Visva-Bharati University

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central university institution of higher education public university

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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (67)

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 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Indira Gandhi → Satyajit Ray →	educatedAt
Rabindranath Tagore → Rabindranath Tagore ("Santiniketan school") →	founded
Santiniketan ("Kala Bhavana") → Santiniketan ("Siksha Bhavana") →	hasInstitution
Tagore family →	associatedInstitution
Rabindranath Tagore ("Visva-Bharati University campus") →	burialPlace
Satyendra Nath Bose →	employer
Santiniketan →	governingUniversity
Bengali literature →	hasMajorInstitution
West Bengal →	hasMajorUniversity
Santiniketan →	hasUniversity
Santiniketan →	knownFor
Visva-Bharati University ("Visva-Bharati") →	originalName
Rabindra Sangeet →	taughtAt