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BHU Kulgeet on YouTube video
Several versions of BHU Kulgeet are posted on YouTube website:
Kulgeet Video
The video is produced by the Music College of BHU. The song is the same in both the videos, except visuals are different. It is very exciting to view the video and listen to the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M83aW8GAwHs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9bbgaswJ8
About BHU Kulgeet
http://www.bhu.ac.in/kulgeet.htm
(The site also has info about buying music CD of BHU Kulgeet prepared by BHU Music College)
Hindi version of Kulgeet
Kulgeet
Written By Dr S. S. Bhatnagar
Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, one of the most renowned scientist from India, was a member of the academic staff of the Science College BHU, teaching Chemistry much before 1930.
The Britishers honored him for his scientific acumen and exemplary contribution to the scientific world, by conferring him the title of Knighthood and he became Sir S. S. Bhatnagar. He had an extraordinary command on Hindi, English and Urdu literature as well and he was a natural poet writing spontaneous Urdu poetry and he has written the BHU Anthem Madhur Monohar ............
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English translation of BHU Kulgeet
So sweet serene, infinitely beautiful
This is the presiding center of all learning
Radiant Kashi, wonder of the three worlds
Treasure-Chest of Jnana, Dharma and Satya
Nesting on Ganga`s bank, center of all disciplines.
(So sweet, serene, infinitely beautiful)
No Recent work of brick and stone
Primordial design of divinity alone
Mansions of Vidya, center of all creation.
(So sweet, serene, infinitely beautiful)
Clear here is the doctrine pure
Truth first, then only one' self
Home of Harishchandra, Truth's testing ground.
(So sweet, serene, infinitely beautiful)
The voice of God in Vedic record
Constant Inspiration for soul-accord
Work-shop of Veda Vyasa, center freedom for Bhrahma Vidya
(So sweet, serene, infinitely beautiful)
Find here the steps of freedom
Tread here the path of Dharma
Flaming trail Budha`s and Shankara`s center for philosopher-kings.
(So sweet, serene, infinitely beautiful)
Life-Giving waters of Varuna and Assi
Sustenance of Kabir and Tulsi
Fountainhead of eloquent speech and poetry.
(So sweet, serene, infinitely beautiful)
Music, Economics, other arts so many
Maths, Mining, Medicine and Chemistry
Fraternal forum of East and West, university in trust sense.
(So sweet, serene, infinitely beautiful)
Patriotism of Malviyaji
His intrepidity and energy
All in youthful manifestation, centre for men of action
(So sweet, serene, infinitely beautiful)
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The first ever BHU Chorus Song
http://www.itbhu.ac.in/itbhu/chorus.shtml
The song was written by Prof. Charles A. King, the first Principal of Banaras Engineering College (BENCO). He established the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1919 and was appointed as first Head of the Department.
IT BHU Chorus
HAND IN HAND WE GO TOGETHER,
HAND IN HAND WE ARE SINGING ALONG.
SIDE BY SIDE WE FACE THE MUSIC,
WIN OR LOSE WE ALWAYS SING A SONG.
WAVE THE FLAG, WE’LL KEEP IT FLYING,
TILL THE SUN SHINES O’ER THE LAND.
IF THE LUCK IS GOOD WE’LL ALWAYS SHARE THE CHEERS,
IF THE LUCK IS BAD, WE’LL GLADLY BEAR THE TEARS.
TILL THE DAY WE TURN THE CORNER,
WE’LL KEEP ON AS LONG AS WE ARE HAND IN HAND.
IF YOU KEEP ON SMILING AT THE RAINBOW,
YOU WILL NEVER MIND A SHOWER OF RAIN.
KEEP YOUR HEAD ON THE CLOUDS,
DON’T GET LOST IN THE CROWDS.
ALWAYS KEEP THE SONG IN YOUR HEART,
AND SHOUT HIP-HIP HURRAH.
Composed by:
Prof. Charles. A. King
The First Principal of the Banaras Engineering College (BENCO)
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BHU Faculty of Performing Arts, Department of Musicology
http://www.bhu.ac.in/fpa/Department%20of%20Musicology.htm
Pandit Omkarnath Auditorium, BHU
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None can stop BHU-IT from becoming an IIT
http://www.academics-india.com/side_story1.htm
By Rajiv Shukla
VARANASI: One thing is sure! Nothing can stop the BHU-IT from becoming an Indian Institute of Technology -- neither the tricky BHU Executive Council resolution nor the "king's horses" or "the king's men."
The Ministry of Human Resource Development, the Government of India, the public opinion and the stake-holders' interest have traveled too far to take an about turn. None in BHU can now set the clock back -- that's for sure.
