Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
India

Panjab University Appoints Noted Filmmaker-Lyricist Gulzar To Tagore Chair

Darpan News Desk IANS, 22 Nov, 2015 01:30 PM
    Noted filmmaker-lyricist Gulzar has been appointed as 'Tagore Professor of Indian Literature' at Panjab University here.
     
    The appointment was approved by the PU syndicate, the institution's decision-making body, on Sunday.
     
    "Panjab University Syndicate today (Sunday) decided to appoint noted film personality, litterateur and Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee Gulzar, as the 'Tagore Professor of Indian Literature' at the university," a PU spokesman said.
     
    The PU syndicate also approved to recommend honorary degree of Doctor of Sciences to Shiv Nadar, founder and chairman of information technology giant HCL.
     
    It also approved to recommend honorary degree of Doctor of Literature to PU alumnus and Somali novelist Nuruddin Farah.
     
    The syndicate also approved to recommend the name of corporate czar Y.C. Daveshwar, chairman of ITC, for the Panjab University Udyog Rattan.
     
    PU alumnus and legendary hockey player Balbir Singh Senior has been recommended as the first recipient of the Panjab University Khel Ratna award.
     
    Established in 1882 in Lahore in Pakistan, PU is one of the oldest universities in the country. It was re-located to its present sprawling campus in Chandigarh's Sector 14 and 25, in 1956 after partition in August 1947.
     
    Noted alumna include former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and I.K. Gujral, former president Shankar Dayal Sharma, Nobel laureate Hargobind Khorana, astronaut Kalpana Chawla, first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi, Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra, actor Anupam Kher, singer Jagjit Singh, actor-comedian Jaspal Bhatti, Jnanpith award winner and Sanskrit scholar Satya Vrat Shastri, union ministers Sushma Swaraj and Rajiv Pratap Rudy, former union ministers Kapil Sibal, Kumari Selja and Pawan Kumar Bansal, first Nobel laureate from Pakistan Mohammed Abdus Salam among others.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Indian Super League: AR Rahman, Aishwarya Rai Steal Show In Opening Ceremony

    Indian Super League: AR Rahman, Aishwarya Rai Steal Show In Opening Ceremony
    The 45-minute programme was attended by, among others, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajnikanth, Mukesh and Nita Ambani, besides the Bachchan family.

    Indian Super League: AR Rahman, Aishwarya Rai Steal Show In Opening Ceremony

    Delhi's Beer Guzzlers, Foodies, Say 'Prost' To Oktoberfest

    Delhi's Beer Guzzlers, Foodies, Say 'Prost' To Oktoberfest
    This year, the festival, which kicked-off mid-September and will continue throughout October, is being celebrated by several pubs and micro-breweries in the Delhi/NCR region. 

    Delhi's Beer Guzzlers, Foodies, Say 'Prost' To Oktoberfest

    Watch Rare Videos: Mahatma Gandhi Remains A Dominant Historical Figure In The 21st Century

    There is a need for a new philosophy based on committed social action and a mass spiritual transformation accompanied by an intellectual process of a paradigm shift. We have to return to our moorings.

    Watch Rare Videos: Mahatma Gandhi Remains A Dominant Historical Figure In The 21st Century

    Delhi Woman Gitanjali Babbar Wins Flat Via Radio Show

    Delhi Woman Gitanjali Babbar Wins Flat Via Radio Show
    Geetanjali Babbar, who works relentlessly for improving the lives of children of sex workers in Delhi's infamous G.B. Road red light area, has won a flat through a radio contest.

    Delhi Woman Gitanjali Babbar Wins Flat Via Radio Show

    7/11 Mumbai Train Blasts: 5 Convicts Get Death, Life For 7 Others

    7/11 Mumbai Train Blasts: 5 Convicts Get Death, Life For 7 Others
    Those awarded the death penalty were Kamal A. Ansari, 37; Ehtesham K. Siddiqui, 30; Faisal Attaur Rehman Sheikh, 36; Asif Khan alias Junaid, 38; Naved Hussain Khan, 30.

    7/11 Mumbai Train Blasts: 5 Convicts Get Death, Life For 7 Others

    Sikh Youths Set Aside The Religious Code, Use Turbans To Save Eight Men From Drowning

    Sikh Youths Set Aside The Religious Code, Use Turbans To Save Eight Men From Drowning
    The incident occurred on Friday when a group of youngsters from Sarrafa Bazaar had gone for Ganesha idol “visarjan” in a canal and they lost their balance to gushing water at Sular Ghaat near Sunam village.

    Sikh Youths Set Aside The Religious Code, Use Turbans To Save Eight Men From Drowning