Motto | Shiksha, gyan, pragati |
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Motto in English | Education, knowledge, progress |
Type | Public research university |
Established | 29 September 1981 |
Founder | Anil Kumar Gain |
Accreditation | NAAC[1] |
Academic affiliations | |
Endowment | ₹73.26 crore (US$8.8 million) (2022–23 est.)[2] |
Chancellor | Governor of West Bengal |
Vice-Chancellor | Susanta Kumar Chakraborty |
Academic staff | 250 (2024)[2] |
Students | 2,612 (2024)[2] |
Postgraduates | 1,851 (2024)[2] |
761 (2024)[2] | |
Location | , , India 23°25′55″N 87°17′52″E / 23.4320°N 87.2979°E |
Campus | Urban 138.78 acres (56.16 ha) |
Website | www |
Vidyasagar University is a public research university that was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature which was notified in the Calcutta Gazette on 24 June 1981.[3] It is an affiliating university in Paschim Medinipur district of southern West Bengal, India.[4] It offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
It was founded by the mathematician and statistician from the University of Cambridge, Anil Kumar Gain.[citation needed]