Univs, college faculty urged to contribute to PM relief fund

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:30.03.2020

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Saturday appealed to all educational institutions and universities to urge their faculty members and nonteaching staff to contribute to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund.

In a letter to all vice-chancellors, D P Singh, chairman of UGC, said, “Our country and the world as a whole are passing through unprecedented times due to the Covid-19 pandemic.”

“We, the educational fraternity, have a great responsibility of not only making people aware of preventive and precautionary measures to check the spread of the virus but to also contribute financially to strengthen the efforts of government to combat coronavirus,” he said in the circular.

“We, at UGC, have decided to make a humble contribution of one day’s salary to the PM’s National Relief Fund. I appeal to the vice-chancellors of the universities and principals/ directors of institutes and colleges to urge the teaching, non-teaching staff to come forward and contribute for this noble cause,” he said. The contribution will go a long way in serving humanity during crisis, he said.