Virendra Swarup (25 July 1923 – 26 February 1980) was an educator and a former chairman of the
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council also known as Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Uttar Pradesh is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, c ...
. He was elected four times as
MLC from
Kanpur
Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...
division graduates constituency.
Legacy
The Dr. Virendra Swarup Memorial Trust (VSMT) was established in 1989 in his memory. The Foundation is running
10+2
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...
schools and several other institutions in
Kanpur
Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...
and nearby areas.The first school of the organisation was the ICSE H2 block VSEC in kanpur .It is closely associated with Dayanand Shiksha Sansthan, an organisation that manages more than 25 post-graduate and 10+2 colleges all over Uttar Pradesh and
ttarakhand. He was a good man and was loved by whole kanpur till now he is in our hearts and will remain forever by Archit dubey the student of vsec family..
Sources
Dr. Virendra Swarup Institute of Professional StudiesDr. Virendra Swarup Education CentreDr. Virendra Swarup 21st Century
Politicians from Kanpur
Indian schoolteachers
Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Chairs of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
1923 births
1980 deaths
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