Chandigarh, Sept. 3 -- AS Naura from the department of biochemistry at Panjab University (PU) has been elected president of the Panjab University Teachers Association (PUTA) for a third consecutive year. Naura's group secured all office-bearer posts except for joint secretary, which was won by Vishal Sharma of the Parveen Goyal group.

The election was a three-cornered contest with 563 registered voters. Naura won the presidency with 239 votes, defeating Parveen Goyal of the University Institute of Technology (UIET) who received 210 votes, and Ashok Kumar of the Hindi Department who polled 105 votes.

For the general secretary seat, Mritunjay Kumar, an assistant archivist at the AC Joshi Library, also secured his third consecutive victory...