Banaras Hindu Universitylisten (help·info) (BHU) IAST: kāśīhindūviśvavidyālaya IPA:/kaːʃiːhɪnd̪uːʋɪʃwəʋid̪jaːləj/),is a collegiate,central,and research university located in Varanasi,Uttar Pradesh,India,and founded in 1916. The university incorporated the Central Hindu College,founded by Indian Home Rule-leaguer and Theosophist,Annie Besant in 1898. After Besant and her associates were marginalized,the university was established by Madan Mohan Malaviya with the financial support of the maharaja of Dharbhanga Rameshwar Singh,the maharaja of Benares Prabhu Narayan Singh,and the lawyer Sunder Lal. With over 30,000 students,and 18,000 residing on campus,BHU is the largest residential university in Asia. The university is one of the eight public institutions declared as an Institute of Eminence by the Government of India.
Ram Bahadur Rai is a senior Hindi journalist. He is Former news editor of Hindi daily Jansatta. He has published and authored and edited several of books. He is known for some impressive biographies,written in Hindi,namely Shashwat Vidrohi Rajneta based on life and acts of Gandhian socialist Acharya J. B. Kripalani,Rahvari ke Sawal on Chandrashekhar and Manjil se Jyada Safar on V P Singh. He was a close associate of the Indian freedom fighter and political leader Jayaprakash Narayan and was also part of a Steering Committee of JP Movement.
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.
The vice-chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (VC-BHU) is the chief administrator,and a full-time salaried officer of the Banaras Hindu University. The vice-chancellor derives his powers from sections 7(B) and 7(C) of the Banaras Hindu University Act and from the statutes of the said act.
Mahendra Nath Pandey is an Indian politician currently serving as Minister of Heavy Industries he previously served as Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and Member of Lok Sabha for Chandauli since 2014. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and is the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Human Resource Development between 2016 and 2017. He is a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019,he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship,Government of India.
Lalji Singh FNA,FASc was an Indian scientist who worked in the field of DNA fingerprinting technology in India,where he was popularly known as the "Father of Indian DNA fingerprinting". Singh also worked in the areas of molecular basis of sex determination,wildlife conservation forensics and evolution and migration of humans. In 2004,he received the Padma Shri in recognition of his contribution to Indian science and technology.
Institute of Science,Banaras Hindu University (ISc-BHU) is a constituent institute of Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi,India which offers courses in Zoology,Botany,Biochemistry,Computer science,Geography,Mathematics,Physics,Geology,Geophysics,Chemistry,Statistics.
The Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal is a political party in India. It was founded in 2016. The Nishad Party was formed for empowerment of Nishad,Kewats,Bind,Mallah,Sahani,Kashyap,Gond communities whose traditional occupations centred on rivers,such as boatmen or fishermen. Its founder is Sanjay Nishad,a former member of the Bahujan Samaj Party. According to Nishad,a separate party representing these communities was essential as they had played an integral role in the victories of BSP and Samajwadi Party.
Namvar Singh was an Indian literary critic,linguist,academician and theoretician. He received his doctorate degree from Banaras Hindu University where he also taught for some time. He served as a professor of Hindi literature in several other universities. He was the founder and first chairman of Jawaharlal Nehru University's Centre of Indian Languages and continued to remain as a professor emeritus after his retirement in 1992.
Yedla C. Simhadri was an Indian academician and administrator. He has been the vice-chancellor of many Indian universities including Banaras Hindu University,Patna University,Andhra University,and Acharya Nagarjuna University.
Ashok Choudhary is an Indian politician from Barbigha Sheikhpura in Bihar,India. He has been a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council since 2014. Since June 2019,he is the Cabinet Minister for the Building Construction Department in the government led by Nitish Kumar. He previously was also Cabinet Minister for the Department of Education.
Kaushal Kishore Mishra is a retired professor of political science at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He was formerly the Dean (27th) of the Faculty of Social Sciences,Banaras Hindu University,preceding Arvind Kumar Joshi. Previously,he has been the head of the department of Political Science at Faculty of Social Sciences,Banaras Hindu University from 2014 to 2017. He has been the chair of the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Chair. He edited the Indian Journal of Political Science from 2016 to 2018.
The Banaras Hindu University Kulgeet,i.e.,Madhur Manohar Ateev Sundar is a poem written by Indian chemist and university professor Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar. It has been composed by Pt. Omkar Nath Thakur.
Anil Kumar Tripathi is an Indian politician and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the Menhdawal constituency in Sant Kabir Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
Sanjay Nishad is an Indian politician serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Uttar Pradesh Government. He has been a Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council since 2021. Belonging to the Nishad caste,he founded the Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal or NISHAD Party in 2016.
Kamalakar Tripathi,born in Madanpur,is an Indian physician and former professor in the Department of Medicine,BHU Institute of Medical Sciences. He has been the Head of Nephrology Department. He currently resides in Ravindrapuri Extension of Varanasi.
Giridhar Malaviya is the chancellor of Banaras Hindu University and a retired judge of Allahabad High Court.
Vinay Kumar Tripathi is an Indian officer and locomotive engineer who is serving as Chairperson of the Railway Board and served as General Secretary of North Eastern Railway zone.
