Patna, Oct. 21: In a bid to involve students in extra-curricular activities, the Patna University administration has decided to revive its sports and cultural committees after over six years.

The 15-member varsity sports panel would be headed by Prabhakar Jha, the head of labour and social welfare department. Ravindra Kumar, a teacher of postgraduate department of geology, would be its secretary.

Arun Kamal, the head of the postgraduate department of English, would head the 17-member varsity cultural committee. Shankar Kumar, a Science College teacher, has been named its secretary.

Vice-chancellor Shambu Nath Singh would be the chairman of both the committees.

Singh told The Telegraph: “The power of the sports panel and the cultural committee has been increased. Besides the centralised sports and cultural committees of the varsity, each college would have separate sports and cultural committees.”

The college-level panels would be headed by the teachers of the respective institutions.

After the revival of the defunct sports committee, all colleges under the varsity would have a physical instructor. Appointed on ad hoc basis, they would assist students in different games.