Maulana Azad's Contribution To Education (The Maharaja Sayajirao Memorial Lectures, 1960-61) (An Old And Rare Book)

The University has started a new series called "The Maharaja Sayajirao Memorial Lectures" in place of two former series of Lectures viz. "The Maharaja Sayajirao III Golden Jubilee Memorial Lectures" and "The Maharaja Sayajirao Honorarium Lectures". Under this series the University invites eminent scholars to deliver public lectures in the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences.

Earlier, the University invited distinguished scholars like Professor J. B. S. Haldane, F.R.S. of the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, Sir Mortimer Wheeler. Secretary, British Academy, London, and renowned Archaeologist of International fame, Shri G. L. Mehta, Chairman, Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Ltd., Bombay, Professor R. C. Parikh, Director, B. J. Institute of Learning and Research, Ahmedabad and Professor Frederic E. Zeuner, Professor of Environmental Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, London to deliver lectures under the series.

Professor K. G. Saiyidain, B.A., M.Ed., Officer on special Duty, Ministry of Education Government of India was invited to deliver lectures under this series. He delivered two lectures on "The Educational Philosophy of Maulana Azad" on the 12th and the 13th December, 1960 under the Chairmanship of Dr. Jyotindra M. Mehta, Vice-Chancellor of the University.

This is the fourth publication in the Maharaja Sayajirao Memorial Lectures series.

The lectures will be found useful to the scholars and students of the subject.

B. K. ZUTSHI,

Registrar.

The M. S. University of Baroda

February, 1961