CHANDIGARH: The dean research of Panjab University visited four laboratories on Wednesday to check if the standard operating procedures (SOPs) are in place in departments before the research scholars are allowed to access labs from October 15.
V R Sinha, dean research, PU, said all the government standard operating procedures (SoPs) are being followed.
Besides this, all the departments have been asked to draft their own SoP, which the scholars have to follow.
He said he visited physics, chemistry, biophysics and biochemistry departments and found that all the SoPs are in place. He said the faculty is already accessing the laboratories and that SoPs are also pasted on the walls and the notice boards of all the departments for the scholars.
Besides this, Punjab Engineering College (deemed to be university) staff is also on their toes and are sanitising all the laboratories of the departments.