Banaras Hindu University#Library

File:Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya ji at the BHU Varanasi.jpgThe Banaras Hindu University was jointly established by Madan Mohan Malaviya, Annie Besant, Maharaja Rameshwar Singh of Darbhanga Raj and Prabhu Narayan Singh and Aditya Narayan Singh of Narayan dynasty, while the university is the brainchild of Malviya.{{Cite web|date=30 June 2016|title=Tradition meets modernity|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/education/story/20160711-banaras-hindu-university-best-college-in-varanasi-829188-2016-06-30|access-date=12 January 2022|website=India Today|language=en|archive-date=12 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112190403/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/education/story/20160711-banaras-hindu-university-best-college-in-varanasi-829188-2016-06-30|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Shekhar|first=Shashi|date=25 December 2017|title='Mahamana': A forgotten visionary|url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/6EvL9afbnsGs183LaQVR0I/Mahamana-A-forgotten-visionary.html|access-date=13 January 2022|website=mint|language=en|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113093039/https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/6EvL9afbnsGs183LaQVR0I/Mahamana-A-forgotten-visionary.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Anurag |title=Bhramins: who refused to beg |date=14 September 2023 |publisher=notionpress.com |isbn=979-8-88833-370-9 |edition=2nd}}

At the 21st Conference of the Indian National Congress in Benares in December 1905, Malaviya publicly announced his intent to establish a university in Banaras. Malaviya continued to develop his vision for the university with inputs from other Indian nationalists and educationists. He published his plan in 1911. The focus of his arguments was the prevailing poverty in India and the decline in income of Indians compared to Europeans. The plan called for the focus on technology and science, besides the study of India's religion and culture:{{cite web |year=2006 |title=Founder of Banaras Hindu University: Mahamana Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya |url=http://bhu.ac.in/MMMMM.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412191310/http://www.bhu.ac.in/MMMMM.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2012 |access-date=2012-06-04 |publisher=Banarash Hindu University |page=19}}

"The millions mired in poverty here can only get rid (of it) when science is used in their interest. Such maximum application of science is only possible when scientific knowledge is available to Indians in their own country."

-- Madan Mohan Malviya

Following the publication of Malviya's plan, Besant met Malviya and in April 1911 they agreed to unite their forces to build the university in Varanasi.{{cite web|url=http://bhu.ac.in/mahamana.htm|title=Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya: The Man, The Spirit, The Vision|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|access-date=3 June 2012|archive-date=14 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614094235/http://www.bhu.ac.in/mahamana.htm|url-status=dead}}

Malaviya soon left his legal practice to focus exclusively on developing the university and his independence activities.{{cite web|url=http://bhu.ac.in/MMMMM.pdf|title=Founder of Banaras Hindu University: Mahamana Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya|publisher=Banarash Hindu University|page=11|year=2006|access-date=4 June 2012|archive-date=12 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412191310/http://www.bhu.ac.in/MMMMM.pdf|url-status=dead}} On 22 November 1911, he registered the Hindu University Society to gather support and raise funds for building the university.{{cite web|url=http://bhu.ac.in/MMMMM1.pdf|title=Founder of Banaras Hindu University: Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya|publisher=Banarash Hindu University|page=30|year=2006|access-date=6 June 2012|archive-date=13 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513080506/http://bhu.ac.in/MMMMM1.pdf|url-status=dead}} He spent the next four years gathering support and raising funds for the university. Malaviya sought and received early support from the Kashi Naresh Prabhu Narayan Singh and Rameshwar Singh Bahadur of Raj Darbhanga. Thakur Jadunath Singh of Arkha along with other noble houses of United Provinces contributed for the development of the university.{{cite book |last1=Dar |first1=S.L. |url=https://archive.org/details/history-of-bhu |title=History Of The Banaras Hindu University |last2=Somaskandan |first2=S. |publisher=Banaras Hindu University Press |year=1966 |isbn=8185305226 |location= |page=273 |language=English |author-link=}}File:Prospectus of a Proposed Hindu University Banaras Hindu University BHU Varanasi.jpg

