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| Motto | Pursuit of Excellence |
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| Type | Central |
| Established | 1987 |
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| Chancellor | Ahmed Javed |
| Vice-Chancellor | Ganga Prasad Prasain |
| Rector | Governor of Tripura |
| Visitor | President of India |
| Location | Suryamaninagar , , 23°45′40″N91°15′58″E / 23.761°N 91.266°E |
| Campus | Rural |
| Language | English, Bengali, Kokborok, Hindi |
| Website | tripurauniv |
Tripura University is a central university, the main public government university of the state of Tripura in India. [1]
Higher education in Tripura has its beginning with Maharaja Bir Bikram College (MBBC), the first-degree college in the state, established in 1947, and affiliates to Calcutta University (CU). This was followed by Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya in 1950, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar College formerly known as Belonia College in 1964 and Ramthakur College in 1967, all affiliated to the CU. No postgraduate college existed in Tripura, until in 1967 the University Grants Commission (UGC) sanctioned a post-graduate wing of CU, named Calcutta University Post graduate Centre (CUPGC), established in 1985. In 1987 Tripura University was established through the Tripura University Act, on the grounds of CUPGC. [2]
In 2007 Tripura University was elevated to a central university under the Tripura University Act, 2006. [3] Sudip Bandopadhya was appointed the first chancellor and Arunoday Saha the first vice-chancellor (VC). [4] Saha was followed by Anjan Kumar Ghosh, [5] followed by Vijaykumar Laxmikantrao Dharurkar, who was appointed the third VC in July 2018. [6] In September 2019, Dharurkar resigned over corruption allegations [7] and was replaced by acting VC Sangram Sinha. [8] Sinha was replaced by acting VC Mahesh Kumar Singh in January 2020, [9] who remained in the position until August 2020, when Ganga Prasad Prasain was appointed VC. [10]
The campus of Tripura University is situated at Suryamaninagar, 10 km away from the city centre of Agartala.
Notable affiliated colleges include:
Agartala is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Haora/Saidra River, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the border with Bangladesh and about 2,499 km (1,552 mi) from the national capital, New Delhi. According to 2022 AMC data, Agartala is the second most populous city after Guwahati in Northeast India. It is India's third international internet gateway and being developed under the Smart Cities Mission.
Kokborok (or Tripuri) is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from kok meaning "verbal" or "language" and borok meaning "people" or "human", It is one of the ancient languages of Northeast India.
National Institute of Technology Agartala is a technology-oriented institute of higher education established by India's Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India in Agartala, India. It was founded as Tripura Engineering College in 1965 and declared a National Institute of Technology (NIT) in 2006, thus being recognized as an Institute of National Importance.
Belonia is a town and municipal council in South Tripura district, Tripura, India. It is also the headquarters of South Tripura District. It is linked with Agartala by National Highway 108A from Belonia to Jolaibari and via National Highway 8 from Jolaibari to Agartala. Belonia lies on the border with Bangladesh.
Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur was a king of Tripura State.He is popularly known as "The Architect Of Modern Tripura"
Syandan Patrika is an Indian Bengali language daily newspaper published from Tripura, India. It was founded and is currently managed by Subal Kumar Dey.
The Government of Tripura, also known as the State Government of Tripura, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Tripura and its 8 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Tripura, a judiciary and a legislative branch.
Ramkrishna Mahabhidyalay is a general degree college affiliated with Tripura University located in Kailashahar, Tripura. It is the second-oldest college in Tripura, established in 1950. This college provides several undergraduate courses and also offers two postgraduate courses starting in 2022.
Sudip Roy Barman is an Indian politician from Tripura. He served as the MLA of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from the Agartala constituency which he held since 1998 by winning four elections consecutively on INC ticket by handsome margins. In 2018, he contested from Agartala constituency and won on BJP ticket. On 7 February 2022, he quit BJP and resigned from his MLA post. On 8 February he joined the Indian National Congress in Delhi. Again on 23 June 2022, he contested from Agartala constituency and won on INC ticket defeating his nearest rival of BJP by more than 3500 votes.
Maharaja Bir Bikram University is a state university located at Agartala, Tripura, India. It is the first state university in the state of Tripura. The university is named after Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman, the last ruling maharaja of the princely state of Tripura.
Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar College,, established in 22nd May, 1964, is one of the oldest college in South Tripura. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and science. It is affiliated to Tripura University.
Biplab Kumar Deb is an Indian politician serving as Member of parliament from Tripura west. He served as the Member of Rajya Sabha from Tripura from 2022 to 2024. He also served as the 10th Chief Minister of Tripura from 2018 to 2022. He was the member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from Banamalipur constituency from 2018 to 2022. He was also the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura unit from 2016 to 2018. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Atul Debbarma is an Indian doctor-turned-politician and author. He was a practicing doctor in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi until December 2017. He became involved with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its different wings such as Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram and Vivekananda International Foundation in 2007. He won the Tripura Assembly Elections 2018 as the BJP candidate from Krishnapur constituency.
Jishnu Dev Varma, is an Indian politician serving as the 3rd and current Governor of Telangana since 31 July 2024. He is from Tripura, and has previously served as the 2nd Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura from 2018 to 2023. He served as the MLA of Charilam from 2018 till 2023. He was the head of the Badminton Association of India, and is currently the president of its Tripura unit.
Ratan Lal Nath is an Indian politician from Tripura. He is the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Power and Election in the second Manik Saha Ministry. He joined BJP in 2017 after leaving National Congress.He became the MLA from Mohanpur Constituency by defeating CPI(M) Candidate Subash Chandra Debnath by a margin of 5,176 votes.
The 12th Tripura Assembly were formed by the members elected in the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election. Elections were held in 59 constituencies of the state on 18 February 2018. Votes were counted on 3 March 2018.
The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), also known as the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance, is a regional political party and previously a social organisation in Tripura, India. The TIPRA is led by Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma. It is currently the second largest party in Tripura Legislative Assembly.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, or simply, BJP Tripura, is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party of the Tripura. Its head office is situated at 12-A, Krishnanagar Main Road,, Po.Agartala(Main), Dist.West Tripura-799 001, Tripura, India. The current president of BJP Tripura is Rajiv Bhattacharjee.
2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly elections were held on 16 February 2023 to elect all 60 members of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 2 March 2023.
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