Rabindra Bharati University

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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]

Rabindra Bharati University
TypePublic
Established8 May 1962
(62 years ago)
 (1962-05-08)
AccreditationNAAC
Academic affiliations
ChancellorGovernor of West Bengal
Vice-ChancellorSubhro Kamal Mukherjee (acting)[1]
Academic staff
143[2]
Students7,036[2]
Undergraduates2,948[2]
Postgraduates3,446[2]
642[2]
Location, ,
India

22°35′04″N 88°21′34″E / 22.5844542°N 88.3593841°E / 22.5844542; 88.3593841
CampusUrban
22.198 acres (0.08983 km2)
Websitewww.rbu.ac.in Edit this at Wikidata

The current interim Vice-Chancellor of the university is Subhro Kamal Mukherjee, former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court.

Tagore museum

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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

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Researcher

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Academic

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Dance

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Painter

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Musicians

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Writer

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Film

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Others

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  • Deepa Dasmunsi, Member of Parliament for West Bengal and President of the Delhi Women Football association.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b c d e "NIRF 2020" (PDF). Rabindra Bharati University.
  3. ^ "About University". Rabindra Bharati University. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ^ Prospectus (PDF), Kolkata: Rabindra Bharati University, p. 2, retrieved 2 June 2018
  5. ^ "Rabindra Bharti Museum (Jorasanko Thakurbari)". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012.
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