PU geology dept to get a field museum soon: VC

PATNA: Patna University (PU) geology department will soon have a well-developed geological field museum displaying some unique geological features along with prominent rock types from different terrains of the country and abroad, vice-chancellor Girish Kumar Chaudhary said on Sunday.
Inaugurating the platinum jubilee celebrations of the department through a digital platform here, the VC said the university would provide all technical and financial help in the establishment of this field museum, first of its kind in the state, in the larger interest of the budding earth scientists.
He lauded the all-round progress made by this department right since its inception 75 years ago and expressed the hope that it would continue to contribute significantly towards the national organisations related to mines and geology by producing a galaxy of brilliant geo-scientists. He assured of sincere implementation of the road map to be prepared by the department during its year-long celebrations.
Some alumni of the department suggested establishment of a corpus fund with the help of financial contributions from the alumni so that development activities of the department may be completed with the help of this fund in future. Two alumni, a retired teacher and a former legislator, announced a donation of Rs 1 lakh each for setting up this fund and appealed to all other alumni to donate at least one day’s salary or pension to this fund.
PU geology department head Atul Aditya Pandey welcomed the guests and showed the various academic and infrastructural development of the department through a video. He said a road map of development of the department would be chalked out with the help of all alumni in the platinum jubilee year.