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| type = [[Public university|Public]]
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| chancellor = [[Governor of West Bengal]]
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| vice_chancellor = [[Subhro Kamal Mukherjee]] ''(acting)''<ref> 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</ref>
|type = [[Education]] and [[Research]]
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|city = {{flagicon |IND}} [[Kolkata]]
| students = 7,036<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2020 |url=http://www.rbu.ac.in/upload/15740250225e13116cdff3d.pdf |publisher=Rabindra Bharati University}}</ref>
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'''Rabindra Bharati University''' is a [[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]]. It is located at the [[Tagore family]] home, [[Jorasanko Thakur Bari]].
'''Rabindra Bharati University''' is a public research [[university]] in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]. It was founded on 8 May 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of [[West Bengal]] in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rbu.ac.in/home/post/eccbc87e4b5ce2fe28308fd9f2a7baf3 |title=About University | website=Rabindra Bharati University |access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref> It is located at the [[Tagore family]] home, [[Jorasanko Thakur Bari]]. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in [[Performing arts|Performing Arts]] and [[Visual Arts]] under the Faculty of Fine Arts, [[Humanities]], [[Social Sciences]] and other subjects under the Faculty of Arts.<ref>{{Citation |title=Prospectus |publisher=Rabindra Bharati University |publication-place=Kolkata |page=2 |url=http://www.rbu.ac.in/upload/2124663259590050a863287.pdf |access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>


The current interim Vice-Chancellor of the university is [[Subhro Kamal Mukherjee]], former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Karnataka High Court]].
The university offers undergraduate ad postgraduate programs in [[Performing arts|Performing Arts]] under the Faculty of Fine Arts, [[Visual Arts]] under the Faculty with same name, [[Humanities]], [[Social Sciences]] and other subjects under the Faculty of Arts.


==History==
== Tagore museum ==
[[Image:Jorasanko Thakur Bari.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jorasanko Thakur Bari]]
{{main|Jorasanko Thakur Bari}}
The Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the ancestral home of the [[Tagore family]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rabindra Bharti Museum (Jorasanko Thakurbari)|url=http://kolkata.clickindia.com/tourism/rabindrabhartimuseum.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423164030/http://kolkata.clickindia.com/tourism/rabindrabhartimuseum.html|archive-date=23 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The first non-European Nobel laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]] was born here.
[[Image:Rabindra bharati.jpg|thumb|200px| entrance of the administrative building]]
At the university's founding in [[1962]], it occupied the former home of Rabindranath Tagore. While two of the three faculties of the University, those of [[Fine Arts]] and [[Visual Arts]], are still located there, when the Faculty of Arts was founded in 1976, it was located on a new campus at 56A, B. T. Road, Kolkata-50. The new campus was on the grounds of the "Emerald Bower," a mansion built by Harakumar Tagore, the poet's uncle. The mansion and its parklands, later acquired by the Government of [[West Bengal]], became a complex of academic institutions among which this University has the central and larger share. The main administrative office is also situated at the Emerald Bower Campus.


==Notable Students==
The university was reconstituted in 1981 by the Rabindra Bharati Act, 1981.
===Researcher===
* [[Methil Devika]], Indian Classical Dancer and Senior Research associate at [[ISRO]]
===Academic===
* [[John Felix Raj]], Indian Professor and Principal.
===Dance===
* [[Chitresh Das]], Indian Classical Dancer.
* [[Benazir Salam]], Indian classical Dancer from Bangladesh
===Painter===
* [[Subhaprasanna]], Indian Painter.
===Musicians===
* [[Anup Ghoshal]], Indian Playback singer.
* [[Ajoy Chakrabarty]], Indian Vocalist, Composer and Lyricist.
* [[Banani Ghosh]], Indian Vocalist
* [[Madhushree]], Indian Playback Singer.
* [[Priyanka Gope]], Bangladeshi Playback Singer.
* [[Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta]], Indian Vocalist.
* [[Shanti Thatal]], Indian Nepali Languages Music Composer and Playback Singer.
* [[Subhamita Banerjee]], Indian Vocalist, Composer and Lyricist.


