The western commencement robes worn by college students at convocation ceremonies might quickly be a factor of the previous at Punjab Engineering College (PEC), because the institute is within the course of of fixing the costume code for its upcomingconvocation.

Authorities are mulling on changing the standard convocation robes with conventional Indian apparel. The proposal, which has been underneath deliberation for the previous couple of months, will once more be taken up within the assembly of the PEC senate on Monday.

The institute has already shaped a committee to resolve on the costume code for the subsequent convocation, which shall be assembly quickly. The senate assembly will even take sure selections relating to the annual convocation ceremony.

The date for the ceremony, which shall be held after a two-year Covid induced hole, is but to be finalised.

After the senate’s approval, the ultimate proposal relating to conventional apparel will go to PEC’s board of governors (BoG) for ultimate nod. If accepted, PEC would be the first instructional institute in Chandigarh to permit college students to put on conventional apparel throughout convocation ceremonies.

During the final assembly of the PEC senate, the committee members had requested for extra time to have a re-look on the suggestions submitted by them and the senate had urged the committee to finalize its suggestions on the earliest. PEC director Baldev Setia stated, “The change within the convocation costume code was proposed by the senate. Many institutes within the nation have already modified the costume code to conventional. So, we’re additionally planning the identical.”

The institute can be planning to introduce gold medals for grasp of expertise (MTech) toppers this time and an agenda merchandise associated to this shall be mentioned within the senate. Until now, no medals got to MTech toppers at PEC.

The proposal to award greater than 800 levels within the convocation will even be taken up within the PEC senate. This consists of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate levels. Meanwhile, the school recruitment course of can be underway at PEC. The institute will recruit 58 school members and the appliance varieties obtained for the submit are being scrutinised. As many as 1,461 purposes have been obtained for the submit of assistant professors, 419 for affiliate professors and 93 for professors..