HC asks state govt to make Bihar Vidyapeeth campus a museum

Subject: History

Section: Art and Culture

Context:

Bihar Vidyapeeth, the educational institution which was set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1921
Dr Rajendra Prasad was the principal of the Vidyapeeth.
Gujarat Vidyapith is a deemed university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was founded in 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi.
Kashi Vidyapith also founded during 1920 by Babu Shiv Prasad Gupta and Bhagwan Das.
Inspired by Gandhi’s call for self-reliance and swaraj (self-rule) during Non-Cooperation Movement all the above institution established.

Study gains new insights into a fundamental question in geology

Indian tectonic plate dragged a considerable amount of Kerguelen plume material for more than 2,000 km underneath the Indian lithosphere, it finds
A recent study by a team of scientists at Goa-based National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has brought new insights into the critical processes involved in the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates.

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)

It was established as an autonomous Research and Development Institution of the Ministry of Earth Sciences on the 25th May 1998.
NCPOR is India’s premier R&D institution responsible for the country’s research activities in the Polar and Southern Ocean realms.
Its responsibilities include:
- Management and upkeep of the Indian Antarctic Research Bases “Maitri” and “Bharati and the Indian Arctic base “Himadri”.
- Management of the Ministry’s research vessel ORV Sagar Kanya as well as the other research vessels chartered by the Ministry.

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)

It is an international marine research collaboration that explores Earth’s history and dynamics using ocean-going research platforms to recover data recorded in seafloor sediments and rocks and to monitor sub seafloor environments.
NCPOR is the nodal agency for all the IODP related activities in India.