Glorious Chapters Re-visited At CU

On the occasion of the post-centenary golden jubilee of the University of Calcutta (CU), ‘A Heritage Revisited’, an exhibition on the history of development of the university was inaugurated by the University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Asis Kumar Banerjee at the CU Central Library situated at the CU Asutosh Siksha Prangan, College Street. Brief description of the twelve academics, agriculture, health, sports campuses of the university were illustrated by Rathin Mitra’s sketches. The sprawling list of memorable events ranged from the British Government’s proposal in 1845 to form the university, to the UGC recognizing CU as a University with Potential for Excellence in 2005. Also on display were photographs of some of the CU affiliated colleges of the past and the present, portraits of noted educationists, the university’s first graduates, CU seals and songs, information on CU students’ enrolment per year, CU publications, patents, research collaborations, UGC fundings. A special kiosk sported a textual-pictographic montage of the CU cricket team’s triumphant campaign at the Indian Ocean Rim Asian University Games held in Perth in 2005. An exhibition of rare books, both from home and abroad, was also hosted at the Central Library, to mark the hundred and fifty years of the university.