Historic Shocker on Punjab Day: Centre Government dissolves 59 year old Senate and Syndicate of Panjab University Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, November 1, 2025: In a historic shocker on Punjab Day, Centre government has dissolved 59 year old Senate and Syndicate and completely restructured these two bodies of Panjab University (PU), transforming the Syndicate from elected to a fully nominated body.

Constituted on November 1, 1966, the top decision-making Syndicate of the 142-year-old university, originally established in Lahore in 1882, will now function without elections, marking a decisive shift from political to academic control.

According to a report of The Tribune, the sweeping changes, notified under the PU Act, 1947 (East Punjab Act 7 of 1947), have abolished the Gra

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