Bengaluru City University will be renamed after Manmohan Singh in Karnataka.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government on Wednesday decided to rename Bengaluru City University after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The state cabinet meeting held at Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapur district, 50 km north of Bengaluru, decided to change the name of the university. This is the first time in the country that a university is being named after Manmohan Singh, who is considered to be the architect of India’s economic reforms.
The decision follows the announcement by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in his budget speech, where he stated the university would be rechristened in honour of Manmohan Singh’s contribution to India’s growth. Singh passed away on December 26 last year.
The cabinet also decided to rename Bengaluru Rural district as Bengaluru North district. The decision is primarily aimed at changing the perception about the district and attracting investments, a minister said.
