Manmohan to donate library to Panjab varsity

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 9

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will donate his library to Panjab University, his alma mater. He shared this with PU Vice-Chancellor Arun Kumar Grover today at CRRID where Dr Manmohan Singh had come to speak during the inaugural session of the 17th IASSI Annual Conference-2016 on “Education and development: Issues, challenges and opportunities”.  

The VC said he accepted Dr Manmohan Singh’s offer of donating his library to the university.

Soon, a special section will be prepared in the building of the Panjab University Institute of Social Sciences Education and Research (PU-ISSER) or Guru Tegh Bahadur Bhawan on the campus. He said Dr Manmohan Singh also enquired about the financial status of the university. The VC shared the problems being faced in running the campus.

Dr Manmohan Singh also asked about governance reforms being planned by the university. The meeting lasted 50 minutes during which the VC also presented Dr Manmohan Singh the alumni book of the campus. 

The VC said the university would prepare a detailed report on how the books donated by Dr Manmohan Singh would be preserved. He said the university could also think of getting the books scanned.

The VC said Dr Manmohan Singh accepted a proposal for delivering a lecture on the campus and a discussion was also held on it during the meeting. He had requested Dr Manmohan Singh to deliver the first Prof Ajit Singh Memorial Lecture. Dr Manmohan Singh has not fixed any date for his visit to the campus.

He said Dr Manmohan Singh recalled his association with Prof Ajit Singh and his university days during the meeting. 

Dr Manmohan Singh had accepted the PU Jawaharlal Nehru Chair Professor in April this year.