Sculpture marks 200 years of Presidency

Kolkata:  A steel installation, “The Pinnacle Arch”, has come up within the Presidency University campus here on completion of 200 years of journey of the premier institution. Former West Bengal governor M.K. Narayanan unveiled the installation before the start of the 5th convocation of Presidency University on Thursday. Mr Narayanan was the chief guest at the convocation. 

The installation comprises a series of 52 steel pipes planted in a circle, the first of which forms an arch while the rest bend outward till the last one stands upright at a height of 17.5 ft. The installation symbolises the movement from a shelter to the open sky, the representation of the journey of an individual and the institute from a sheltered environment to collective aspiration, said Abin Chaudhuri, the head of the team that designed the installation.

“This is part of the effort to make Presidency a landmark and a centre of excellence in every way. The Presidency fraternity, the students, teaching and non-teaching staff and the alumni are all stakeholders in the present initiative, which also includes setting up of a gallery in the campus,” university registrar Debajyoti Konar told reporters.