What matters is the timing. This writer can, after assessing the documents on record, fix an upper time limit -- and that's that March 13, 2009 may well be the last time that the BHU Vice-Chancellor may be signing the BHU-IT degrees.
The process of BHU-IT conversion, in fact, started as an BHU-IT amalgamation in 1971 when BHU-IT was included in the Joint Entrance Examination. The process of conversion started 30 years later in 2003 when the MHRD minister Murli Manohar Joshi constituted the S K Joshi committee to study the feasibility of conversion. Since then the Anand Krishnan committee, the Planning Commission and the Central government and others have committed themselves to the conversion plan to such an extent that the retrieval is impossible.
The BHU resolution on BHU-IT conversion
The resolution of the BHU Executive Council, passed on February 22 at the hurriedly called meeting is a typical example of heads-I-win-tails-you-lose mindset. It approves the take-over but imposes the terms that would be unacceptable to the Centre and the IIT system. The very construction of the resolution smacks of street-smart cunningness that, in effect, says that all the liabilities of the BHU-IT should be borne by the IIT vis-à-vis central government and all the assets should stay with the BHU and its bosses. Take it or leave it!
Read the following paragraphs of the resolution and you will understand what I mean. It says:
"All liabilities of the Institute of Technology, BHU shall be transferred to, and be the liabilities of, the Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi;" and
"The Board, as defined in the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, shall have the Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University as its Chairman"
Those interested to know the details read on. For readers I have given hyperlinks to the BHU Act and the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
Proposal to insert a new sub-section (3) in Section 3 of the BHU Act.
(1) The Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor and the members of the Court, the Executive Council and the Academic Council, for the time being, shall be a body corporate by the name of the Banaras Hindu University.
(2) The university shall have perpetual succession and a common seal. and shall sue, and be sued, by the name first aforesaid.
(3) Except as aforesaid, the Institute of Technology, established under the Statutes, shall on incorporation under the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, shall be governed in terms of the provisions of the said Act on and from the commencement of the Institutes of Technology (Amendment Act, ---------- subject to the following conditions :
a) The Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, on such incorporation, be called the Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi;
Additions/substitutions in the IIT Act
a) In respect of the IIT-BHU, Varanasi the body corporate shall be the Banaras Hindu University.
b) Any reference to the Institute of Technology, BHU in any law shall be deemed as a reference to the Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi;
c) All liabilities of the Institute of Technology, BHU shall be transferred to, and be the liabilities of, the Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi;
d) The Board, as defined in the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, shall have the Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University as its Chairman;
e) The Board as defined in the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, shall have two nominees, in addition to the composition defined in Section 11 of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, to be nominated by the Executive Council of the Banaras Hindu University.
f) The Senate, as defined in the Institutes of Technology Act 1961 shall have three nominees, in addition to the composition defined in Section 14 of the Institutes of Technology Act 1961, from the fields of Science, Humanities, Law and Medicine to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University.
Having suggested heads-I-win-tails-you-lose plan for the conversion of the BHU-IT, the Executive Council laid down the road map for conversion. See the following documents and you will understand the intricacies of the game plan:
Document 1, Document-2, Document-3, Document-4
Any comments? Go to my blog. http://pundareek.blogspot.com/
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http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/murli-sings-in-upa-will-ruin-iits/435458/
Murli sings in: UPA will ruin IITs
Shiv Sahay Singh
Posted: Mar 17, 2009 at 0259 hrs IST
Kolkata Senior BJP leader and former HRD minister Murli Manohar Joshi today accused the UPA government of making a mess of higher education with its confused and populist policies on the eve of the general elections in the country.
In an interview with The Indian Express on his recent trip to Kolkata, Joshi said if the UPA government comes back for another for another five years, the long-standing tradition of IITs and IIMs would come to an end. The former minister criticised the ministry for increasing the number of IITs in the country without creating the infrastructural and academic back-up for the institutes.
“I am not opposed to increasing the number of IITs, but the ministry should go about it systematically and proportionally,” he said. There is a shortage of faculty in the existing IITs and the upcoming ones neither have the infrastructure nor the faculty to function as full-fledged IITs, he said.
Joshi also blamed the UPA government for not paying attention to second-line institutes next to IITs. “The government has destroyed the set-up of the NITs in the country, changed directors at their will,” he said. Committees like the S K Joshi Committee were set up to upgrade the existing institutes in the state to national institutes but nothing has been done so far, he added. Joshi also stressed on the IIT status for IT-BHU, which the government has kept in cold storage.
“These institutions have a long tradition of churning out the best brains in the country and in research. Why can’t these institutes be upgraded? When we were running the government, we gave IIT status to the Roorkee Institute, which was conducting far more research than other IITs,” he said.
The former minister who has opposed the frequent fees hike by IIMs pointed out that recession posed the biggest challenge for the institutes.
