Implementation of National Flagship Programmes

&

University Social Responsibility

at Panjab University, Chandigarh.

1. Swachh Bharat Mission

• Awarded 7th rank out of 147 educational institutions in Swachhta Ranking - 2017 by MHRD

• Appointed ‘In-charges (Cleanliness)’ in various Departments / Centers. Regular Cleanliness Audit of Departments / Centers.

• Installation dumpers (47) throughout PU Campus to lift garbage.

• Dedicated collections of ‘Biomedical Waste from different Departments. Transported to PGI for incineration.

• Segregation of waste (bio-degradable and non-degradable) at the primary sources, i.e. hostels, shops, restaurants, residential houses in PU Campus.

Green- wet/biodegradable/organic waste Blue- dry/recyclable waste

Dustbins throughout PU campus

E-Rickshaw Dumper Placer (E-Loader)

Display Boards for Swachhta Awareness in PU

Swachh Bharat Mission....contd.

• Planning to set up a ‘Bio-Gas plant’ in PU campus. The bio-gas

will be produced from the bio-waste collected from various

places in PU campus.

• ‘Cleanliness Drive’ and ‘Camps’ under NCC and NSS to

sensitize both students and general public will be organized to

spread awareness.

• IoT using Sensors

– Smart Traffic Light System Using RFID

(Patent Published in India Patent Journal)

– Bus Arrival Detection using BLE and Acoustics

(Patent Applied, Prototype Ready)

– Handheld & Mobile Air Pollution Analyzer (Prototype Ready)

• Acoustic Sensors

– Traffic State Detection

– Vehicle Classification

• Vision Sensors (Prototype Tested at PU Gate No.2)

– Vehicle classification and Counting and Event Detection

• Thermal sensor

– Pedestrian Detection

– Pothole Detection on Roads

2. Smart City (Traffic Management, Energy Management and Health;

work carried by UIET, PU)

Smart traffic lights

system

RFID reader

• Mobile Phone Sensing

– RoadSphygmo: Using barometer for traffic congestion

detection,

– Bus boarding event detection using smartphone sensors

– BaroTrack: Low Cost Tracking of Commuter on Road,

– BaroSense: Using Barometer for Road Traffic Congestion

Detection and Path Estimation

– Smart patrolling: An efficient road surface monitoring

using smart phone sensors and crowd sourcing,

• IoT based Water Distribution System developed and

deployed at PGI

Future Plans

• Improvement in design and functionality of current

prototypes

• New prototypes development such as Robot for Cleaning

and Multi Level Grass Cutting

• CoE (Smart Health & Smart Agriculture) to be established in

collaboration with Bharti Airtel , C-DoT and DoT.

SOLAR POWERED E-RICKSHAW (URJA RATH) UNDER TRIALS AT PU

Solar E-Rickshaw under design Solar E-Rickshaw under trials at PU

4. Start Up India/ Skill India

• Bio-incubator facility was created in 2014 with the funds from BIRAC, GoI to promote Entrepreneurship. It has State-of-Art Research facilities and generated many start-ups. Has tie-ups with various Universities, National Research Laboratories, Govt. agencies and Industries.

• CSDE (Center for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) in PU has also generated start-ups. It has collaborations with Hayden-Green Incubator, Univ. of Nottingham, U.K.

• MoU has been signed with TiE (Chandigarh Chapter) for promotion of Entrepreneurship.

• 'Hostel and Skill Development Facility for SC/ST Students' has come up with funds (200 lacs) from AICTE.

Start Up India/ Skill India....contd.

• A grant of Rs. 23,35,394/- has been sanctioned by AICTE for “Skill and Personality Development Programme Centre for SC/ST Students (SPDP)”.

• 14 B.VoC. courses have been designed through Skill Development Board, to be offered by various affiliated colleges.

• >20 lectures/ workshops/ interactions have been organized for students/ research scholars / faculty on various topics related to Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

• Organized 3-Day entrepreneurship event ‘Canable’ in association with Chandigarh Angel Networks.

Future Plans

• 15 new B.VoC. courses are under process.

• New M.VoC. courses to be offered in university campus.

• Association with industry for new skill programmes.

5. Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat

• To commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi , on 2nd October , 2018 an awareness movement on ‘Ek

Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ will be started. Seminars/ discussions

/ workshops/competitions will be organised in the Colleges.

• During PU Youth and Heritage Festivals (12 zonal and 1 Inter

Zonal), and North Zone Inter University Youth Festival ( AIU) the

passion for Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat will be highlighted .

