The government today announced creation of chairs in the name of Nobel laureates in universities in the country to inspire the younger generation excel in their area of work.

The chairs will be named after Rabindranath Tagore, C V Raman, Hargobind Khorana, Mother Teresa, C Chandrasekhar, Amartya Sen and V Ramakrishnan.

Announcing this at the diamond jubilee celebration of UGC in New Delhi, HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju hoped these will contribute towards promotion of high quality research.