7.1   Informations on Board’s, councils, Committees and other bodies related to the Public authority.

·    Name and address of the affiliated body:

Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training.

·    Type of Affiliated body :           Board

·    Brief introduction of the affiliated body

The Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training is an autonomous statutory authority created under “The Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training 1992 Act” for regulating and controlling academic standards in institutes of Technical Education and for making admissions & conducting examinations in Polytechnics and Industrial Training Institutes.

Punjab is predominately an agricultural state but with changing scenario in the country industrialization has taken fore front. With the industrialization the need for technical man power at various levels has increased many folds. Further, in order to provide employment opportunities for the people of backward areas., border areas and economically weaker section the Govt. of Punjab has established ITI’s and Technical Institutes even in the remotest area of the state. The objective of the Board is to upgrade the quality of technical education by way of coordinating and evaluating the technical institutions by fixing yardsticks in terms of affiliation, examination and certification so that the quality of the technical education is upgraded.

The Board physically came into existence and started functioning independently from 1^st February 1993.  Initially the senior staff members from the Directorate of Technical. Education of Punjab were sent to the Board on deputation for day to day activities.  Gradually the Board started building its own employees by making contractual appointments.

·    Role of affiliated body         

Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training is an advisory and executive body for the Govt. of Punjab in terms of diploma and ITI courses through out the state.

·    Structure and member composition:

          The Board shall consist of the Chairman and following Constitution of members, namely:-

            I.          EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

      (i)       Secretary to Government, Punjab, Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training;

      (ii)      Secretary to Government, Punjab, Department of Finance;

      (iii)      Secretary to Government, Punjab, Department of Planning;

      (iv)     One representative of All India Council for Technical Education

     (v)    One representative of Government of India in the Ministry of Labour, dealing with the subject of craftsman training;

      (vi)     Director of Industries, Punjab;                                 

      (vii)     Principal, Technical Teachers Training Institute, Chandigarh; and                          

      (viii)     Director, Technical Education and Industrial Training, Punjab

II.         NOMINATED MEMBERS

(A)     Two members of the Punjab Legislative “Assembly to be nominated by the Speaker, Punjab Legislative Assembly.

i)     Sh. Charanjit Singh Channi, MLA

ii)     Sh. Mohan Lal, MLA

(B)       The Government shall nominate the following members, namely :-

(i)         One Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works, Punjab;

            -           Sh. Harmohan Sharma, Chief Engineer, Building & Electricals,

                        Punjab, Chandigarh

(ii)        Two industrialists of repute ;

            -           Sh. Sukhvir Singh Sandhar, MD, Sugar Mill, Phagwara, Distt

                        Kapurthala

-           Sh. Ashok Loomba, INVOA Fashion, 116, Bharat Nagar Chowk, Ludhiana

 (iii)      One Principal from amongst the Principals of the Govt. Engineering Colleges in the State;

                        -           Principal, Baba Hira Singh Bhattal Institute of Engg. and

                                    Technology, Lehragaga

(iv)       One Principal from amongst the Principals of the Government Polytechnic Colleges in the State;

            -           Principal, JR Govt. Polytechnic, Hoshiarpur

(v)        One Principal from amongst the Principals of private Polytechnic Colleges in the State ;

            -           Principal, Ramgarhia Polytechnic College, Phagwara, Distt. Kapurthala

(vi)       One Principal from amongst the Govt. Industrial Training Institutes in the State ;

            -           Principal, Industrial Training Institute, Patiala

(vii)      Vice-Chancellor or his representative not below the rank of a Professor of a university in the state;

            -           Vice-Chancellor, Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar

(viii)      one eminent educationist or technologist or scientist.

            -           Dr. Inderjit Singh Vasu, retired Principal, Kothi No. 1000, Urban Estate, Phagwara, Distt Kapurthala.

III.        CO-OPTED MEMBER

         The Board shall co-opt a person as its member having sufficient and adequate knowledge of technical education and  industrial training.

IV.        MEMBER-SECRETARY

1)        The Secretary to the Board shall be its Member-Secretary.

