Visva-Bharati University

Shantiniketan land: Court sets aside Visva-Bharati's eviction order against Amartya Sen

The court of Birbhum district judge Sudeshna De (Chatterjee) held that Sen, who had appealed against the order of eviction issued by the estate officer of the university, and his father, the late Asutosh Sen, had been in continuous possession of the entire 1.38 acres of land since the grant of lease in 1943.

31 January 2024, 16:31 IST

Shantiniketan land: Court sets aside Visva-Bharati's eviction order against Amartya Sen

31 January 2024, 16:31 IST

Visva-Bharati grants permission for 'Poush Mela' on its campus

Since 1951, the ‘Poush Mela’ has been organised by the Visva-Bharati university in collaboration with the trust and with support from the West Bengal government. The trust, set up by Debendranath Tagore, owns around 11 bighas in and around the campus of the central varsity.

11 December 2023, 19:52 IST

Visva-Bharati grants permission for 'Poush Mela' on its campus

11 December 2023, 19:52 IST

Tagore, who?

Today, the distance between the vision and way of life of Tagore and Gandhi and current perspectives is growing. And though the effort and work done with fervour in their names continues, most of that energy is outside India.

20 November 2023, 22:00 IST

Tagore, who?

20 November 2023, 22:00 IST

Installation of Unesco’s heritage-status text of Santiniketan an ‘immediate priority’, interim-VC advised

Sanjoy Kumar Mallik, has recently been appointed as vice-chancellor (acting) of the university, attended an introductory meeting at the ministry on November 16, where major issues came up for discussion, the university has said.

20 November 2023, 11:24 IST

Installation of Unesco’s heritage-status text of Santiniketan an ‘immediate priority’, interim-VC advised

20 November 2023, 11:24 IST

Centre tells Visva-Bharati University to replace controversial plaques

The Union Education Ministry has told the university to remove the plaques and replace them with ones having Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's name, the source added.

16 November 2023, 14:29 IST

Centre tells Visva-Bharati University to replace controversial plaques

16 November 2023, 14:29 IST

Tagore is emotion, his memory cannot be obliterated: Bengal Governor on row over plaques at Visva-Bharati

The newly plaques installed at Santiniketan (initially a residential school established by Tagore that later transformed into a university), following UNESCO's inscribing of the place on its world heritage list carry PM-Chancellor, and vice chancellor’s names, and do not mention Tagore.

01 November 2023, 09:41 IST

Tagore is emotion, his memory cannot be obliterated: Bengal Governor on row over plaques at Visva-Bharati

01 November 2023, 09:41 IST

Plaque row: Visva-Bharati VC accuses protesting TMC leaders of threatening to kill him

Workers of the ruling TMC have been protesting outside the university campus, demanding the removal of the plaques on UNESCO World Heritage site status to Santiniketan for not bearing the name of Visva-Bharati founder Rabindranath Tagore.

31 October 2023, 09:59 IST

Plaque row: Visva-Bharati VC accuses protesting TMC leaders of threatening to kill him

31 October 2023, 09:59 IST

Trinamool slams Visva-Bharati chancellor, for inapt words in letter written to CM Mamata Banerjee

Trinamool’s spokesperson Kunal Ghosh has condemned the language used by the vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty, and compared it to that of a junior political cadre.

30 October 2023, 17:27 IST

Trinamool slams Visva-Bharati chancellor, for inapt words in letter written to CM Mamata Banerjee

30 October 2023, 17:27 IST

Work on to make new plaque under ASI norms: Visva-Bharati VC tells Bengal CM

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday urged the Centre to remove the plaques on UNESCO World Heritage Site status to Santiniketan for not bearing the name of Visva-Bharati founder Rabindranath Tagore.

29 October 2023, 16:36 IST

Work on to make new plaque under ASI norms: Visva-Bharati VC tells Bengal CM

29 October 2023, 16:36 IST

Bengal Governor intervenes in Visva-Bharati university plaque row, wants correction

Sources in Raj Bhavan said after the Governor demanded an explanation on the omission of Tagore's name, the VC, Prof Bidyut Chakrabarty, has clarified that the text to be engraved on the plaque had been submitted to the Department of Archeology, Government of India, for approval.

27 October 2023, 09:09 IST

Bengal Governor intervenes in Visva-Bharati university plaque row, wants correction

27 October 2023, 09:09 IST