Rabindra Bharati University
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Type | Public |
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Established | 8 May 1962 |
Accreditation | NAAC |
Academic affiliations | |
Chancellor | Governor of West Bengal |
Vice-Chancellor | Subhro Kamal Mukherjee (acting)[1] |
Academic staff | 143[2] |
Students | 7,036[2] |
Undergraduates | 2,948[2] |
Postgraduates | 3,446[2] |
642[2] | |
Location | , , India 22°35′04″N 88°21′34″E / 22.5844542°N 88.3593841°E |
Campus | Urban 22.198 acres (0.08983 km2) |
Website | www |
Rabindra Bharati University is a public research university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore.[3] It is located at the Tagore family home, Jorasanko Thakur Bari. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Performing Arts and Visual Arts under the Faculty of Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and other subjects under the Faculty of Arts.[4]
The current interim Vice-Chancellor of the university is Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.
Tagore museum[edit]
The Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the ancestral home of the Tagore family.[5] The first non-European Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was born here.
Notable Students[edit]
- Anup Ghoshal, Indian Playback singer.
- Methil Devika, Indian Classical Dancer and Senior Research associate at ISRO
- Madhushree, Indian Playback Singer.
- Subhaprasanna, Indian Painter.
- Chitresh Das, Indian Classical Dancer
- John Felix Raj, Indian Professor and Principal.
- Ajoy Chakrabarty, Indian Vocalist, Composer and Lyricist.
- Anirban Bhattacharya, Indian Actor, singer, Screenplay Writer, Filmmaker.
- Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian Actor and Filmmaker.
- Moniruddin Khan,Indian Writer and essayist.
- Basabdatta Chatterjee, Indian Actress.
- Aparajita Ghosh Das, Indian Actress.
- Deepa Dasmunsi, Member of Parliament for West BengalBengal and President of the Delhi Women Football association.
- Wahida Mollick Jolly, Bangladeshi Actress.
- Shanti Thatal, Indian Nepali Languages Music Composer and Playback Singer.
- Kalipada Soren, Santhali playwright, author and editor.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ I am not a political person: New Rabindra Bharati University interim VC Kamal Mukherjee https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/i-am-not-a-political-person-new-rabindra-bharati-university-interim-vc-kamal-mukherjee/articleshow/101573698.cms
- ^ a b c d e "NIRF 2020" (PDF). Rabindra Bharati University.
- ^ "About University". Rabindra Bharati University. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Prospectus (PDF), Kolkata: Rabindra Bharati University, p. 2, retrieved 2 June 2018
- ^ "Rabindra Bharti Museum (Jorasanko Thakurbari)". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012.