• Poster, Charts, Artistic presentations will be prepared for

awareness among the young students

6. Digital India

• Academic and administrative buildings as well as hostels of PU

campus are Wi-fi enabled.

• The Library has RFID (Radio Frequency Identity Card) enabled

mechanism for the ease of students.

• The University has special learning software for visually

impaired students.

• Digital India Workshop were conducted by NSS and it was

funded by GOI.

• PU residential area will be made Wi-Fi enabled.

• Making existing infrastructure including buildings etc. 'Digitally

Smart‘ using Sensor and Analytics based technology.

• Provisioning students-related transactions in the Digital Mode.

• Providing Network facility in the residential areas of campus.

7. Digital Payments / Financial Inclusion

• Implementation of IT enabled integrated process management

solution

• Online-real-time basis budgetary control and expenditure

management system.

• Online bill tracking system.

• Use of Government e-Market (GeM), an online government portal

for procurement of goods and services

• Use of PFMS portal of GOI for sponsored projects

• All payments through direct credit to the bank accounts of

beneficiaries (Digital Transactions).

• Online access of salary details, PF, form 16 and other payments.

• Online fee collection portal.

• We Plan to initiate Data Based Management System concerning

Research-related activities in PU

8. E-governance/ I.T. Based Management of all Affairs

• Integrative software ‘Campus Portal’ is employed to digitalized Administrative and Academic branches for the ease of every stakeholder. (www.campus.pu.ac.in

• Admission process has been streamlined through digitalization

• Official correspondence in the university is done electronically reducing carbon footprints.

• Hostels have online central repository

• Senate and Syndicate proceedings are displayed online.

• Students attendance, minutes of various department meetings are displayed online to bring transparency in governance

• University has facilitated various student related activities such as migrations, fee depositing, examination and related activities via online mode.

E Governance/ IT Based Management….contd.

• PU plans to replace the old ERP system with a completely new system.

• PU has ‘Information Resource Portal’ that keeps record of important statistics of university. The major work in this regard has already been done and further work is in progress. This special software would be one of its kind in the country having every type of information at a single place.

• Implementation of the National agenda i.e. “Make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets, and ensure efficiency, transparency, and reliability of such services at affordable costs to realize the basic needs of the common man”

E Governance/ IT Based Management…..contd.

• To make at least one individual e-literate in every household of

adopted villages.

• To enable access of content and ICT applications by differently-

abled people to foster inclusive development.

• To leverage ICT for expanding the workforce and enabling life-

long learning.

• To adopt Open standards and promote open source and open

technologies

9. National Academic Depositories (NAD)

• NAD cell has been constituted and is functioning effectively.

• Degrees of Ph.D. Students (session 2017-18) have been uploaded on NAD.

• Four workshops on NAD conducted.

• PU executed a ‘Service Legal Agreement’ with NSDL (National Securities Depository Ltd.)

• Live demonstrations of Issuance of Digital Degree held on PU Annual Convocation on 4.3.2018

• From academic session 2018-19, every student registration with NAD id is compulsory.

• NAD is linked with the PU through the website of Dean College Development Council (DCDC) to benefit both the University and its affiliated colleges.

• The data of PG classes of the university will be uploaded on NSDL website from the academic session 2018-19 onwards

10. Digital Library

• The Library has automated all its in house activities using

SLIM-21 library management software.

• The library catalogue can be accessed through Web OPAC

interface.

• RFID technology provides full-proof security, access control

and proper holding management which includes automated

check-in & check-outs of inventory, theft detection, stock

verification and book drop facility.

• 5000 e journals with UGC INFONET consortium e.g. Science

Direct, EBSCO, JSTOR, ACS, AIP, RSC; and UGC Shodhsindu

Consortium.

• Facilities to use laptops via LAN and WiFi in the PU library.

Digital Library…contd.

• Digitization of Gurumukhi script finished

• Digitization of Ph.D Theses done and uploaded on UGC-Inflibnet website

• Digitization of Sanskrit and other regional languages are in the process with E-Gangotri Trust.

• Digitization of Manuscripts (approximate 1500) and Newspapers (15) from 1947 onwards to be started soon.

• Rs. 50 lacs approved by the finance committee for the creation of State of Art Archives. Case has been sent to BOF.

11. Health for All

• Yoga Sessions are held every working day.

• One month Yoga Course culminating in the celebration of

International Yoga Day on June 21 is organized every year.

