The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has signed an agreement with the Kalipatnapu Foundation to institute 40 scholarships for undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students of chemistry at the Institute of Science.
The Foundation will donate Rs 1 Crore to the university to institute the scholarships in the honour of late Kalipatnapu Kondiah, a former student and teacher of BHU.
Kondiah obtained his BSc and MSc at BHU, and then became a faculty member in Chemistry in the university (1922-1941) and rose to be head of the Chemistry Department. He left the university in 1941 to join the freedom Movement and remained in jail for 5 years. Upon release from jail, he set up a chemical factory in Andhra Pradesh to help the country become self-reliant.
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The Kalipatnapu Foundation has been set up by his family, including his son Dr Indusekhar Rao Kalipatnapu, his daughter late Smt Indira Devi and grandson Chaitanya Kalipatnapu.
BHU Registrar Professor Arun Singh and Indushekhar Rao signed the MoU in the presence of Vice Chancellor Professor Sudhir Jain, and other family members of Kalipatnapu family including wife of Indushekhar Rao, Chaitanya Kalipatnapu and his niece.
Vice Chancellor Jain lauded the Foundation and the family for the generous contribution aimed at supporting students in their pursuit of knowledge. He said that such donations enable BHU to serve its purpose more vigorously by providing good education to deserving students from financially deprived families.
