Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University

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Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University
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Faculty of Arts
(seen from North-West)
Type Faculty
Established1898 (1898)
Parent institution
 Banaras Hindu University
Academic affiliation
 Banaras Hindu University
Dean Prof. Maya Shankar Pandey [1]
Location
Varanasi
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India

25°16′12″N82°59′43″E / 25.26987°N 82.995167°E / 25.26987; 82.995167
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC
Website Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University is a faculty in the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India which offers courses in Humanities along with various professional and vocational courses except social sciences. It was founded in 1898 and is the oldest and largest faculty in the University. Faculty of Arts was formerly known as the Central Hindu College (1898–1916). In 1916, the Banaras Hindu University grew around the nucleus of the Faculty of Arts. [2]

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History

Formally known as Central Hindu College, the Faculty of Arts is the oldest and largest faculty in the Banaras Hindu University. It was founded in 1898 by Annie Besant and became the main centre and the core of the Banaras Hindu University in 1916 founded by Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. The Faculty of Arts is often called the mother faculty of the University, many other faculties and departments of the university grew around it. [2] Faculty of Arts Building, BHU.jpg Old CHC Building (Panoramic View)

Organization

Faculty of Arts' administrative head is a dean. The dean is responsible for all aspects of the faculty's operations, including budgets, administration, planning, support services, faculty appointments, curricula and student affairs. The dean is appointed by and reports to the Vice-Chancellor of the university.

There are 23 different departments in the Faculty of Arts that offer Certificate courses, Special courses, Undergraduate diploma, undergraduate degree (UG), advanced postgraduate diploma, postgraduate degree (PG) and Doctorate in following three categoriesHistory, Culture and Philosophy; Language and Literature; and Professional and Vocational courses. [3] [2]

Departments

The faculty houses departments of various languages such as those of English, Bengali, French, Hindi, Sanskrit, Telugu, German, Marathi, Arabic, Urdu, Persian other foreign languages, other Indian languages; it also houses departments of linguistics, archaeology, Pali & Buddhism, philosophy and religion, physical education, journalism, history of art, and library science. The faculty has niche departments such as Bhojpuri Adhyayan Kendra (transl.  Bhojpuri Studies Centre), Bharat Adhyayan Kendra (transl.  Indian subcontinent Studies Centre), and Malaviya Moolya Anusheelan Kendra (transl.  Malviya Values Pursuance Centre). [4] [5]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the faculty of arts include:

NameCourseSubjectYearOccupationRemarks
Ahmad Hasan Dani MA Sanskrit 1944Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian & linguist First Muslim graduate of BHU [6]
Anant Sadashiv Altekar –––Historian, archaeologist and numismatist [7]
Awadh Kishore Narain MA AIHC 1947Indian historian, archaeologist & numismatist [8] [9]
B. D. Lakshman BA –– Indo-Fijian politician, union leader & businessman
Baldev Upadhyaya MA Sanskrit 1922 Hindi & Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist & critic Padma Bhushan awardee [10]
Colin Turnbull MA Indian Religion & Philosophy 1947British-American anthropologist [11]
Kashinath Singh PhD Hindi 1965Indian writer and scholar of Hindi language Sahitya Akademi Awardee [12]
Koenraad Elst MA Indology 1992 Orientalist and Indologist–
Kuber Nath Rai – Hindi & Sanskrit – Hindi literature & Sanskrit scholar–
Lal Mani Joshi MA Pali 1964Buddhist scholar–
Liu Anwu MA Hindi 1958Chinese translator–
Ma Su Krishnamurthy MA Hindi 1962 Kannada and Hindi writer–
Manu Bhandari MA Hindi 1953 Hindi writer–
Paragu –––Burmese writer–
Prithvi Nath Kaula ––– Library and Information Sciences specialist Padma Shri awardee. [13]
Rajbali Pandey PhD ––Indian writer and author
Ram Krishna Singh MA English 1972Reviewer, critic and contemporary poet–
Rewa Prasad Dwivedi MA Sanskrit 1962 Sanskrit scholar and poet [14]
Robert M. Pirsig MA Eastern Philosophy & culture 1954American writer and philosopher–
Umanath Singh BA, MA Hindi, Sanskrit & History 1956, 1958Indian professor
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena ---Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright–
Satya Vrat Shastri PhD Sanskrit - Sanskrit scholar, writer, grammarian and poet–
Shankar Dayal Singh BA --Indian Politician–
Sita Ram Chaturvedi ---Indian educator, dramatist and scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit language and literature-

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References

  1. ↑ Faculty of Arts, BHU (Dean) bhu.ac.in
  2. 1 2 3 "About Faculty of Arts". BHU website. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Courses" (PDF). Official website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Arts Faculty website". Archived from the original on 19 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Banaras Hindu University gets a Department of Museology". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "Alumni:Ahmad Hasan Dani". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Book Excerptise: Education in ancient india by Anant Sadashiv Altekar". www.cse.iitk.ac.in. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Alumni:Awadh Kishore Narain". Banaras Hindu University website. Retrieved 20 May 2015.{{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Professor A.K. Narain, Historian of India and IABS Founding Member, passed away | IABS" . Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  10. ↑ Baldev Upadhyaya Felicitation Volume, (Ed.) G.C. Tripathi, Journal of the Ganganath Jha, Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Allahabad, 1983.
  11. ↑ "Alumni:Colin Turnbull". Official website of the biography. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Alumni:Kashinath Singh". Samanvay Indian Languages Festival. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Alumni:Prithvi Nath Kaula". IT BHU Global. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  14. ↑ Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit Literature (2003), pp. 427–429

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