Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University

Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University is a U.G.C.-affiliated public university in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.[1][2] The university has been named after the 19th-century Rajbongshi leader and social reformist, Panchanan Barma. A total of 25 colleges from Cooch Behar district, Jalpaiguri district and Alipurduar district are affiliated to the University.[1] Prof. Indrajit Ray, a former teacher of Economics of the University of North Bengal, was the first Vice-Chancellor of Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, while Prof. Shubhrangshu Sekhar Chattopadhyay, originally from the Department of Law, University of Calcutta, joined the University as the second Vice-Chancellor in the second week of January 2015. Dr. Debkumar Mukhopadhyay is the first (acting) Registrar of Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University.[3] Among the other administrative officers of Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University are Prof. Amal Kumar Harh, who is the (acting) Controller of Examination in 2014, and Mr. Nirupom Bhattacharyya, the (acting) Finance Officer.

History

The Government of West Bengal established Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University under West Bengal Act XXI of 2012 and The Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University Act 2012, vide Kolkata Gazette number W.B.(Part-III)/2012/S.A.R.-32, dated 16 August 2012. At present, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University offers post-graduation-level studies in eight subjects: Bengali, English, History, Geography, Philosophy, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Zoology. The first statutes of the University were approved by the Chancellor, Governor of West Bengal, in the first week of January 2015, and subsequently printed. On 8 April 2015, the University Grants Commission granted 2(F) affiliation to the University.

The University presently functions from its camp-office at Central Farmers' Hostel, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari. The new campus of the university is being built on the way to Cooch Behar Airport, near Cooch Behar College, on Vivekananda Road.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Private education Bill passed amidst Opposition walkout". The Statesman. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bill passed to set up private varsity". Asian Age. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Anuradha Mukherjee appointed as new vice-chancellor of Kazi Nazrul Islam University". Times of India. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

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