If Memory Could Speak - by Sukadev Nanda (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This work has been presented in five chapters. Chapter-I (The place I come from) gives a brief account of the village the author has come from, its beautiful features, the caste structure in the village, inter caste relationship, land ownership etc. A brief attempt has been made here to throw some light on the state of the village and its level of development. In discussing an ordinary oil seller and his method of measurement, an attempt has been made to throw light on the socioeconomic position of the village and its people. It includes the picture of the rural elite who helped resolution of conflicts. The chapter-II (the author, his friends and family) is devoted to description of his parents, family, relations etc. This is a short one. Chapter III is on his professional career. The author has worked in Utkal, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Fakir Mohan Universities.

The two chapters (IV and V) relate to his days and activities in Fakir Mohan University. The chapter IV (F. M. University: Efforts for recognition) gives details about the way a university could be established at Balasore. It was at the nascent stage, and I had to bring it to a productive institution, various things were to be done, cooperation and help from several persons had to be sought and achieved. The university had to fulfil the conditions necessary for accordance of UGC recognition u/s 12(B) of the UGC Act, 1956. The university had to work like a university and function as such before the UGC Committee visited for grant of recognition. The Chapter-V (Post recognition developments) gives information about how the university prepared development projects for financing by the UGC and other funding agencies. And how the funds so received were fruitfully utilized in time. Also, in this chapter, the author has described how the new campus was built and how the university had to fight evil forces who created various types of difficulties. This chapter also includes author's post retirement days.