On 22 March 1915, then Education Minister Harcourt Butler introduced the Benares Hindu University Bill in the Imperial Legislative Council.{{cite book|last1=Dar|first1=S.L.|url=https://archive.org/details/history-of-bhu|title=History Of The Banaras Hindu University|last2=Somaskandan|first2=S.|publisher=Banaras Hindu University Press|year=1966|isbn=8185305226|location=|page=271|language=English|author-link=}} In his speech, he remarked about the university:{{Blockquote|text=My Lord, this is no ordinary occasion. We are watching to-day the birth of a new and, many hope, a better type of University in India. The main features of this University, which distinguish it from existing Universities, will be, first, that it will be a teaching and residential University; secondly, that while it will be open to all castes and creeds, it will insist upon religious instructions for Hindus, and thirdly, that it will be conducted and managed by the Hindu community and almost entirely by non-officials.|author=Harcourt Butler 11 March 1915, Imperial Legislative Council, New Delhi, India }}The Benares Hindu University Bill was passed on 1 October 1915 and assented by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India on the same day.

BHU was finally established in 1916, the first university in India that was the result of people's efforts.{{Cite book|last=Jha|first=Tejakar|title=The Inception of Banaras Hindu University: Who Was the Founder in the Light of Historical Documents?|publisher=Partridge India|date=7 August 2015|isbn=978-1482852486|location=Delhi|pages=15–20}} The foundation for the main campus of the university was laid by Lord Hardinge, the then Viceroy of India, on Vasant Panchami 4 February 1916.{{cite journal|date=25 October 2011|title=Madan Mohan Malaviya and Banaras Hindu University|url=https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/101/08/1091.pdf|journal=Current Science|publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences|volume=101|issue=8|access-date=6 June 2012|archive-date=17 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617123506/http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/101/08/1091.pdf|url-status=live}} To promote the university's expansion, Malviya invited eminent guest speakers such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jagadish Chandra Bose, C. V. Raman, Prafulla Chandra Ray, Sam Higginbottom, Patrick Geddes, and Besant to deliver a series of what are now called The University Extension Lectures between 5–8 February 1916. Gandhi's lecture on the occasion was his first public address in India.

Sunder Lal was appointed the first vice-chancellor, and the university began its academic session{{cite web |title=History of BHU |url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/history1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184751/http://www.bhu.ac.in/history1.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015 |access-date=8 January 2010 |publisher=Banaras Hindu University website}} the same month with classes initially held at the Central Hindu School in the Kamachha area, while the campus was being built on over {{convert|1300|acres|km2}} of land donated by the Kashi Naresh on the outskirts of the city. The Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, Mir Osman Ali Khan, also made a donation to the university.{{cite news |url =https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/A-lsquomiser-who-donated-generously/article15988076.ece |title =A 'miser' who donated generously |newspaper =The Hindu |date =24 May 2013 |access-date =8 July 2018 |archive-date =5 October 2020 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20201005104303/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/A-lsquomiser-who-donated-generously/article15988076.ece |url-status =live }}{{cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/reminiscing-seventh-nizam-enormous-contribution-education|title=Reminiscing the seventh Nizam's enormous contribution to education|first=AuthorJS|last=Ifthekhar|website=Telangana Today|access-date=16 September 2018|archive-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826125103/https://telanganatoday.com/reminiscing-seventh-nizam-enormous-contribution-education|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://missiontelangana.com/nizam-gave-funding-for-temples-and-hindu-educational-institutions|title=Nizam gave funding for temples, and Hindu educational institutions|date=28 May 2013|access-date=16 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708074635/http://missiontelangana.com/nizam-gave-funding-for-temples-and-hindu-educational-institutions/|archive-date=8 July 2018|url-status=dead}}

The university's anthem, called Kulgeet, was composed by university professor and eminent scientist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/malviyaheritage/heritage.html|title=Heritage Complex|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|access-date=4 June 2012|archive-date=13 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513023453/http://bhu.ac.in/malviyaheritage/heritage.html|url-status=dead}}

{{Wide image|Centenary Year of Banaras Hindu University Coins.jpg|400|Scrollable image. Commemorative coins released on the centenary year of Banaras Hindu University{{Cite web|date=2015-09-04|title=Centennial celebrations: Govt to release special coins, stamps of BHU|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/centennial-celebrations-govt-to-release-special-coins-stamps-of-bhu/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111070421/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/centennial-celebrations-govt-to-release-special-coins-stamps-of-bhu/|url-status=live}}

