By TCN News,
New Delhi: Zakir Husain College has decided to change its name. The government-funded Dr. Zakir Husain Memorial Trust, which runs the college, decided to change the name in a recent meeting chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. The new name – Zakir Hussain Delhi College – will be officially declared in January 2012.
In 1975 after the establishment of Dr. Zakir Husain Memorial Trust by the then Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi who was the first Chairperson of the Trust, the name of the institution was changed from “Delhi College”, to “Zakir Husain College”.
“It, however, hurt the sentiments of thousands of Delhi College Alumni who rightly felt that Delhi College has played a significant role in the renaissance of educational scenario of North India and its disappearance from the educational scene of the country is an injustice,” says Dr. Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, current principal of the college.
Keeping this aspect into account, Dr. Parvaiz tabled a proposal in the recent meeting of the trust to change the name from “Zakir Husain College” to “Zakir Husain Delhi College” and it was unanimously accepted.
The Prime Minister is the chairperson of the trust and HRD Minister Vice Chair while Principal of the college is Secretary to the Trust which is funded by Central Government.
The new name has been sent to the statutory bodies of the University. The new name of the institution will be formally declared by union HRD minister Kapil Sibal at a function scheduled to be organized in the college auditorium on 7th January, 2012. Sibal would be the Chief Guest of the function while Haroon Yusuf, Minister of Power, Delhi Govt, an alumnus of the college and Prof. Dinesh Singh, Vice Chancellor, Delhi University will be the guests of honour.