# PU to form departmental safety committees after scholar’s electrocution 2026-08-10T22:12:30+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Panjab University is setting up departmental safety committees after research scholar Jyoti (28) was electrocuted near a girls' hostel on July 28. Each department will form a three-member panel of faculty, staff, and students to inspect buildings, labs, and facilities, with chairpersons submitting monthly action reports. The move follows a directive from Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan, the university's chancellor, according to Hindustan Times. The university is also reinstating its suspended executive engineer and subdivisional officer, citing that the postmortem report did not specify their involvement in the death. A magisterial inquiry ordered into the incident is yet to submit its findings. Meanwhile, the Dean has circulated UT administration guidelines on safe electricity use during monsoons. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com Tags: Chandigarh, electrocution, higher education, Panjab University, research scholar, safety committees Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/pu-to-form-departmental-safety-committees-after-scholars-electrocution/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/pu-to-form-departmental-safety-committees-after-scholars-electrocution/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.