Dr Harpal Singh Sandhu and members of his team were elected un-opposed for the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Teachers Association (GADVASUTA) elections, the results of which were announced today.
Earlier, the Returning Officer, Dr M.P.Gupta, declared the list of the winning candidates. They are : Dr Harpal Singh Sandhu (President), Dr Narinder Singh Sharma (Vice-president), Dr Swaran Singh Randhawa (Secretary) Dr Manjit Singh Pannu (Joint Secretary) Dr Baljinder Kumar Bansal (Treasurer), and Dr Jaswinder Singh, Dr Vandana Sangwan, Dr Inderpreet Kaur, Dr Vaneetinder Kaur and Dr Rajdeep Kaur (all executive members). The newly elected team will work for two years.
Addressing the members, Dr Sandhu said their association would work for the welfare of all university teachers. GADVASUTA will work in collaboration with university administration for providing the necessary facilities to the teachers, in particular teachers working in the clinics and outstations. Dr Sandhu said all efforts will be made for the early implementation of the revised pay grades, which the teachers have not yet received. Soon a charter of demands will be made in consultation with the faculty and the same will be presented to the GADVASU Vice-Chancellor and sincere efforts will be made to achieve them.
Thanking the GADVASU teachers for their support, Dr Harpal Singh Sandhu said he has been entrusted this responsibility by the faculty and he would work to best of his abilities. He hoped that the faculty would lend support to the newly elected president and his team so that all demands of the teachers could be realized and they will work whole heatedly to make GADVASU an institution of international repute.
