PATNA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Superintendent : Sri Raj Nandan Prasad

The Patna University Press is functioning as a department Press of Patna University. It works for the University and its allied departments etc.

The Patna University Press prints confidential documents like Degrees, Diplomas, Provisional and Emigration Certificates, Tabulation Registers, Syllabus. Admission and Examination forms Question setting forms and manufacturing of Answer Books copies etc., which can not be done in the private Presses from security point of view. Besides this, Minutes of Senate, Telephone Directory, V. C. & Budget speech different kinds of Registers are being printed in this Press.

The P. U. Press has got mainly three sections: Firstly, Composing Section, secondly Printing section and thirdly Binding section. In the Printing section there are two stop cylinder Machines and one Platen Machine. The capacity of the printing section is enough to meet the additional printing demand of University but capacity of the Composing section is very limited. There are always bottleneck in this section because of inadequate staff. Most of the employees from the Composing section has been retired. It is therefore necessary to strengthen the Composing section in order to maintain equilibrium between sections.

One unit os monokeyboard and Casting Machine has been repaired time to time and it is still in working condition. But after retirement of Mono Operator and Monor Caster, these machines are lying idle. At present, only casting machine is working which has been operated by Sr. Caster. it is necessary to fill up the posts.

The P. U. Press needs expansion as that it can undertake work from D.D.E. to make the P. U. Press more viable. Appointments of Compositors and other vacant posts are essential.