==Courses offered==
===Writer===
* [[Moniruddin Khan]], Indian Writer and essayist.
[[Academic certificate|Certificate]] courses, [[Diploma]] courses, [[Undergraduate]] Degree Courses, [[Postgraduate]] Degree Courses and [[Research]]/[[Doctoral]]-Level Courses.
* [[Kalipada Soren]], Santhali playwright, author and editor.


===Film===
Some of the other services which are provided by the University are the access to the [[database]], photocopying services, information and reference service, inter-library loan and display of the new arrivals at the central library.
* [[Anirban Bhattacharya]], Indian Actor, singer, Screenplay Writer, Filmmaker.
The university now also provided post graduate degree as external student in its new Salt Lake Campus.
* [[Aparajita Ghosh Das]], Indian Actress.
* [[Basabdatta Chatterjee]], Indian Actress.
* [[Darshana Banik]], Indian Model and Actress.
* [[Shirin Guha]], Indian actress.
* [[Tathagata Mukherjee]], Indian Actor and Filmmaker.
* [[Wahida Mollick Jolly]], Bangladeshi Actress.
===Others===
* [[Deepa Dasmunsi]], Member of Parliament for West Bengal and President of the Delhi Women Football association.


==Notable Faculty==
The Visual Arts Faculty offers both the graduate ( Four Year) and the postgraduate are courses of Painting, Sculpture, Applied Art, Graphics, History of Art and the Musicology department offers the postgraduate course. The department offers, the pre-research program and Ph.D. program.
* [[Manoj Mitra]]
At the advanced level the study of computer for visual applications, like commuter graphics, digital photography, Multimedia courses under department of Applied Art help the students to be more adaptable to the Visual Industry and also help in Visual Research.

==Plans==
University is providing "User Education Programs" which are beneficial for the students. The university plans to make the central library and all other in-house functions fully automated.

==Staff killed by students==
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Kolkata-Non-teaching-staff-member-dies-after-being-punched-by-students/articleshow/9411534.cms</ref>.
Basudeb Nandy was died due to cardiac attack. It is normal death according to Post- Mortom Report. None of the Student and assistant professor of the Visual Arts department Surojit Chanda involved in the scuffle between them and Nandi. The honorable Calcutta High division bench released on bail Chanda based on the Post- Mortom Report. The acquisition of revolver is false! The police authority did not get any kind of arms( No seizure -list) . The Post- Mortom Report also did not indicate any External wounds in the body. It is a conspiracy against the University and Faculty of Visual Arts as well as Professor Chanda.

==Notable faculty/alumni==
*[[Balasaraswati]]
*[[Sanjoy Bandopadhyay]]
*[[Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri]]
*[[Shuvaprasanna]]
*[[Suchitra Mitra]]
*[[Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta]]

==Tagore museum==
{{main|Jorasanko Thakur Bari}}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University]]
* [[Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University]]
*[[List of universities in India#West Bengal|List of universities in India]]
* [[List of universities in India#West Bengal|List of universities in India]]


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.rbu.ac.in/ Rabindra Bharati University Website]
* [http://www.rbu.ac.in/ Rabindra Bharati University Website]
* [http://smtagorecentre.com/DoIM/ Department of Instrumental Music]


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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
Kolkata
,
West Bengal
,
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 8 May 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.

Tagore museum

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Main article: Jorasanko Thakur Bari

The Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the ancestral home of the Tagore family.[5] The first non-European Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was born here.

Notable Students

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Researcher

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Academic

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Dance

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Painter

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Musicians

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Writer

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Film

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Others

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  • Deepa Dasmunsi, Member of Parliament for West Bengal and President of the Delhi Women Football association.

Notable Faculty

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See also

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References

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  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
  5. ^ "Rabindra Bharti Museum (Jorasanko Thakurbari)". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012.
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