2)       The Ex-officio members specified in items (i), (ii) and (iii) of category I of sub-section (1), instead of attending meeting of the Board by themselves, may depute an officer subordinate to them, not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary and the officer so deputed shall be entitled to take part in the proceedings of a particular meeting for which they are deputed and shall also be entitled to vote at such meeting.

            The daily activities of the Board are guided by the decision made/ taken in the statutory committees of the Board viz:

1)         Examination Committee:

            The committee comprises of the following:

            i)          Chairman, PSBTE & IT                                              - Chairman

            ii)         Secretary, PSBTE & IT                                               - Member

            iii)         Director, Tech. Edu. Punjab                                       - Member

            iv)        Vice Chancellor. Pb. Technical Univ. Jalandhar               – Member

            v)         Director, NITTTR, Sector 26, Chandigarh                      - Member

            vi)        Principal, Thapar Poly., Patiala                                   - Member

            vii)        Registrar-cum-Controller Exam, PSBTE & IT                  - Member Secy

            Under the Examination Committee there are two sub committees namely

            a)         Unfair means Cases Committee- the members are

                        i)          Principal, SGGS Coll. of Ph’cy, Chandigarh        - Chairman

                        i)          Principal, G.T.B. Garh (Moga)                        - Member

                        ii)         Principal, Govt. Poly., Khunimajra                   - Member

                        iii)         Principal, GPW, Chandigarh                           – Member

                        iv)        Principal, GPW, Ludhiana                              - Member

                        v)         Registrar-cum-Controller Exam, PSBTE&IT       - Member Secy

            b)         Moderation Committee: the members are:

                        i)          Principal, Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala

                        ii)         Principal SGGS College of Ph’cy , Chandigarh

                        iii)         Registrar-cum-Controller Exam, PSBTE &IT

2)         Finance Committee:

            The committee comprises of the following:

            i)          Chairman, PSBTE & IT                                              - Chairman

            ii)         Secretary, PSBTE & IT                                              - Member

            iii)         Director, Tech. Edu. Punjab                                       - Member

            iv)        Cheif Engg. Elect. PWD B&R                                        – Member

            v)         Principal Secy. to Govt. of Pb, Dept. of Finance             - Member

            vi)        Controller (F & A),PSBT & IT                                      - Member

3)         Affiliation & Accreditation Committee

            The committee comprises of the following:

            i)          Chairman, PSBTE & IT                                               - Chairman

            ii)         Secretary, PSBTE & IT                                              - Member

            iii)         Director, Tech. Edu. Punjab                                       - Member

            iv)        Regional Officer, (AICTE, Sec- 42-B Chd.)                    - Member

            v)         Director NITTTR, Sector 26, Chandigarh                      - Member

            vi)        Director Academics, PSBT & IT                                  - Member Secy.

4)         Academic Committee:

            The committee comprises of the following:

            i)          Chairman, PSBTE & IT                                              - Chairman

            ii)         Secretary, PSBTE & IT                                             - Member

            iii)         Director, Tech. Edu. Punjab                                      - Member

            iv)        Director, NITTTR, Chandigarh.)                                  - Member

            v)         Vice Chancellor, Pb. Tech. Univ. Jalandhar                  - Member

            vi)        Sh. K.G. Sharma, Sec- 15, Panchkula                          - Member

            vii)        Sh. Brij Mohan Gulati,181/7, Indl. Area,Ph-1,Mohali       - Member

            viii)       One Principal from Poly./ITI on rotation                      - Member

            ix)        Director Academics, PSBT & IT                                  - Member Secy.

Meeting of the Board of director is convened atleast twice a year in addition to emergency sittings while the meeting of the statutory committees are convened atleast three to four times in a year.

·         Can public participates in the meetings.

In almost or the above listed meetings, there is participation of the public through the elected representatives of the State Govt., Industrialists, Eminent educationist and Principals of the institutes. Even the students are invited in the meetings ( of UMC committee, appeals etc) the issues directly related to them.

·          Are minutes of the meeting prepared:

Proceedings of all the meetings are prepared and circulated to all the members of the committees and the decisions taken in the meetings are circulated to the students through the Principals of the Institutes.