Lecturers and Workshops by experts on subjects ( Life Style

Modifications) like Balanced Diet, Role of Physical Activity,

Stress Management, Yoga, Substance Abuse, Alcoholism,

Smoking hazards, Vector Borne Diseases, First Aid training,

Road Safety etc

Panel discussions on HTN, DM, Bronchial Asthma etc.

• To continue with series of Lectures / Workshops / Exhibitions /

Posters / Rallies/ Skits etc. for awareness of the masses.

12. Preventive / Curative Health Care Facilities

• Bhai Ghanaiya Ji Institute of Health caters to about 50,000

Employees and their dependents and students.

• Free medical checkups and investigation camps, Seminars,

Lectures, etc. are organized on a regular basis.

• Health Center has a fully equipped modern clinical laboratory,

computerized ECG machine, x-ray machine.

• Round-the-clock ambulance and emergency services.

• Carried out campaigns for the prevention and management of

various infectious and non-infectious diseases.

• Plan to continue aggressively with the above mentioned

campaigns by making the masses and the stake holders aware

of the preventive and curative aspects of all these diseases.

13. Anti Drug Campaign

• To spread awareness among the students of PU campus and

PU affiliated colleges, lectures were delivered followed by

interaction with information about rehabilitation from time to

time.

• We plan to continue with the present efforts on a war footing in

view of the menace of Drug / Substance / Alcohol / Smoking /

Tobacco in this region.

• Doctors in the Heath Center are trained and instructed to

provide counseling to the students addicted to drug and this

consultation is the part of every day treatment.

14. Mental Health

• A counselor has been appointed under DSW for Psychological counseling for the students researchers and faculty members.

• Department of Psychology has conducted a study on mental health in the Institute of Health in 2017and provided counseling to needy.

• Publishing of articles, reviews, and research papers in reputed journals to discuss the issues related to mental health.

• Inviting scholars , holding workshops and conferences.

Future Plans

• To focus more on identifying and emphasizing what mental health really means to our youth in today's world.

• Creating a vision of today's mental health integrating one's bio-psycho- social wellbeing through interactions with and cooperation from different stakeholders of society.

Mental Health….contd.

• To aim at providing mental health services focusing on Promotion ,Prevention and Intervention.

• To design programs which can provide opportunities to the participants to widen their social support system without undergoing formal assessments, diagnosis etc. Wisdom gained through helping each other to overcome life's challenges can be further used to design programs for promoting mental health.

• To promote acceptance and effective assistance and support to those who may be suffering from a psychological condition through lectures, workshops etc.

• To design programs and researches to de-stigmatize seeking help and encourage greater resources for treatment.

• To recruit full time counselors at student counseling cell at the Psychology department.

15. Social Media Policy

• PU has well maintained website (http://puchd.ac.in/) for information

sharing with all departments operating online notice boards.

• PU has a Department of Public Relations with following functions

related to social media operations & management:

Operate the official social media handles of PU such as

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

– Use the social media handles to highlight the

achievements of PU and keep the followers updated. The

university has over 2,10,095 followers across various

media channels across the globe.

– Maintain good relations between external and internal

publics

Social Media Policy….contd.

• Maintaining contact with large global family through Real Time

engagement & Individual Interaction

• Seeking feedback from citizens

• Re-pronouncement of PU Objectives, plans and initiatives

• Issue based as well as Generic interaction

• Brand Building and maintenance

• Generating Awareness and education on Action Plans and

implementation strategies.

16. Khelo India

• Under ‘Khelo India’ Program 12 verticals, in play field

development & community coaching development are created.

• Talented players identified through High powered committee

are provided Annual Financial Assistance of 5 Lakhs for 8

years.

• The success of Panjab University in promoting Khelo India

program made it a Talent Development Centre in Swimming.

• Conduct of Inter University coaching camps for 85 different

teams.

• Organize one month Yoga camp and celebration of

International Yoga day.

• Organize summer coaching camp.

17. Women Empowerment

• PU has a ‘Department cum Centre for Women's Studies &

Development’.

• 10 workshops on Gender Sensitization of Security Personnel.

• 8 refresher courses on Gender Studies have been organized by

UGC Center Human Resource Development.

• Panjab University Committee Against Sexual Harassment

(PUCASH) has actively conducted many workshops and

enquiries to ensure women empowerment.

• Gender Sensitization Workshop for Children of Snehalaya

• Orientation Program for functionaries of Department of Social

Welfare.

