Rabindra Bharati University

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

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.

  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