Universities to set-up chair in the name of Eminent Women Personalities

Universities to set-up chair in the name of Eminent Women Personalities

On Friday, the government said that chairs in the name of 10 eminent women personalities such as Hansa Mehta and Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar, will be set up in universities.The announcement was made on the occasion of National Girl Child Day by the Women and Child Development Ministry.The statement further said that the chairs will be set up with assistance from the University Grants Commission to carry out research in different fields.The initiative is called "establishment of chairs in universities in the name of eminent women administrators, artists, scientists and social reformers", the statement added. Initially, chairs will be established for five years.The chairs are being named after Holkar queen Devi Ahilyabai Holkar, litterateur Mahadevi Verma, freedom fighter from the North East Rani Gaidinliu, physician Anandibai Gopalrao Joshi, Carnatic singer M S Subbulakshmi, forest conservationist Amrita Devi Beniwal, mathematician Lilavati, scientist Kamala Sohonie, poet Lal Ded and educational reformist Hansa Mehta."The Chair's academic functions will be to engage in research and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the area of the study, strengthen the university's role and academics in public policymaking, and to design and execute short-term capacity-building programs for teachers in higher education focused towards the designated discipline of the Chair," it said.Functions will also include summer and winter schools and publishing articles, research papers, reports and books. "However, the UGC may undertake the exercise of reviewing the Chair for its continuance, at any stage," according to the statement.

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