Paediatrician Dilip Mahalanabis receives an honorary DSc from chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Calcutta University’s convocation on Monday. “It saddens me that the situation at some big, renowned universities, Presidency and Jadavpur, is not the same…. “When I heard Presidency University was thinking of organising the convocation at Raj Bhavan, not even in a hall, I was shocked. “I know most teachers, students, scholars and non-teaching employees of these universities (Jadavpur and Presidency) are good. Here people mix freely and that is our strength.”A professor at Presidency University said the institution had produced some of the best scholars because of its elitist character.

Source: The Telegraph January 07, 2019 22:07 UTC