“In times of recession, who is going to pay so much fees, now that the jobs outside the country has dried up? The students are now opting for PSUs but in this economic scenario, how long will they employ them when jobs are not created?” he said.
“My vision for the IIMs during the NDA government was to make them more affordable, accessible and able to relate to the Indian condition,” he added.
Even the National Knowledge Commission has not served the purpose it was conceived for, the BJP leader said, insisting it should be called instruction commission. “The secondary schools set up have not been developed. Where is the government going to accommodate the additional students who will be brought into the mainstream education after nearly a decade of Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan?” Joshi asked.
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http://www.intoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view§ionid=5&id=24938
Kavita Chowdhury
New Delhi, March 20, 2009
The Banaras Hindu University’s (BHU) Institute of Technology, has blamed its parent institution for the delay in its proposed upgrade as an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
Reluctant to lose its control over the institute, the university has put up several conditions that have stonewalled the human resource development ministry’s proposal to turn it into an independent institution like other IITs.
The university has proposed building a new campus for the institute and that it stay an integral part of Banaras Hindu University.
But the institute director S.N. Upadhyay is in favour of breaking away from the university’s control.
“It is regrettable that the university and its executive council has taken such a stance, which is not practical,” Upadhyay said.
“This imbroglio has only resulted in pushing back the institute’s conversion to an IIT. The Prime Minister had announced the upgrade in 2007,” he added.
Last year, on the request of the HRD ministry, the university had submitted the proposal for upgrading.
But the BHU executive council met on February 21 and passed a resolution that IT-BHU should remain part of the university after its upgrade.
It also proposed the construction of a new campus, keeping future expansion in mind, and even identified a 500- acre plot for the purpose.
But the institute director is opposed to it.
“The institute stands on 325 acres. We have enough land. There’s no need for a new campus,” he said.
“We have conveyed the decision of our executive council to the ministry. The council is firm on the fact that IIT-BHU should be an integral part of the university,” vice-chancellor D.P. Singh said.
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http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/epaper/index.php?location=40&edition=2009-04-07&pageno=3
English Translation:
I already informed to you: There will be IIT for BHU
Varanasi (By our correspondent)
The issue of being unable to provide IIT to Poorvanchal (Eastern UP) during its rule has become a major problem to the govt. as well as for Human Resource Development Minister, Shri Arjun Singh. That is why when the question was asked (by reporter) on Monday; Mr. Singh replied that due to some legal problem IT-BHU could not be converted to IIT, but it will become in future. Upon asked the question about what was the legal problem, Mr. Singh became agitated and replied that “I told you that IT-BHU will become IIT.”
Mr. Singh was addressing a meeting on Monday in Raj Rajeshwari Colony in Gilat Bazaar area. As soon as the meeting was over, media persons showered him with questions. With the increasing number of musclemen (Bahubali) standing for the (Varanasi) elections, Mr. Singh stated that no one is more Mahabali (powerful) than Hanumanji, hence it is unfair to describe a candidate as Bahibali. It is people’s weakness to encourage musclemen. On the subject of BJP leader Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi (who is standing in Varanasi election), Mr. Singh joked that “what can I say about a person (Dr. Joshi) who even likes Mukhtar (Mukhtar Ansari, the murder accused currently in jail and candidate of BSP party from Varanasi)?”
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http://drmurlimjoshi.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-views-on-it-bhu-issue.html
(Prof. MM Joshi)
Friday, February 20, 2009
A report carried out by The Times of India today
Joshi asks BHU V-C to pursue IIT issue
VARANASI: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha member Murli Manohar Joshi has written a letter to vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Prof DP Singh, requesting him to take appropriate initiative for the conversion of the Institute of Technology (IT) into the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
In his letter dated February 19, 2009, Joshi claimed that he had raised the issue in the Raj Sabha and also taken account of the situation at government-level from the secretary, human resource ministry, RP Agrawal. He was told that the Cabinet had not issued any formal directive for the conversion of IT-BHU into IIT, but approved in principle.
Joshi's letter further stated that he had also requested the secretary to take necessary action in the present session, but due to time constraint it would not be possible. The secretary, however, informed that the ministry could take initiative if BHU formally sent a proposal for the conversion.
It may be mentioned here that Joshi is contesting the forthcoming Parliamentary election from Varanasi seat.
Demanding IIT status, the students of IT-BHU had observed hunger strike recently. They had called off their hunger strike after the intervention of the university administration. However, they had continued to pursue the matter. The Union Cabinet had, in July last, given nod for the setting up of eight new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The Cabinet had also approved in principle for the conversion of IT-BHU into an IIT and integrating it with the IIT system of the country.
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Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi 221005, UP