Chandigarh: Late Friday evening, before the Panjab University here closed its doors for the weekend, the central government’s department of higher education issued a hurried notification. It clarified that the status of the university’s senate will remain unchanged, amid mounting protests from students against the Centre’s decision to dissolve the university’s elected senate and syndicate, and replace them with nominated bodies.

Senate and syndicate are the university’s two primary decision-making bodies.

In a press statement that followed the notification, the Union Ministry of Education said it had “accepted the demand of the students” and confirmed that “no change in the Senate of Panjab University” would be made. The ministry said the decision followed consultations with students

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