President Kalam to restore Vishva Bharati's glory

Santiniketan, Mar 10 (UNI) President of India APJ Abdul Kalam today constituted a high level seven-member committee to restore Vishva Bharati university's past glory.

Vishva Bharati Registrar Sunil Kumar Sarkar told newsmen that the committee, to be headed by Governor of West Bengal Gopal Krishna Gandhi, would make suitable recommendation for restoring Vishva Bharati to its pre-eminence in the national and international arena and to re-establish it as a centre of excellence.

The committee has been further requested to submit its report within six months.

Other Committee members are Prof Andre Betele, Renowned historian Prof Romila Thapar, Prof K Vaidyanathan, Ex-Vice Chancellor Prof Amlan Dutta, Prof Govardhan Mehta and Prof A P Mitra.

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