Visva-Bharati University

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Visva-Bharati University is a renowned central university and institution of higher learning in Santiniketan, India, celebrated for its unique blend of Indian and international educational and cultural traditions inspired by Rabindranath Tagore’s humanist philosophy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf central university
institution of higher education
public university
affiliation Ministry of Education, Government of India
University Grants Commission
associatedWith Brahmo Samaj intellectual tradition
campusType rural
chancellor Prime Minister of India
collects manuscripts of Rabindranath Tagore
paintings of Rabindranath Tagore
country India
designatedAsCentralUniversity 1951
designation central university
educationalPhilosophy close contact with nature
holistic education
open-air classes
established 1921
focusArea Indology and Asian studies
fine arts
humanities
music and performing arts
rural reconstruction
social sciences
founder Rabindranath Tagore
hasConstituentInstitute Santiniketan campus
Sriniketan campus
hasCulturalHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasFaculty Cheena Bhavana
Kala Bhavana
Palli Samgathana Vibhaga
Palli Siksha Bhavana
Sangeet Bhavana
Siksha Bhavana
Vidya Bhavana
hasLibrary Rabindra Bhavana
hasMuseum Rabindra Bhavana museum
hasNotableAlumnus Amartya Sen
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Indira Gandhi
Kanika Banerjee
Mahasweta Devi
Nandalal Bose
Ramkinkar Baij
Satyajit Ray
Suchitra Mitra
hostsEvent Basanta Utsav
Poush Mela
knownFor Tagorean model of education
integration of Indian and international educational traditions
languageOfInstruction Bengali
English
locatedIn Birbhum district
Santiniketan
West Bengal
motto Yatra visvam bhavatyekanidam
mottoLanguage Sanskrit
mottoTranslation Where the world makes a home in a single nest
offersProgram doctoral programs
postgraduate degrees
undergraduate degrees
originalName Visva-Bharati
originalStatus international university
philosophicalInspiration humanist philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore
type residential university
unitary university
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2023
viceChancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty


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