Bhopal, June 4 -- The Executive Council of Barkatullah University in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal unanimously approved a proposal to rename the institution as 'Vagdevi Bhojpal University', marking the first formal step in the process of changing the university's name.

Speaking about the development, Registrar of the University, Samar Bahadur Singh said the proposal to rename the institution was placed before the Executive Council meeting held on Wednesday and received unanimous approval from all members.

The registrar also stressed that the proposal would now be sent to the Madhya Pradesh government, which would take the final decision on renaming the University.

"An Executive Council meeting was held yesterday in the university dur...