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Chandigarh University founder-chancellor nominated to Rajya Sabha

Name: Chandigarh University founder-chancellor nominated to Rajya Sabha
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Description: In a social media post, Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar welcomed Sandhu's nomination to the Rajya Sabha.

In a social media post, Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar welcomed Sandhu's nomination to the Rajya Sabha.

Updated: Sep 02, 2022 10:53

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Chandigarh University founder-chancellor nominated to Rajya Sabha

Chandigarh University founder-chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu was on Tuesday nominated to the Rajya Sabha.

In a notification, the home ministry said President Droupadi Murmu has nominated Sandhu to the upper house of Parliament.

Son of a farmer, Sandhu is one of India's leading educationists, the notification said.

Sandhu, who is also an agriculturist who struggled to attain education, is credited with the foundation of Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC) at Landran in Mohali in 2001 and the formation of Chandigarh University in 2012, it said.

He is actively involved in large-scale community efforts to improve health and wellness and also to advance communal harmony through his two NGOs -- the Indian Minorities Foundation and the New India Development Foundation. it added.

In a social media post, Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar welcomed Sandhu's nomination to the Rajya Sabha.