Overview
- The Centre rescinded its October 28 plan to shrink the senate and nominate the syndicate after a political backlash and campus unrest.
- The shelved plan would have cut the senate from 91 to 31 seats and removed direct alumni representation by scrapping the graduate constituency.
- Vice-Chancellor Renu Vig says the university has initiated the election process and submitted a schedule to the chancellor’s office for clearance.
- Sources cited in the reporting say no response has come from the chancellor so far, prolonging a governance vacuum that began when the senate’s term expired in October 2024.
- PU rules require roughly 240 days for graduate constituency polls and about 90 days for other constituencies, so voting will take months even with prompt approval.