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| Motto | Pursuit of Excellence |
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| Type | Central |
| Established | 1987 |
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| Vice-Chancellor | Ganga Prasad Prasain |
| 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 Tripura, 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 affiliate 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 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 as 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 from his position under corruption allegations [7] and replaced with acting VC Sangram Sinha. [8] Sinha was replaced with acting VC Mahesh Kumar Singh in January 2020, [9] who filled up 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 River, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the border with Bangladesh and about 2,499 km (1,52 mi) from the national capital, New Delhi. According to 2022 census, Agartala is the second-most populous city in Northeast India with a population of about 5.7 lakh. 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.
Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay CIE, popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar ';, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali prose were significant. He also rationalised and simplified the Bengali alphabet and type, which had remained unchanged since Charles Wilkins and Panchanan Karmakar had cut the first (wooden) Bengali type in 1780.
Jhargram is a planned city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jhargram district. It is a popular tourist destination known for its forests, ancient temples and royal palaces.
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.
Radhanagore in the khanakul Town Arambagh subdivision of the Hooghly District of West Bengal, India. It is the birthplace of Raja Rammohun Roy. Located near Khanakul, it is approachable from Tarakeswar or Arambag. Mundeswari river flows nearby.
Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Debbarma Bahadur was a king of Tripura State.
The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is a Government of West Bengal administered, UGC affiliated, NAAC accredited, collegiate Public Research university in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It offers courses at the Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral levels.
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, and as of 2023, the only 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.
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.
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 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.
Arunoday Saha is an Indian Bengali academician, former professor, politician and writer from Agartala, Tripura. He was appointed first vice-chancellor of Tripura University when it became a central university in 2007.
Manik Saha is an Indian politician serving as the 11th and current Chief Minister of Tripura since 2022. He represents the Town Bordowali Assembly constituency in the Tripura Legislative Assembly since 2022. He was also the former member of Rajya Sabha from Tripura from 2022 until he became Chief Minister in 2022 and the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura from 2020 to 2022. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party since 2016 and Indian National Congress before 2016.
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