}}{{Wide image|Stamp of India - 2017 - Colnect 709426 - Benares Hindu University.jpeg|400|Scrollable image. Commemorative stamps released on the centenary year of Banaras Hindu University{{Cite web |title=बीएचयू के शताब्दी वर्ष पर पांच व 15 रुपये का डाक टिकट जारी |trans-title=Postal stamp of Rs 5 and Rs 15 released on centenary of BHU |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/bhu-century-year-post-stamp-release |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}}}

Banaras Hindu University's main campus is located on the southern edge of Varanasi, near the banks of the river Ganges. Development of the main campus, spread over {{convert|1370|acre|km2}},{{Cite web |title=About Varanasi |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/seminar/NSU/ABOUT%20CITY.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207130324/https://www.bhu.ac.in/seminar/NSU/ABOUT%20CITY.htm |archive-date=7 February 2022 |access-date=7 February 2022 |website=www.bhu.ac.in}}{{Cite web |title=84th Annual Convention of Indian Society of Soil Science |url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/seminar/mar2019/26/460.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206173006/http://www.bhu.ac.in/seminar/mar2019/26/460.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2019 |access-date=7 February 2022}} started in 1916 on land donated by the then Kashi Naresh Prabhu Narayan Singh. The campus layout approximates a semicircle, with intersecting roads laid out along the radii or in arcs. Buildings built in the first half of the 20th century are fine examples of Indo-Gothic architecture.

The campus has over 65 hostels offering residential accommodation for over 12,000 students.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/student/index.html|title=Student Amenities|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|access-date=4 June 2012|archive-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901034326/http://bhu.ac.in/student/index.html|url-status=dead}} On-campus housing is also available to a majority of the full-time faculty.

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The main entrance gate and boundary wall was built on the donation made by Maharaja of Balrampur, Maharaja Pateshvari Prashad Singh, and is named after him as the {{Lang|hi|Singh Dwar}} ({{Translation|Singh Gate}}).{{Cite web|date=6 January 2020|title=अब BHU सिंह द्वार पर नहीं होगा धरना-प्रदर्शन, विश्वविद्यालय ने लगाई रोक {{!}} BHU decides venue for protests|url=https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/bhu-decides-venue-for-protests-5604101/|access-date=11 January 2022|website=Patrika News|language=hi-IN|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111072511/https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/bhu-decides-venue-for-protests-5604101/|url-status=live}}

The Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library is the main library on campus and houses over 1.3 million volumes as of 2011. Completed in 1941, its construction was financed by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda. In addition to the main library, there are three institute libraries, eight faculty libraries and over 25 departmental libraries available to students and staff.

Sir Sunderlal Hospital on the campus is a teaching hospital for the Institute of Medical Sciences. Established in 1926 with 96 beds, it has since been expanded to over 900 beds and is the largest tertiary referral hospital in the region.

The most prominent landmark is the Shri Vishwanath Mandir, located in the centre of the campus. The foundation for this {{convert|252|ft|m}} high complex of seven temples was laid in March 1931, and took almost three decades to complete.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/aboutbhu/landmarks.html|title=Landmarks and Heritage of BHU|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|access-date=4 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614160823/http://www.bhu.ac.in/aboutbhu/landmarks.html|archive-date=14 June 2012}}

Established in 1920, Bharat Kala Bhavan is the university museum of the Banaras Hindu University. It is situated inside the main campus of the university with over 100,000 holdings which include artifacts, paintings, philately, textiles, costumes, etc.{{Cite web |title=Collection : Bharat Kala Bhavan |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/kala/collection.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124073715/https://www.bhu.ac.in/kala/collection.htm |archive-date=24 January 2022 |access-date=24 January 2022 |website=www.bhu.ac.in}}{{Cite web |date=15 June 2015 |title=Bharat Kala Bhawan (Museum) |url=http://www.easternuptourism.com/Bharat-Kala-Bhawan.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615061606/http://www.easternuptourism.com/Bharat-Kala-Bhawan.jsp |archive-date=15 June 2015 |access-date=24 January 2022}}

