The Gazette of India. March 3 1917 (Part VI)

Nair ; Sir Reginald Craddock.] (c) The powers possessed by the Government of India or the Governor General over the decision of the Council of the Institute (d) The present staff of Professors and the number of students studying at the Institute and (e) Its financial condition ? The Hon'ble Sir C. Sankaran Nair replied :— " Most of the information asked for by the Hon'ble Member will be found [...] " The constitution of the Indian Institute of Science its relationwith the Government of India and the Provincial Governments the powers possessed by the Government of India or the Governor General over the decision of the Council of the Institute are explained on pages 19-32 of the Calendar for 1915-16. [...] For the first time th3 veil of ignorance from the mass of the people has lifted for the first time knowledge has ceased to be the heritage of the few : after the lapse of many slumbering centuries since Buddha preached his great doctrine of emancipation people are beginning to realize the dignity of mahood and the futility of artificial human barriers Prometheus has brought the lamp and plac [...] More than two years ago My Lord the question of the expansion of the Volunteer forces or as an alternative the introduction of a system of compulsion was brought prominently before the Government of India by the various Chambers of Commerce and although the actual date of that communication was after the outbreak of the war the prposals were the natural sequel to dit;cussions which had t [...] " My Lord at the present moment the speedy and victorious termintion of the war is the only object that looms foremost in the minds of every member of the British Empire and it is a golden opportunity for every patriotic and loyal Indian to rise to the call of the hour and avail himself of the chance offered to him to achieve the end so dear to his heart.