Chandigarh, Oct. 25 -- Panjab University (PU) is looking to hire a second mental health counsellor on campus, after hiring one at the start of the year.

The varsity currently has only one counsellor for nearly 15,000 students.

The dean students welfare (DSW) office has issued an advertisement, asking candidates to apply by the end of the month. The only drawback is the meagre honorarium of Rs.20,000 a month, which is unlikely to find many takers. Officials, however, say that they will reconsider this if no responses are received.

An advertisement for this post had been issued in February as well but the DSW office ended up scrapping it due to technical reasons. "We will see how many people apply for this. We plan to fill up this seat i...