The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to identify a host of unsung social figures/thinkers and recognise their contribution by dedicating research centres in their name, apart from Nehru-Gandhi family.
Reportedly, Jan Sangh stalwart Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Swami Vivekananda, educationist and founder of Banaras Hindu University Madan Mohan Malviya, former presidents S Radhakrishnan and Zakir Hussain, religious and social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy, and philosopher-queen of Malwa Ahilya Bai could figure on this list, which could have as many as 50 names.
However, the government has no plans to rename centres and institutes that currently carry the name of members of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
UGC Chairman Ved Prakash said that the regulatory body would soon set up a committee to propose the names of social reformers and thinkers.
"The committee will draw up a list based on the contribution made by them in different fields. Once the personalities are finalised we will either name chairs or centres of excellence after them, which will propagate their work and conduct further research in their area of expertise," he said.
UGC will start each centre of excellence with an initial grant of Rs 7.5 lakh. The move, according to government sources, is aimed at correcting the previous regime's "bias" in naming educational centres after the Nehru-Gandhi family and honouring those ignored under Congress regimes. According to an RTI reply of 2012, there are 99 educational institutions named after Nehru-Gandhis, reported Economic Times.
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