Ambedkar Chair yet to see light of day at Calicut varsity

Ayyankali trust to approach Vice Chancellor, Syndicate

A study Chair in the name of B.R. Ambedkar is yet to see the light of day at the University of Calicut over six years after a proposal was put forward by a private trust. According to sources, the proposal moved by Mahatma Ayyankali Cultural and Educational Trust was approved by the Syndicate on March 21, 2015. The university on February 16, 2016, wrote to the Trust to provide ₹25 lakh as corpus for the functioning of the Chair. The Trust functionaries expressed their inability to raise the amount, while pointing out that various other study chairs had been given relaxations. A report of the Syndicate sub-committee set up by the university to prepare detailed rules and regulations for various Chairs had said on October 7, 2017, that … “There are some Chairs like Mohammed Adurahiman Chair, Dr.Bhim Rau Ambedkar Chair, John Mathai Chair, UGC Sponsored Chairs like, Chairs in the name of Shri Aurbindo, Lakshimath Bezbaroa, Pt.Dean Dayal Upadhaya Chair, etc, are in various forms of institution.”