The committee will also look through the already prepared Hindi and English texts of the new plaque to see that it is according to the instructions of the union education ministry, says spokesperson of the central university
Visva-Bharati university in Kolkata will replace controversial plaques that sparked a row by not mentioning Rabindranath Tagore, the institution s founder and India s first Nobel laureate. The plaques, which bear the names of India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the former vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty, were installed in October to mark the inclusion of Santiniketan township in the UNESCO world heritage list. The move prompted protests and calls for their removal. The university said on Monday that the plaques would be replaced soon. | Latest News India
Although the five-year term of Chakrabarty as Visva-Bharati VC ended on November 8, he has continued to stay on at Purbita, which a section of varsity officials termed as 'illegal'
A source said Sanjoy Kumar Mallik told Visva-Bharati officials that as an alumnus of the varsity, he felt it was his responsibility to resume all the cultural events that had been stopped under Bidyut Chakrabarty's tenure
A two-page statement signed by varsity's acting public relations officer Mahua Banerjee referred to several boards and plaques installed by Visva-Bharati to mark the inauguration of new buildings or renovated structures that do not carry Tagore's name