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The south campus is located in Barkachha in Mirzapur district, about {{convert|60|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of the main campus. Spread over an area of over {{convert|2700|acre|km2}}, it was transferred as a lease in perpetuity to BHU by the Bharat Mandal Trust in 1979.{{cite web|url=http://bhu.ac.in/barkachha/index.html|title=History|publisher=RGSC, Banaras Hindu University|access-date=25 June 2015|archive-date=8 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608011243/http://www.bhu.ac.in/barkachha/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |author=Binay Singh |date=Dec 13, 2019 |title=Banaras Hindu University to erase Rajiv Gandhi's name from south campus |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/banaras-hindu-university-to-erase-rajiv-gandhis-name-from-south-campus/articleshow/72500371.cms |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045855/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/banaras-hindu-university-to-erase-rajiv-gandhis-name-from-south-campus/articleshow/72500371.cms |url-status=live }}File:RGSC BHU.jpg

It hosts the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Agricultural Science Centre), with focus on research in agricultural techniques, agro-forestry and bio-diversity appropriate to the Vindhya Range region.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/barkachha/projects.html|title=Research Projects|publisher=Krishi Vigyan Kendra, BHU|access-date=4 June 2012|archive-date=18 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618043045/http://www.bhu.ac.in/barkachha/projects.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |date=2019-12-27 |title=BHU में खुला ऐसा केंद्र जो किसानों की समस्या दूर करने संग आय बढाने के देगा टिप्स {{!}} RKY Speed Agricultural Industry Promotion Center Start in BHU |url=https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/rky-speed-agricultural-industry-promotion-center-start-in-bhu-5562316/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Patrika News |language=hi-IN |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/rky-speed-agricultural-industry-promotion-center-start-in-bhu-5562316/ |url-status=live }} The South Campus features a lecture complex, library, student hostels and faculty housing, besides administrative offices.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/barkachha/infrastructure.html|title=Infrastructure|publisher=Krishi Vigyan Kendra, BHU|access-date=4 June 2012|archive-date=18 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618042920/http://www.bhu.ac.in/barkachha/infrastructure.html|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |agency=TNN |date=May 17, 2010 |title=BHU south campus library to go digital |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-south-campus-library-to-go-digital/articleshow/5941886.cms |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-south-campus-library-to-go-digital/articleshow/5941886.cms |url-status=live }}

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BHU is a fully residential university with a total of 66 hostels{{Cite web |agency=TNN |date=Jun 23, 2012 |title=BHU faces shortage of hostels |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-faces-shortage-of-hostels/articleshow/14346937.cms |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045854/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-faces-shortage-of-hostels/articleshow/14346937.cms |url-status=live }} - 41 hostels for male, 21 hostels for female students, and 4 hostels for International students.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/accommodation/|access-date=10 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107231024/https://www.bhu.ac.in/accommodation/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2016 |title=Tradition meets modernity |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/education/story/20160711-banaras-hindu-university-best-college-in-varanasi-829188-2016-06-30 |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=India Today |language=en |archive-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112190403/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/education/story/20160711-banaras-hindu-university-best-college-in-varanasi-829188-2016-06-30 |url-status=live }}

Hostels in the university are divided among different faculties, institutes, campuses, and colleges catering to their specific demands.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-12 |title=BHU to make 3 new hostels to accommodate RGSC college students |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/education/bhu-to-make-3-new-hostels-to-accommodate-rgsc-college-students-article-90166357 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=TimesNow |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045854/https://www.timesnownews.com/education/bhu-to-make-3-new-hostels-to-accommodate-rgsc-college-students-article-90166357 |url-status=live }} Out of the four separate hostels for international students, two are for boys and the other two for girls.

Hostels of the university are named after several historically important figures such as Raja Baldev Das Jugal Kishore Birla, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Rani Laxmibai and M. Visvesvaraya. Some hostels are named after important rivers of India; 'Triveni' for instance was initially a cluster of three girls' hostels named after rivers Ganga, Yamuna, and Sarasvati; thereby the cluster being called after Triveni Sangam. Later, hostels named after river Godavari and Kaveri were also added to the 'Triveni' block.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/accommodation/hostel_femal.php|access-date=10 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=10 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210142200/https://www.bhu.ac.in/accommodation/hostel_femal.php|url-status=dead}}

