Varanasi, June 24, 2010: The Banaras Hindu University Court on Thursday unanimously elected Dr Karan Singh as Chancellor of the university for the third time. Singh’s present three-year tenure will expire in July this year.The court meeting was held in the chairmanship of vice-chancellor Prof. DP Singh in the absence of Dr. Karan Singh the chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. Dr Singh is on a foreign trip till July 3.
Rajya Sabha MP Kalraj Mishra and member of BHU Court said that it was a privilege of Varanasi that university court had unanimously elected such a learned person as chancellor for third time.
He said that we should invite Dr. Karan Singh for a public felicitation by Varanasi people. Prof. S A Abbasi of Pondicherry and a member of the court congratulated vice chancellor Professor DP Singh for BHU getting 1st position in “India Today-Nielsen” survey conducted recently.
All the court members gave standing ovation to BHU vice-chancellor on the request of Professor Abbasi. Dr. Manju Sharma raised issues of rural development and malnutrition and made a request that BHU should come forward to work on these areas.
Dr. Mishra also highlighted the issue of rural development and rural health. Kashi Naresh Anant Narayan Singh raised the issue of Clean Ganga Programme and the role of BHU.
Members also discussed the development issue of Rajiv Gandhi South Campus.
Photo caption: Dr Karan Singh (top)
Banaras Hindu University vice-chancellor Professor DP Singh and others attending BHU Court meeting in Varanasi on June 24, 2010.
Source: PPP-Cell-BHU
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