India grants aid of US$ 1.5 Million to University of Chicago for Vivekananda Chair
CHICAGO, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- India will provide US$1.5 million grant to the prestigious University of Chicago (UOC) to establish a Vivekananda Chair for Indian studies as part of initiatives to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the 19th century luminary and spread his message of harmony.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Dean of UOC Martha Roth and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture Sanjiv Mittal in presence of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
"The Indian Government is extremely happy in giving an endowment of US$1.5 million to the University of Chicago, for establishing the Swami Vivekananda Chair," Press Trust of India quoted Mukherjee as saying.
Among activities that would be undertaken under this Chair would focus on Vivekananda, through lectures, seminars and suitable related academic activities on Indian Culture and Indian Studies, he said.
Under the MoU, India will provide the grant to UOC for the Vivekananda Chair to honour his life and legacy and to facilitate exchange of research scholars from/to India.
"We sincerely hope that this Vivekananda Chair will promote an ongoing study of the cultures and way of life of the peoples of these two great democracies, so that our two countries understand each other better and come closer together," Mukherjee, who is here to celebrate the new Indian Ministry of Culture Vivekananda Visiting Professorship at the University of Chicago.
He expressed the hope that the permanent endowment will help spread the message of harmony of religions, understanding between nations and the spiritual oneness of humanity, which Swami Vivekananda worked for.
Swami Vivekananda is considered a key figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the "Western" World, mainly in America and Europe and is also credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the end of the 19th century C.E.
Vivekananda is considered to be a major force in the revival of Hinduism in modern India.
Vivekananda Chair: US varsity gets India aid - Indian Express
BERNAMA - India Grants US$ 1.5 Million To UOC To Establish Vivekananda Chair
CHICAGO, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- India will provide US$1.5 million grant to the prestigious University of Chicago (UOC) to establish a Vivekananda Chair for Indian studies as part of initiatives to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the 19th century luminary and spread his message of harmony.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Dean of UOC Martha Roth and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture Sanjiv Mittal in presence of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
"The Indian Government is extremely happy in giving an endowment of US$1.5 million to the University of Chicago, for establishing the Swami Vivekananda Chair," Press Trust of India quoted Mukherjee as saying.
Among activities that would be undertaken under this Chair would focus on Vivekananda, through lectures, seminars and suitable related academic activities on Indian Culture and Indian Studies, he said.
Under the MoU, India will provide the grant to UOC for the Vivekananda Chair to honour his life and legacy and to facilitate exchange of research scholars from/to India.
"We sincerely hope that this Vivekananda Chair will promote an ongoing study of the cultures and way of life of the peoples of these two great democracies, so that our two countries understand each other better and come closer together," Mukherjee, who is here to celebrate the new Indian Ministry of Culture Vivekananda Visiting Professorship at the University of Chicago.
He expressed the hope that the permanent endowment will help spread the message of harmony of religions, understanding between nations and the spiritual oneness of humanity, which Swami Vivekananda worked for.
Swami Vivekananda is considered a key figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the "Western" World, mainly in America and Europe and is also credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the end of the 19th century C.E.
Vivekananda is considered to be a major force in the revival of Hinduism in modern India.
Vivekananda Chair: US varsity gets India aid - Indian Express
BERNAMA - India Grants US$ 1.5 Million To UOC To Establish Vivekananda Chair