BHU also provides on-campus residence to a substantial number of teaching and non-teaching staff. There are 654 quarters for teaching staff, 688 quarters for non-teaching staff.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/accommodation/employeeaccomodation.php|access-date=10 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=10 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210150726/https://www.bhu.ac.in/accommodation/employeeaccomodation.php|url-status=dead}}

{{See also|Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University}}

File:President Droupadi Murmu official portrait higher version.jpg Droupadi Murmu, Visitor of the university]]

The President of India (as of December 2022, Droupadi Murmu) is the visitor of the Banaras Hindu University.{{Cite web |title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/admin/visitor.php |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.bhu.ac.in |archive-date=29 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729174154/https://www.bhu.ac.in/admin/visitor.php |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=इलाहाबाद हाई कोर्ट ने कहा- BHU के बर्खास्त सहायक प्रोफेसर की विजिटर के समक्ष लंबित अपील का 1 माह में हो निस्‍तारण |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad-city-allahabad-high-court-expressed-hope-of-passing-an-appropriate-order-on-appeal-pending-before-visitor-of-dismissed-assistant-professor-of-bhu-23101400.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad-city-allahabad-high-court-expressed-hope-of-passing-an-appropriate-order-on-appeal-pending-before-visitor-of-dismissed-assistant-professor-of-bhu-23101400.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2006-02-27 |title=Kalam to address BHU convocation |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kalam-to-address-bhu-convocation/story-01f8mihoQ5LIGOUftmQ8cL.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kalam-to-address-bhu-convocation/story-01f8mihoQ5LIGOUftmQ8cL.html |url-status=live }} The university's formal head is the chancellor (currently vacant), though this is a titular figure, and is not involved with the day-to-day running of the university.{{cite web|title=Madan Mohan Malviya's grandson named new chancellor of BHU|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/nov/26/justice-girdhar-malviya-elected-banaras-hindu-universitys-new-chancellor-1903553.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108123556/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/nov/26/justice-girdhar-malviya-elected-banaras-hindu-universitys-new-chancellor-1903553.html|archive-date=8 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=The New Indian Express|date=27 November 2018 }} The chancellor is elected by the members of the University Court. The university's chief executive is the Vice-chancellor (as of April 2025, Sanjay Kumar), appointed by the President of India on the recommendations of Ministry of Education which, in turn, is based on an open application process.{{Cite web|title=Appointment of Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University (BHU)|url=https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/advertisment/Advt_VC_BHU.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=25 December 2021|website=Ministry of Education (India)|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030115205/https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/advertisment/Advt_VC_BHU.pdf}}{{Cite web |title=Centre Posts Second Advertisement for BHU V-C Post within Nine Months, Eases Upper Age Limit |url=https://thewire.in/education/new-advertisement-forbhu-vc-post |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Wire |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://thewire.in/education/new-advertisement-forbhu-vc-post |url-status=live }} All permanent administrative offices of the university are located in the Central Office.{{Cite web |script-title=hi:BHU: छात्रों ने किया सेंट्रल ऑफिस पर प्रदर्शन |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/story-bhu-students-performed-at-central-office-2066781.html |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=Live Hindustan |language=hi |archive-date=23 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223045922/https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/story-bhu-students-performed-at-central-office-2066781.html |url-status=live }}

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The university is governed as per the procedures laid out in the Banaras Hindu University Act of 1915 (BHU Act), and statutes of the university.{{cite act |title=Banaras Hindu University Act 1915 |prefix=No. |index=16 |type=Act |date=1915-10-01 |jurisdiction=India |institution=Department of Higher Education |ref={{harvid|BHU Act|1915}} |url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2356?view_type=search&col=123456789/1362#tb2 |access-date=2024-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128170600/http://www.bhu.ac.in/bhuact_index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-01-28 }} The executive council is the supreme executive governing body of the university and exercises all the powers on management and administration of the revenue, property, and administrative affairs of the university. The University Court is the supreme advisory body to the Visitor for all matters not otherwise provided for by the Banaras Hindu University Act, and the statutes.{{harvp|BHU Act|1915|loc=§ 9, 10}} The Academic Council is the highest academic body of the university and is responsible for the maintenance of standards of instruction, education and examination within the university.{{harvp|BHU Act|1915|loc=ch II s 14}} It has the right to advise the executive council on all academic matters. The finance committee is responsible for recommending financial policies, goals, and budgets.{{harvp|BHU Act|1915|loc=ch II s 21}}. {{Cite web |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/bhuact/bhuact_chap212.htm |title=Bhu Act Chapter II |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307165122/https://www.bhu.ac.in/bhuact/bhuact_chap212.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}

