titles of the theses be published in the University Calendar and in the local Gazette. The offer was thankfully accepted by the Senate at its meeting of the 29th March, 1919. The following rules for the award of the medal were framed by the Executive Committee of the Council of Post-Graduate Teaching in Arts at their meeting held on the 17th January, 1919. (i) Each candidate shall be required to submit, not later than the 31st October in the year for which the award is to be made a thesis or record of original work in the subject selected for the year, and to send three typewritten or printed copies of his thesis or record of work, to the Secretary to the Post-Graduate Council in Arts, under a distinguishing motto. The name of the candidate must also be forwarded at the same time in a sealed envelope with the motto outside. (ii) Each candidate shall further be required to indicate generally in a preface to his thesis and specially in notes, the sources from which his information is taken, the extent to which he has availed himself of the work of others and the portions of the thesis which he claims as original. He shall also be required to state whether his research has been conducted independently, under advice, or in collaboration with others, and in what respects his investigations appear to him to tend to the advancement of knowledge. (iii) A Board of Honorary Examiners consisting of not more than three experts shall be appointed by the Executive Committee to adjudicate upon the merits of the theses or records of original work submitted by the candidates. The award of the Board of Examiners shall be subject to confirmation by the Executive Committee and the Council of Post-Graduate Teaching in Arts. MEDALISTS. Dr. A. Suhrawardy, M.A., Ph.D. The story of Nala as narrated by Vyasa and Faizi-a comparison and a contrast. SUBJECT FOR 1921, 1922 AND 1925. Bibliography of Authors, Hindu and Moslem, whose writings exhibit the reciprocal influence of Moslem and Hindu Culture and Civilisation. 23 SIR ASUTOSH MOOKERJEE MEDAL. On the occasion of the appointment of the Hon'ble Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, Kt., C.S.I., as Acting Chief Justice of Bengal, Babu Keshoram Poddar, President, Marwari Association, made over to the University a sum of Rs. 5,000 to be utilised in accordance with a scheme to be drawn up by the Hon'ble Justice Sir Asutosh Mookerjee. The money has been invested in 3 per cent. Govt. securities for Rs. 8,600 and the following scheme has been drawn up by the Hon'ble Justice Sir Asutosh Mookerjee : (1) That the income of the fund be applied for the encouragement of original research in Letters and Science. (2) That a Gold Medal of the value of Rs. 300, to be called Sir Asutosh Mookerjee Medal,' be struck annually from a die specially prepared for the purpose and be awarded to the author of the best original thesis on Letters or Science, alternately. (3) That the medal be open to competition among all persons who have at any time been admitted to a degree in this University. (4) That candidates for the prize be required to submit their theses to the Registrar on or before the 31st December of the year for which the medal is to be awarded, under a distinguishing motto, the name of the candidate to be forwarded at the same time in a sealed envelope with the motto outside. (5) That a Board of Honorary Examiners be appointed by the Syndicate on the recommendation of the Executive Committee of the Council of PostGraduate Teaching in Arts or Science as the case may be. (6) That if in any year no medal is awarded by reason of no thesis being received or no candidate having shown sufficient merit, the income of that year be utilised in awarding a second medal in the next or any subsequent year. (7) That the medal for 1920 be awarded for original work in the Department of Letters. The gift was accepted with thanks and the scheme was approved by the Syndicate at its meeting held on the 23rd April, 1920. MEDALLISTS. 1920 Basu 1921 Praphullachandra Indo-Aryan Polity during the period Chakrabarti, Brajendranath, D.Sc. 1924 Law, Ph.D. Bimalacharan, Heaven and Hell in Buddhist Perspective. ... 24 JAGATTARINI GOLD MEDAL. The Hon'ble Justice Sir Asutosh Mookerjee, Kt., C.S.I., M.A., D.L., D.Sc., Ph.D., made over to the University Government Securities for Rupees Three Thousand with a view to institute a Gold Medal of the value of Rs. 200 to be awarded on the following conditions: (1) The Medal will be bestowed once in two years on that individual, who, not having been a recipient of the medal during the preceding ten years, shall be deemed by the Syndicate as most eminent for original contribution to Letters or Science, written in the Bengali Language. (2) Not later than 31st July in the year for which the medal is to be awarded, a Special Committee of five Members shall be constituted as follows: One Member of the Faculty of Arts, to be nominated by the Faculty. One Member of the Faculty of Science, to be nominated by the Faculty. One Member nominated by the Bangiya Sahitya Parisad. Two Members nominated by the Board of Higher Studies in Indian Vernaculars, of whom one at least shall be a Member of the Board. (3) The Special Committee shall, after such consultation with experts as they may deem necessary, draw up a report, not later than the 30th September, recommending the individual, who in their opinion, is best qualified to receive the medal, and the report shall specify the chief contributions of the person recommended. (4) The Report of the Special Committee shall be placed before the Syndicate for confirmation. The Syndicate may, for specified reasons, request the Special Committee to reconsider their decision but shall not be competent to substitute another name for the name recommended by the Committee. (5) The Special Committee may, in any year, abstain from making a recommendation, if in their opinion, no person of sufficient distinction to justify the award, is available. In such a case, the surplus income shall be invested and added to the Fund. (6) The Medal shall be presented publicly to the recipient at the first Convocation following the award. (7) The names of the Medallists shall be published in the Calcutta Gazette and the University Calendar. (8) The Medal shall be called Jagattarini Medal, after the donor's mother, and shall bear the University Arms on one side and the name of the recipient and the year of the award on the other. The Medal shall be first awarded during the current year. The Syndicate at its meeting held on the 22nd April, 1921, accepted the offer with thanks, and made arrangements for the preparation of a die similar to one for the Padmavati Medal. MEDALLISTS. 