02/09/2024
Odia ashmita doesn’t mean to just change the name of RAVENSHAW UNIVERSITY, CUTTACK
It is not our colonial past as many say.
We must agree with the fact that Ravenshaw college was formed due to initiative, generous support and effort of the then commissioner Mr T.E Ravenshaw.
We must remember his contribution to Odisha.
We must be grateful to him for that.
This is part of our history. Many of our great leaders studied here.
Ravenshaw's Assembly Hall was the venue of the Legislative Assembly of the new state of Odisha. It witnessed the debates of the legislators framing laws to govern the state. It remained so until the capital was shifted to Bhubaneswar.
All the significant cultural, intellectual and political movements of the state have sprung from its portals. It has nourished such great and kindred souls as Madhusudan Das, Gopabandhu Das, Acharya Harihara Das, Nilakantha Das, Godabaris Mishra and Bhubanananda Das. It had on its staff such great scholars as Artaballav Mohanty, Jadunath Sarkar, Sir Ross Masood, Pranakrushna Parija, Balabhadra Prasad, Acharya Jogeschandra Vidyanidhi, Mahendra Kumar Rout, Baba Kartar Singh, Parasuram Mishra, Shri P.A. Sunderam and A.K. Dasgupata, to name a few. Most of the prominent political leaders of the state such as Shri Bishwanath Das, H.K. Mahatab, Shri Nityananda Kanungo, Shri S.N.Dwibedi, Shri Biju Patnaik, Shri Nilamani Routray, Smt. Nandini Satpathy, Shri Janaki Ballabh Patnaik and Shri Rabi Ray etc., were Ravenshavians.
Changing its name is to deny all of these.
To honorable
Dharmendra Pradhan
With due regards,As a Ravenshawvian I strongly oppose the change of name of Ravenshaw University at this point of time.
Rather I demand for better infrastructure and world class research facilities to make it a world class university and make it pride of Odisha.
Period.
