Visva-Bharati University

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Visva-Bharati University
Established	1921
Type	Public Research University
Chancellor	Dr. Manmohan Singh
Location	Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
Campus	rural; 12 campuses (excluding affiliated colleges in Kolkata and elsewhere
Founder	Rabindranath Tagore
Website	Official website

Established by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, the Visva-Bharati University (Bangla: বিশ্ব-ভারতী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), located at Santiniketan, West Bengal in India is a Central University.

It has several institutes within itself for undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies: Vidya Bhavana (Institute of Humanities), Shiksha Bhavana (Institute of Sciences), Palli-Shiksha Bhavana (Institute of Agricultural Sciences), Binay Bhavana (Institute of Education) and Kala Bhavana (Institute of Fine Arts). In addition, Patha Bhavana, Shiksha Satra (two elementary and secondary schools) and Uttar Shiksha Sadana (a higher secondary school) also confer certificates of the university.

[edit] Famous alumni/academics/affiliates

• swagato patra, Software Engineer, bangalore,mathikeri
• Brajendra Nath Seal
• Benodebihari Mukhopadhyaya, painter and sculptor
• Savitri Devi Mukherji
• Satyajit Ray, veteran film director and writer
• Amartya Sen, Nobel laureate and economist
• Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India
• Gayatri Devi, Maharani of Jaipur
• Ramkinkar Baiz, sculptor
• Kanika Bandyopadhyay, singer
• Suchitra Mitra, singer
• Abanindranath Tagore, painter
• Bhimrao Hasurkar Sastri, musician
• Charles Freer Andrews, Anglican priest and lecturer, philanthropist
• Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar
• Gourgopal Ghosh, Mohan Bagan football player
• Leonard Knight Elmherst, agricultural educationist
• Moriz Winternitz, German professor of Indian philology and ethnology
• Nandalal Bose, painter
• Santidev Ghosh, singer and dancer
• Ghandrap Patesh, drazz-wop musician and former Indian Minister for contraflaction
• Stella Kramrisch, Austrian-born South Asian art historian
• Syed Mujtaba Ali, Bengali novelist and litterateur
• Sylvain Levi, Oriental scholar
• Tan Yun-Shan, Chinese Buddhist and Confucian scholar
• Vincenc Lesny, Indologist and Iranian studies scholar
• William Winstanley Pearson, philanthropist and translator of Tagore's work
• Arnob, Indie musician

[edit] External link

• Official website