervisor in the beginning of the second year. AERB of India designates our students as Radiological Safety Officers after they clear the test conducted by Radiation Protection Advisory Division of AERB, Mumbai. |
| 41 | P.U. Institute of Social Science Education & Research | Five year Integrated Program in Social Science | This is an innovative program and the only one of its kind in Panjab University. It offers 3 years B. A. Honours and 2 years M A in Social Sciences, with an exit option after the successful completion of first three years. The semester based programme provides multi-disciplinary foundation to develop an overall perspective on contemporary society. A student can choose from seven social science subjects to do majors at the undergraduate level and for masters choose either the same major social science subject or any other interdisciplinary social science subject in pursue his/her masters in. |
| 42 | Department of Environment Studies | Environment and public health awareness | During COVID pandemic , IEC material were created to created awareness on Corona , public health issues. IEC was created on Har Ghar Tiranga and Heat wave etc. |
| 43 | Centre for Public Health | Communicable and Non-communicable diseases, Maternal and Child Health, Geriatric Health, Adolescent Health, Disability, Environment and Occupational Health, Anemia and Nutrition and Yoga | Public Health is emerging as one of the most significant areas in healthcare. Healthy citizens are important resource and asset. Vision of the Centre: Ø To prepare task force of public health professionals and experts in the country. Ø To contribute through teaching, research and practice of various public health disciplines in the ever changing health dynamics of the population. Ø To develop Public Health as a social endeavor for preventive, promotive and life prolonging discipline, thereby leading to healthy people and society. Ø To establish the CPH PU as a leading public health institution in north India. |
| 44 | University Institute of Applied Management Sciences | Thrust on Sectoral Specialisations | The institution in its vision has always focused on sectoral specializations namely retail, Banking and insurance, Pharmaceutical, hospital, IT & Telecom and infrastructure management. In continuation with the vision and focusing these thrust areas the department introduced the Phd programs in the areas of Retail, Banking, IT and infrastructure management from the year 2018-19. In furtherance to the vision of sectoral focus the department introduced the course of MBA in Capital Markets to cater the exponential growth in the financial markets of India and address the skill gap in the said area from the academic year 2019-20 The department has a dedicated placement office to cater to the employability skill enhancement and other placement related activities The faculty members have been incessantly involved in writing research papers in their areas of expertise. The faculty has been proactive in guiding research scholars enrolled for PhD in the department. Being a self-financed department, it generates an annual revenue exceeding 10 crores per year through the admission fees. The department has been successfully introducing new courses namely MBA capital Markets and PhD programme in sectoral domains The students have been placed in top-notch companies at various management profiles |
| 45 | University Centre of Instrumentation and Micro-Electronics | Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Facility | In 1980’s Department of Science and Technology, GOI selected Panjab University to develop Analytical Instrumentation facility with the motive to cater services to the researchers and industry people. This thrust area of the analytical instrumentation is progressively upgraded time to time as per the requirements of the users. With this motive the department is possessing variety of sophisticated Instruments to fulfill the requirement. The department is analyzing more 25000 samples per years and is serving the researcher throughout India and the services are provided to the users across the country. Presently the list of instruments are as follows : FT-NMR Spectrometer 400 MHz (Bruker) Liquid chromatography Mass Spectrometer (LCMS) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) 120KV HR Transmission Electron Microscope (HR TEM) 200 KV Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) WD-X Ray Fluorescence (XRF) X-ray Diffractometer (Powder Method) Liquid Nitrogen Plant Model Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry F.T.Infra-Red Spectrometer (FTIR) UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer Optical Microscopes Rheometer Confocal Microscope Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Elemental Analyser for CHN Ultra Microtome Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Critical Point Drying |
| 46 | Centre for Policy Research | DST-Centre for Policy Research (CPR) to undertake policy research, policy formulation and capacity building in the realm of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). | 1. Development of a new country-specific model for promoting Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) for R&D. 2. Identify areas of policy gaps for stimulation of private sector investment in R&D and suggest changes in the policy environment. 3. Adopt evidence-based approaches for identifying and promoting areas for the generation of intellectual properties. |
| 47 | Department of Urdu | THRUST AREAS: | THRUST AREAS: The Department is engaged in Research Program in almost all major disciplines of Urdu & Persian languages and literature, and the thrust area is comparative study of Urdu and Persian with Punjabi, Sanskrit, Pali and other Modern Indian Languages and also in the subject of Medieval Indian History, Ancient Indian History, Fine Arts, Law, Political & Social Sciences with comparative studies and Mysticism and Mystical Literature, written during the Ancient & Medieval Period based on Classical Literature and also written during the Modern Period in all the Modern Indian Languages. The Candidates from Iran, Afghanistan and other Arab countries for Ph.D. in the Department. |