Chandigarh, Feb. 10 -- Amid renewed focus on providing a supportive environment to its students, Panjab University (PU) is set to appoint a second mental health counsellor to help students deal with anxiety and stress.

An advertisement for the position has been issued by the dean students welfare (DSW) office, with applications due by February 28. The four-hour-a-day position is initially until May 2025 but may be extended after approval from the vice-chancellor (V-C).

Speaking about this, DSW Amit Chauhan said, "We had earlier also aimed to hire two counsellors but for our first advertisement only one candidate was found to be suitable. There won't be any preference as such for male or female candidates and we plan to finish the hiring...