Tag: Shantiniketan

PM Modi to address Visva-Bharati University centenary celebrations on 24 December

Founded by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, Visva-Bharati is also the oldest Central University in the country.

December 23, 2020

Set up system for solid waste disposal, drainage in Shantiniketan: NGT

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is the nodal agency for the project.

December 14, 2019

The interesting case of missing Tagore memorabilia at Darjeeling museum

What allegedly missing were replicas, and they have been found, says official; no one knows where are original ones are

December 1, 2018

Feminist concerns

The Rasaja Foundation was set up in memory of eminent artist-writer-teacher Jaya Appasamy, who passed away in 1989. The idea behind Rasaja is to develop a new strategy, with the firm belief that the Foundation must provide a historically significant edifice to support the conservation of a rich cultural heritage of the world as a...

January 11, 2017

Planning new varsity on lines of Visva Bharati: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the state government is planning to set up a new varsity near the centrally-funded Visva Bharati University (VBU) in Shantiniketan. "We are planning to set up a new national standard university named 'Biswa-Bangla Biswabidyalaya' within three minute's distance from the VBU in Shantiniketan," Banerjee said at...

January 7, 2017