Bathinda, Aug. 8 -- The Central University of Punjab (CUP) has announced plans to start a "Centre for Partition and Atrocities Studies" to document memoirs of individuals who witnessed the Partition. Vice-chancellor Raghavendra P Tiwari said the university had already recorded 10 personal accounts and more senior citizens will be interviewed on Independence Day. "The population of undivided Punjab experienced the pain of Partition. Individuals who were witnesses to the division of 1947 are at an advanced age and society is running short of time to meet all those and record their accounts. Documentation of such experiences is required for future generations for the dark phase of modern history," said Tiwari. He said the centre, which will offer a PhD on Partition, was a part of the academic expansion programme approved by the Union government, where CUP will have five new departments and two research centres. The CUP is also rolling out "Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Centre of Studies in Indic Civilisation and Religious Studies" to commemorate the 350th death anniversary of the ninth Sikh master. The V-C said the university will offer courses in MA and PhD under the centre. The Union ministry of education has also accorded approval to open departments of artificial intelligence and machine learning, community medicine and health, hospitality and tourism management, biotechnology and bioinformatics and public policy and governance....