• Proper representation of Women at every level.

Women Empowerment….contd.

• Computer Training and English Speaking course for the female

wards of Class IV employees of PU.

Future Plans

• To make Chandigarh girl/women friendly city by implementing

Zero Tolerance approach for Violence against women

• To start skill development/ income generating programmes for

rural women in the adopted villages of PU.

• To create awareness about the Government policy and

programmes related to rural women in Chandigarh and Punjab.

• To create health awareness among Community in general and

women in Particular regarding Drug Abuse, Alcoholism,

Reproductive Health etc.

18. Energy / Water Conservation

• Energy & Water conservation measures:

– Out of 650 street light poles in university, 158 lights have

been replaced from sodium vapour lamp (70 W) to LED

lights (25 w or 35 w) reducing 159kv consumption to 68 kv

consumption saving consumption of 100 kv.

– Emphasis on procuring 5 Star Efficient Electric Equipments.

• Conservation

– Centre Ground Water Board sanctioned INR 7 Cr. to

construct 54 rain water harvesting units. Project completed

in 2015.

• Solar Plant is in pipeline for enhancing the usage of renewable

resources in University premises.

• SPV( 50 KV to 100 KV) on all departments will bring down the

dependency on outside agency and make university energy

producing institution and earn from selling.

19. Student Exchange Programmes (2016-18)

(Inbound)

Sno Country University

/Partner

Programme Duration No. of

students

1 UK British

Council –

Study in India

Gender and Gender

Relations in India

14 Days 27

2. UK British

Council –

Study in India

Indus Valley to

Contemporary India

14 Days 23

3. Australia Western

Sidney

Understanding Diversity 14 Days 17

4. European &

African

ICCR Short term research

programme, UIAMS

3-6

months

12

5 Australia

Western

Sidney

Computer Science &

Engineering

One

Semester

4

6.

UK Nottingham

Trent

Bespoke Easter School

on Revisit India

14 Days 13

Student Exchange Programmes (2016-18)..contd.

(Outbound)

S.

No.

Country University

/Partner

Programme Duration No. of

students

1 UK Nottingham

Trent

Human Rights &

Law

10 Days 6

2. UK Nottingham

Trent

Transformational

Leadership

10 Days 8

3. UK Nottingham

Trent

Human Rights 10 Days 6

Student Exchange Programme (2016-18)….contd.

Future Plans

• Drive implementation of faculty & student exchange

programmes with partner institutes.

• Explore possibilities of signing MoU’s with institutes active in exchange

• Creation of a vibrant exchange ecosystem by involving more university disciplines and affiliated colleges

• Publicizing PU as an exchange destination.

• Negotiate fee waiver with partners to encourage more participation

• Facilitate faculty exchange with partners

• To make student exchange more inclusive, increase outreach of English Proficiency Course by involving the “Equal Opportunity Cell’ PU

• Encourage college students and faculty to participate in exchange programmes

• Green Cover

– The university has maintained ample green cover with 7720

trees of 55 species over 331.68 acres (out of 542.99 acres).

– Over 10,000 trees, plants and shrubs have been planted in

the university campus in last five years.

• Non Motorized transport

– E-Rickshaw dumper placers have been introduced to

dispose off garbage.

20. Green Campus

Extension Activities in Villages

21. Villages Adopted by Panjab University Khuda Lahora

Khuda Ali Sher

Sarangpur

Dhanas

Dadu Majra

Cleanliness & Tree Plantation drives

Awareness and Sensitization Camps on cleanliness, source

segregation of garbage, health, sanitation, skill development,

digitalization, education, etc.

Celebration of International/National Days of Importance

Signature Campaigns/Street Plays/Drawing Competitions/Expert

lectures on various Societal Issues

Health Awareness

Anti Dengue Drive

‘Further Action Points’

-- Appointing a senior faculty as Coordinator (Village

Development)

--Collect Baseline Data of adopted villages e.g. Population, Source

of income, Education, Sports, Health-Care system, Cultural

activities, efficiency of Gram Panchayat, Awareness of national

schemes for uplift of villages etc.

--Strengthening Village level institutions like Gram Panchayat, Co-

Operative societies, Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women, Farmer

Producer Organizations (FPOs), Youth Clubs, etc.

--Developing leadership qualities in select men and women.

-- Introduce an Elective course --- ‘Village Development-Work

Based Learning’ at under & post graduate levels.

Adoption of Villages…contd.