The life and times of Professor K. N. Udupa: An outstanding alumnus of Banaras Hindu University

all odds by Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya at the beginning of the last century. After a decade of preparations, the university’s foundation stone was laid on Basant Panchimi day, 1916. The vision behind it was unique, amazingly ambitious, and futuristic. It planned to focus on holistic human resource development for new nation building, adopting a strategy featuring a unique blend of tradition, cultural synthesis, and science. Although the credit of establishing the university goes largely to the Mahamana, large numbers of contemporaries, colleagues, and generous donors played commendable roles in establishing the university in its present form.