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THE foundation stone of the Laxminarayan Technological Institute was laid by His Excellency Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan, Chancellor of the Nagpur University, at Nagpur on December 8, 1937. The Chancellor paid great tribute to the untiring efforts of the present Vice-Chancellor, Sir Hari Singh Gour, in acquiring the present site for the Institute, which will be surrounded by charming scenery. The construction of the Laxminarayan Technological Institute and its workshop is the result of a princely bequest, now amounting to more than £400,000, made by the late Rao Bahadur D. Laxminarayan in 1930 to the University of Nagpur for the teaching of applied science and chemistry. The University has decided to begin with the creation of a department of applied chemistry for teaching and research work in this subject. Dr. R. S. Thakur, who had been deputed for the last two years by the University of Nagpur to visit England and the continent of Europe for practical training in applied chemistry, with special reference to oil technology, has now been appointed as the organizing officer. It is expected that the Institute will be in active operation about July of next year.
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The Laxminarayan Technical Institute, Nagpur. Nature 141, 240 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141240c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141240c0