<p>“I will make a request to the Board to set up a Chair in the name of the greatest poet of our country. The university can provide 50 per cent of the funding and the rest can come from sponsors,” he said. <br /><br />Dev was addressing members of the Bengalee Association on the occasion of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary in the City. <br /><br />Prabhu Dev said that the Tagore Chair could supervise translation of various writings of the poet into Kannada and also promote Tagore’s philosophy and teachings among the students. <br /><br />He said BU would provide space for and facilitate an exhibition on the life and works of Tagore in collaboration with the Bengalee Association.</p>
<p>“I will make a request to the Board to set up a Chair in the name of the greatest poet of our country. The university can provide 50 per cent of the funding and the rest can come from sponsors,” he said. <br /><br />Dev was addressing members of the Bengalee Association on the occasion of Tagore’s 150th birth anniversary in the City. <br /><br />Prabhu Dev said that the Tagore Chair could supervise translation of various writings of the poet into Kannada and also promote Tagore’s philosophy and teachings among the students. <br /><br />He said BU would provide space for and facilitate an exhibition on the life and works of Tagore in collaboration with the Bengalee Association.</p>
