Karnataka varsity to set up Gangubai Hanagal chair

Karnataka varsity to set up Gangubai Hanagal chair
Business Standard

Dharwad August 13, 2005:The Karnataka University in Dharwad will set up a Gangubai Hanagal Chair this year. Karnataka governor and chancellor of the university T N Chaturvedi has approved the statute for instituting the Smt Gangubai Hanagal Chair in Karnataka University.

Vice chancellor M Khaja Peer announcing this in Dharwad said that the chair is aimed at promoting classical music, to organise concerts of eminent musicians of the different gharanas, to enable students to study the different gharanas, to boost various forms of music and to set up a music library of classical, modern and folk music.

The state government has sanctioned Rs 15 lakh for the purpose. The interest earned from the amount will be utilised to arrange at least one music concert to understand the change and continuity of our heritage in music followed by concerts by eminent artists.

The V-C also said that the chair proposed to bring out a bulletin and focus its research on the contributions made by Smt Gangubai Hanagal in the field of Hindustani music. The V-C will be the chairman of the advisory committee. He will nominate scholars from the field of music to the advisory committee as members.

Khaja Peer said that the chair is a symbolic expression of the university’s commitment to the eminent exponents of music in north Karnataka, especially of Dharwad.