Mysore/Mysuru, July 25 -- The 109th Foundation Day of University of Mysore (UoM) was held at Crawford Hall here this morning, with Harish Shah, Chairman of Harish and Bina Shah Foundation and Managing Director of Signet Capital Pvt. Ltd.,Mumbai, delivering the Foundation lecture on the topic 'Learning from Heritage: The Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion Museum and the University's Role as a Cultural Catalyst.'

Presiding over the event, UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. N.K. Lokanath said that Harish Shah is a first generation entrepreneur and Philanthropist.

"Jayalakshmi Vilas is one of the iconic structures of Mysuru, which was handed over to UoM with an objective of preserving the heritage structure for posterity. But unfortunately, we could not main...