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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]
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| 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 |
The current interim Vice-Chancellor of the university is Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.
Tagore museum
editThe 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
editResearcher
edit- Methil Devika, Indian Classical Dancer and Senior Research associate at ISRO
Academic
edit- John Felix Raj, Indian Professor and Principal.
Dance
edit- Chitresh Das, Indian Classical Dancer.
- Benazir Salam, Indian classical Dancer from Bangladesh
Painter
edit- Subhaprasanna, Indian Painter.
Musicians
edit- Anup Ghoshal, Indian Playback singer.
- Ajoy Chakrabarty, Indian Vocalist, Composer and Lyricist.
- Banani Ghosh, Indian Vocalist,
- Madhushree, Indian Playback Singer.
- Priyanka Gope, Bangladeshi Playback Singer.
- Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Indian Vocalist.
- Shanti Thatal, Indian Nepali Languages Music Composer and Playback Singer.
- Subhamita Banerjee, Indian Vocalist, Composer and Lyricist.
Writer
edit- Moniruddin Khan,Indian Writer and essayist.
- Kalipada Soren, Santhali playwright, author and editor.
Film
edit- Anirban Bhattacharya, Indian Actor, singer, Screenplay Writer, Filmmaker.
- Aparajita Ghosh Das, Indian Actress.
- Basabdatta Chatterjee, Indian Actress.
- Darshana Banik, Indian Model and Actress.
- Shirin Guha, Indian actress.
- Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian Actor and Filmmaker.
- Wahida Mollick Jolly, Bangladeshi Actress.
Others
edit- Deepa Dasmunsi, Member of Parliament for West Bengal and President of the Delhi Women Football association.
See also
editReferences
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.
External links
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