Chandigarh, Oct. 5 -- Nearly two years after Panjab University's previous senate completed its tenure, the university on Sunday completed the electoral process for constituting a new house with the election of six faculty representatives, setting the stage for the next round of elections to the powerful syndicate.

Among those elected are Prof Jaskaran Singh Waraich (arts), Prof Sarabjit Singh (languages), Prof Navdeep Goyal (science), Dr Deepak Kumar Gupta (medical sciences), Prof Virender Kumar Negi (law), and Prof Rajat Sandhir (combined faculties).

The faculty elections marked the final phase of the senate polls, which began on September 7 with the election of representatives from the principals' and staff constituencies of technical...