: A Case For Karnatak University

Abstract

The fact that the Bombay University was growing too large, the fear that it would very soon become too unwieldy, and the desirability of splitting it up into smaller units—had, even as far back as 1924, engaged the attention ofleading educationists in the Province. One of the terms of reference to the Committee appointed in 1924 by the Bombay Government on University Reforms under the chairmanship of Sir Chimanlal H. Setalwad was to consider whether it was “ desirable and feasible to institute other Universities at mofussil centres ” And the Committee recommended that “ four new Universities may be created in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnatak and Sind when conditions at these centres became ripe. ”