1921 Dr. Rabindranath Tagore, D.Litt., N.L. 25 THE NAGARJUNA PRIZE. Sir Praphullachandra Rây, Kt., C.I.E., D.Sc., Ph.D., F.C.S., Palit Professor of Chemistry, offered to place at the disposal of the University a sum of Rs. 10,000 under the conditions mentioned in the following letter addressed to the Hon'ble the Vice-Chancellor : MY DEAR SIR ASUTOSH, :- "UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, 92, Upper Circular Road, Calcutta, 24th March. 1922. On your invitation, I joined the College of Science from its very inception and I have always tried my best to foster the spirit of research among those among whom I have been working. It is now my desire to place at the disposal of the University a sum of Rs. 10,000 representing the best part of my life's savings for founding an annual prize to be awarded for the best piece of research work in Chemistry, Pure or Applied, by any student working in the College of Science. The prize shall be open to competition among all graduates of this University. The Board of Adjudicators for the prize shall be constituted as follows:: Palit Professor of Chemistry. Ghose Professor of Applied Chemistry. Singh Professor of Chemistry. One other expert nominated annually by the other four members of the Board. The award shall be made by the Syndicate on the recommendation of the Board of Adjudicators. The prize shall consist of a gold medal of the value of Rs. 100 and Rs. 500 in cash. The prize is to be called the Nagarjuna" prize after the great Indian Chemist of that name, whose accurate observations and painstaking investigations have justly elicited the applause of succeeding generations, and who, as described in my History of Hindu Chemistry, is looked upon as the precursor of chemical activity in this our ancient land. If in the opinion of the adjudicators the work in any year is not up to the mark, the prize should be withheld for that particular year and would be awarded on any subsequent occasion. Yours sincerely, P. C. RAY." The Syndicate and the Senate thankfully accepted the offer. Mr. Chandrasekhar Kali, L.M.S., placed at the disposal of the University Rs. 500 towards Post-Graduate Studies in Indian Vernaculars on the following conditions: (1) That the amount be bestowed on the best essay to be written in English and called Dr. Chandrasekhar Kali's Prize Essay on Chaitanya in Orissa, from Oriya sources. (2) That the Prize be announced in suitable Magazines and newspapers and a committee formed to settle details and ascertain the best essay. (3) That the essay, roughly speaking, will cover 200 pages of foolscap paper and the time allotted should not exceed one year. (4) If the quality of any essay does not come up to the mark, the prize should be kept in abeyance and the period for writing it should be extended. (5) The Prize-Essay should be printed at the cost of the University. The Syndicate at its meeting held on the 10th November, 1921, thankfully accepted the offer and requested the Post-Graduate Department in Arts to take necessary steps. 27 SCHOLARSHIP FOR TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES. Babu Atalbihari Maitra, B.A., B.L., and members of his family offered to execute a Trust Deed in favour of the University in respect of properties valued at Rupees one lac sixty thousand, and to create an endowment for the award of scholarships for the promotion of technological and allied studies in and outside India. The Senate on the 22nd June, 1923, thankfully accepted the offer. 28 RAI KRISTO DASS PAL, BAHADUR, GOLD MEDAL. Mr. Gopinath Pal and Mr. Sitanath Pal, sons of the late Rai Radhacharan Pal, Bahadur offered to place at the disposal of the University Rs. 10,000 in the following letter to the Vice-Chancellor :— Our revered father, the Late Rai Radhacharan_Pal, Bahadur, had during his life-time expressed a desire that we should pay Rs. 10,000 out of his estate to the Calcutta University to be invested so that out of the proceeds of such investment a gold medal and a money prize might be awarded periodically to the author of the best essay on the life, times and work of our grand-father, the Late Rai Kristo Das Pal, Bahadur, one of the former Fellows of the University. If the sum is invested in 6 per cent. securities, the annual income of the fund would be Rs. 600 a year. The award might be made every alternative year and might consist of a gold medal worth Rs. 300 and a money prize of Rs. 900. The Essay of the successful candidate should be printed and published in such manner as the University might think fit. We hope a special die might be prepared for the medal with the face of the Late Rai Kristo Das Pal, Bahadur, engraved on one side and with the University arms on the other. It would not be convenient for us for some time to come to make over the said sum but we propose to place at the disposal of the University Rs. 1,200 so that steps may be taken to make an award. Yours faithfully, GOPINATH PAL. The Senate on 24th February, 1923, thankfully accepted the offer on the conditions laid down in the letter. |