Ludhiana, Aug. 23 -- With famous Punjabi actor and former Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) professor Jaswinder Bhalla passing away after a long ailment on Friday, his former students and colleagues recalled his unwavering punctuality and trademark wit.

"I was an M.Sc student in 1990 when Prof Bhalla taught us. Of the many things that he inspired us with was his adherence to punctuality. Nine in the morning never was 9:01 am to him. He was on the dot," recalled additional director, communication, Tejinder Singh Riar, who besides being a student was also a colleague to Bhalla from 2006 to 2020 when he retired.

Bhalla was B.Sc (agriculture) graduate from the university's 1979 batch. He went on to pursue M.Sc in extension education, foll...