PM Modi likely to address VBU convocation in February
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the annual convocation of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) in Santiniketan during the last week of February.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the annual convocation of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) in Santiniketan during the last week of February.
Amid massive unrest in neighbouring Bangladesh following the assassination of Osman Hadi, around 35 Bangladeshi students studying at Visva-Bharati University (VBU) in Santiniketan are unable to return home due to a visa crisis.
Visva-Bharati University (VBU) has announced that it will hold Basant Utsav on 11 March this year, instead of 14 March, the day of Dol Yatra.
The administration of Visva – Bharati University (VBU), district administration and Birbhum zilla parishad top officials have inspected the Purbapally Ground for the upcoming Poush Mela in Santiniketan.
Hotel, resort and homestay owners of Bolpur are elated as Poush Mela officially returns after a hiatus of over five years.
Poush Mela used to be jointly organised by the Santiniketan Trust and Visva-Bharati University. Last time the Poush Mela was held at the Purba Pally Ground was in 2019.
On 5 September, Anamika Singh, a third year student of Shilpa Sadan and a resident of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh had allegedly consumed poison in the Amrapali Girls Hostel in Santiniketan.
Students of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) are agitating and gheraoed the Santiniketan police station after a third year student had an unnatural death.
Professor Sanjay Kumar Mallick has taken over the charge from the controversial full-time vice-chancellor professor Bidyut Chakraborty and since then the situation of Santiniketan has improved and the varisity’s relation with the state government has also improved.
Acting vice-chancellor of VBU, Professor Sanjay Kumar Mallick took part in the celebrations on Rabindra Jayanti today.
