Visva-Bharati University - Bolpur
Bolpur, India
1921
Established
- Type
- Government | Central university
- Official website
- www.visvabharati.ac.in/home
Approvals and accreditation
UGC
About College
Visva-Bharati was founded by the first non-European Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Thakur, popularly known as Tagore, in 1921, and sits at Santiniketan in...
Visva-Bharati was founded by the first non-European Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Thakur, popularly known as Tagore, in 1921, and sits at Santiniketan in West Bengal. It was declared a central university and an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament in 1951. The President of India is the Paridarsaka (Visitor) of the university, the Governor of West Bengal is the Pradhana (Rector) and the Prime Minister of India acts as the Acharya (Chancellor); the President of India appoints the Upacharya (Vice-Chancellor).