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St Xavier's gets Rs 1.7cr for heritage
upkeep, mission..TOI 7th Jul pg 2
Yogita Rao
Mumbai:
St Xavier's College is one
of 19 institutions in the country to get heritage status from the
University Grants Commission (UGC).Under the UGC's special heritage
status scheme, the college will get nearly Rs 1.7 crore for the upkeep
of buildings and for offering certificate and diploma courses on
restoring heritage structures in India. Among the 19 colleges (out
of a pool of nearly 60 applicants) that received the UGC grant, three
colleges--St Xavier's, Mumbai; Fergusson College, Pune; and Hislop
College, Nagpur--are from the state.
Out of St Xavier's Rs 1.67
crore allocation, Rs 1.53 crore is for conservation, and Rs 14 lakh for
extension works and diploma and certificate courses. “We need to fix
leakages and cracks on walls at several places in the building. Our
library too needs to be restored,“ said principal Agnelo Menezes.
The college has already
launched a pilot project by asking its second year BA (ancient Indian
culture) students to learn restoration techniques and skills from the
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Kalaghoda. “These
students are expected to work with the history department and the Heras
Institute on the campus to help in the restoration of some of the
institute's artefacts. We also want to digitize several old manuscripts
in our library . The
students will be marked for this,“ said Menezes.
He said
applying for heritage status before the UGC was a year-long process; the
college made a good presentation before UGC officials.“The idea is to
conserve heritage for future generations.“
Vice-chairman of
UGC H Devaraj said this is the first time the UGC has disbursed funds
under the heritage scheme. “Every college got a different amount,
depending on the proposal they made.“
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Heritage status to St. Xavier’s, 18 other collegesThe Commission had invited
proposals from colleges for the heritage tag under the Heritage College Scheme
and had received 60 proposals.Posted on July 6, 2015, 8:54 AM
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted “heritage” status
to 19 institutions across the country, including the Jesuit-run St. Xavier's
College in Mumbai, with an aim to conserve college campuses that are more than
100 years old.
The Commission had invited proposals from colleges for the heritage tag under
the Heritage College Scheme and had received 60 proposals.
“Out of the 60 proposals that were received, a selection Committee approved
granting of the status to 19 colleges. Varied financial assistance has been
approved to these colleges and they can use the grants for conservation work of
the campus and for specialised courses related to heritage,” officials in the
UGC said.
The colleges which have been granted the status include St.Xavier’s College,
Mumbai; CMS College Kottayam; St Joseph College, Trichy; Khalsa College,
Amritsar; St Bede’s College, Shimla, Christ Church College in Kanpur, Old Agra
College, Agra; Meerut College, Meerut and Langat Singh College in Bihar’s
Muzaffarpur.
Others which have figured in the list are Government Brennan College, Kerala;
University College in Mangalore, Cotton College in Guwahati, Midnapore college
in West Bengal, Government Medical Science in Jabalpur, Deccan Education
Society’s Fergusson College in Pune, Hislop college in Nagpur, Government.
Gandhi Memorial Science College in Jammu, Kanya Mahavidyalya in Jalandhar and
St Xavier’s College in Kolkata, Cotton College of Guwahati has received maximum
grants of Rs 4.35 crore for conservation of its heritage building.
Langat Singh College where Mahatma Gandhi had stayed during his Champaran
Satyagraha and nation’s first President Rajendra Prasad was a teacher, has got
Rs 15 lakh financial aid from the UGC for developing digital library.Similarly,
Meerut College which was established in the year 1892 has been granted Rs 1.34
crore its revamp. The fund would be utilised for renovation of Art Gallery,
Geological Museum and initiating projects for identification of heritage
locations in nearby areas.
Former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh and former HRD Minister Murli
Manohar Joshi are the eminent alumni of this college.Source: prepsure.com
