Chandigarh, Oct. 10 -- Prof Bhola Ram Gurjar, director of the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh, has been appointed the first vice-chancellor of Punjab Engineering College (PEC) for six months. Prof Gurjar's appointment comes nearly two and a half years after the departure of former PEC director Prof Baldev Setia, whose tenure ended on June 3, 2024, after he was relieved upon attaining the age of 62. Later, the institute was headed by Rajesh Kumar Bhatia as director (ad-interim).

The institute's leadership structure subsequently underwent a major change with the registration of a new memorandum of association (MoA) on October 9, 2025. The revised framework replaced the earlier director an...