VARANASI: Banaras Hindu University will have a campus in Maharashtra by 2014. Maharashtra government had announced to provide 200 acres of land to the university to set up its campus in Amravati district.BHU spokesman said that the proposal for a campus in Maharashtra was given by the alumni association of BHU Mumbai chapter. It has been accepted and was also announced in the alumni meet of the association held in Mumbai on March 10. Shiv Sena leader Uddav Thackerey was present as chief guest on the occasion. He praised the government's initiative for construction of a BHU campus in Maharashtra.The campus will basically have an agriculture college. Formal procedures in this regard are yet to be made. The name of Shatabdi Municipal Hospital in Mumbai was also changed to Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital. There are over 800 alumni registered with Mumbai chapter of the association. Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Dr RG Singh was present as the special guest in the alumni meet. General secretary, alumni association, Mumbai chapter, GS Agrawal and over 200 alumni were also present on the occasion.Soon, BHU to have its own visual identity: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is gearing up to create its own visual identity. According to chairman, Press Publication and Publicity Cell, BHU, Prof Rajesh Singh, university's name will soon be written in a definite font, colour and style of writing and will be used uniformly by all the faculties and institutions of the university.It means all the boards, notice boards, letterheads, visiting cards, applications forms and objects will be bearing university's name in a similar fashion."The design of writing university's name is being prepared by staff and students of faculty of visual arts, BHU. It has been already passed by university's academic council. However, planning and procedure to make the idea of visual identity sustainable is still under pipeline," he informed.According to Singh, no university in the country have its own visual identity so far. "The trend of visual identity is however common in many western countries," he said further.Inauguration: Vice chancellor, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Dr Lalji Singh inaugurated a 60-cabin air conditioned hall at journal section of Central Library, BHU on Tuesday. The hall has been built with a budget of Rs 60 lakhs.Blood Donation: Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW) Majdoor Sangh is going to organise a blood donation camp at DLW hospital on Wednesday. The blood units collected will be stored in blood bank of Indian Medical Association (IMA) and will be used when any employee, their family members and social organisations will need blood in case of accident and illness.Procession: For the promotion of conservation of environment and river Ganga, volunteers of National Service Scheme (NSS), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) carried out a procession from Ravidas gate, Lanka on Tuesday. The volunteers also performed nukkad natak while carrying out the procession.Workshop: Volunteers of National Service Scheme (NSS), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are organising a workshop on 'Right to Information' at Anand Park, Durgakund on Wednesday.Women's meet: People's Vigilance Committee on Human Rights in association with Savitri Bai Phole Mahila Panchayat is going to organise a women's meet at Pindara Tehsil on Wednesday.