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Saturday, 04 February 2012

Prof Yunus invited to deliver lecture in Indian Parliament

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Reported on: August 31, 2009 20:46 PM
Reported in: National

News - Prof Yunus invited to deliver lecture in Indian Parliament

Dhaka, Aug 31 (UNB) - Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has been invited to deliver the second Prof. Hiren Mukerjee Memorial Annual Parliamentary Lecture in Indian Parliament during its winter session this year.

Prof Yunus will deliver his lecture on December 9 at the central hall of Parliament House in New Delhi, according to a message received Monday from Yunus Centre.

Professor Hiren Mukherjee, a prominent member of the West Bengal Communist Party, was member of the Lok Sabha for five times from 1952 to 1977, deputy leader of the Communist party in Parliament (1952-64) and then its leader from 1964 to 1967. He died in 2004.

The first Prof Hiren Mukherjee Memorial Parliamentary Lecture was delivered by Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen in 2008.

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