Bankura University

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Bankura University
বাঁকুড়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Bankura University Logo.svg
Mottoउत्तिष्ठत जाग्रत (Sanskrit)
uttiṣṭhata jāgrata(ISO)
Motto in English
Arise, awake
Type Public State University
Established2014;10 years ago (2014)
Accreditation NAAC with Grade "B"
Academic affiliation
Endowment ₹4.5825 crore (US$550,000) (2021–22 est.) [1]
Chancellor Governor of West Bengal
Vice-Chancellor Rup Kumar Barman
Dean Jayanta Kumar Saha
Academic staff
60 [2]
Students1,180 [2]
Postgraduates 970 [2]
210 [2]
Location
Bankura
,
West Bengal
,
722155
,
India

23°16′39″N87°05′06″E / 23.2775°N 87.0851°E / 23.2775; 87.0851
CampusRural
Symbol Bankura horse
AcronymBKU
Colors 🟦 Sky blue
Website www.bankurauniv.ac.in OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Bankura University is a public state university in Bankura, West Bengal, India. It was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature notified in the Kolkata Gazette. [3] It offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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History

Bankura University was established by the West Bengal Act XIX of 2013 and the assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of 6 January 2014. [4] [5]

Campus and Location

The university has four academic campuses in the Bankura district — Purandarpur Campus, Puabagan Campus, Mithila Campus, and the Chhandar Campus.

Organisation and Administration

Governance

The Vice-chancellor of the Bankura University is the chief executive officer of the university. Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay is the current Vice-chancellor of the university.

List of All Vice-Chancellors
No.Name
1.Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay
2.Goutam Buddha Sural
3.Rup Kumar Barman

Schools and Departments

Bankura University has 13 departments organized into three schools. [6] [7]

Thus School consists of the departments of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.

This school consists of the departments of Bengali, English, Sanskrit, and Santali.

This school consists of the departments of History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, Social Work, and Law.

Affiliations

Bankura University is an affiliating university and has jurisdiction over the colleges of the Bankura district of West Bengal, India. [8]

Govt./Govt.-Aided General Degree Colleges-

  1. BANKURA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE(101)
  2. BANKURA SAMMILANI COLLEGE(102)
  3. B.Z.S MAHILA MAHAVIDYAPITH (103)
  4. BARJORA COLLEGE (104)
  5. BIRSHA MUNDA MEMORIAL COLLEGE(105)
  6. CHATRA RAMAI PANDIT MAHAVIDYALAYA (106)
  7. Chhatna Chandidas Mahavidyalaya(107)
  8. GOBINDA PRASAD MAHAVIDYALAYA(108)
  9. INDAS MAHAVIDYALAYA (109)
  10. JAMINI ROY COLLEGE(110)
  11. KHATRA ADIBASI MAHAVIDYALAYA (111)
  12. ONDA THANA MAHAVIDYALAYA(112)
  13. PANCHMURA MAHAVIDYALAYA (113)
  14. P. R. M.S Mahavidyalaya(114)
  15. PATRASAYER MAHAVIDYALAYA (115)
  16. RAIPUR BLOCK MAHAVIDYALAYA (116)
  17. RAMANANDA COLLEGE (117)
  18. SALDIHA COLLEGE (118)
  19. SALTORA NETAJI CENTENARY COLLEGE (119)
  20. SONAMUKHI COLLEGE (120)
  21. S. D. D. Kathiababa Mahavidyalaya(121)
  22. KABI JAGADRAM ROY GOVT. GENERAL DEGREE COLLEGE (122)
  23. GOVT. GEN. DEGREE COLLEGE AT RANIBANDH(123)
  24. AKUI KAMALABALA WOMENS COLLEGE (124)
  25. Institute of Computer and Information Science(125)
  26. SARSUNA LAW COLLEGE

Academics

Accreditation

Bankura University is recognized under Section 2(f) of UGC Act, 1956.

Bankura University (BKU) has been awarded with a CGPA of 2.4 (Grade B) by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

See also

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