The BHU Act has clearly laid out procedure and functions of different administrative bodies of the university. All officers of the university draw their power and responsibilities from the BHU Act of 1915, and statues of the university.{{harvp|BHU Act|1915|loc=ch II}}.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-27 |title=I don't run BHU on the basis of RSS or any political ideology, says VC Tripathi |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i-don-t-run-bhu-on-the-basis-of-rss-or-any-political-ideology-says-vc-tripathi/story-FrEyV6t2i960Md1kZKIkJJ.html |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=बाहरी दुर्दशाओं का समाधान कैंपस में न खोजें विधायक:BHU के प्रोफेसर ने कहा- मोहल्लों की नालियों को कैंपस से जोड़ना गलत, हमारे संसाधनों पर मनमानी नहीं कर सकते विधायक; वाराणसी में छात्र भी विरोध में उतरे |trans-title=MLAs should not find solutions to external plights in the campus: BHU professor said - It is wrong to connect the drains of the localities to the campus, MLAs cannot arbitrarily use our resources; Students also came out in protest in Varanasi |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/news/bhu-professor-said-that-it-is-illegal-to-connect-the-drains-of-the-localities-in-the-campus-mla-cannot-do-this-on-our-resources-students-also-came-out-on-protest-128874416.html |website=Dainik Bhaskar |language=hi}}

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{{Main|Shri Vishwanath Mandir}}File:New Vishwanath Temple at BHU.jpg has the tallest temple tower in the world.{{cite news|title=Brief description|publisher=Benaras Hindu University website|access-date=7 March 2015|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/VT/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425201106/http://www.bhu.ac.in/VT/|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2018}}]]The university has a university temple called Shri Vishwanath Mandir also known as Vishwanath Temple located in the center of the campus, primarily dedicated to Lord Shiva along with 8 other temples inside the main temple structure.{{cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.|url=https://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/UnitHomeTemplate/1_3316|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005162945/https://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/UnitHomeTemplate/1_3316|archive-date=5 October 2021|access-date=21 November 2021|website=new.bhu.ac.in}}{{Cite web |title=काशी के शिवालय: कुतुबमीनार से भी ऊंचा है बीएचयू का विश्वनाथ मंदिर, नर्मदेश्वर बाणलिंग के रूप में विराजते हैं बाबा विश्वनाथ |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/bhu-vishwanath-temple-in-varanasi-is-higher-than-qutub-minar-delhi |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045856/https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/bhu-vishwanath-temple-in-varanasi-is-higher-than-qutub-minar-delhi |url-status=live }}

BHU established International Centre, a university department, in 2004 to handle all international academic affairs such as foreign students' applications, international collaboration, international alumni outreach.{{Cite web|title=International Centre|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/Centre/index1.htm|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213155709/https://www.bhu.ac.in/Centre/index1.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |agency=TNN |date=Nov 5, 2022 |title=Vietnamese Delegation Visits Bhu For Student Exchange Programme |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/vietnamese-delegation-visits-bhu-for-student-exchange-programme/articleshow/95312749.cms |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045853/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/vietnamese-delegation-visits-bhu-for-student-exchange-programme/articleshow/95312749.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |author=Punkhuri Kapoor |date=Aug 7, 2016 |title=When Gurudev taught BHU to focus on arts |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/when-gurudev-taught-bhu-to-focus-on-arts/articleshow/53583055.cms |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/when-gurudev-taught-bhu-to-focus-on-arts/articleshow/53583055.cms |url-status=live }}

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The University Museum, Bharat Kala Bhavan, is an art and archaeological museum on the campus. Established in January 1920, its first chairman was Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, with his nephew Abanindranath Tagore as the vice-chairman. The museum was expanded and gained prominence with the efforts of Rai Krishnadasa.{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/kala/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521135427/http://www.bhu.ac.in/kala/history.htm |archive-date=21 May 2012 |access-date=4 June 2012 |publisher=Bharat Kala Bhavan}} The museum is best known for its collection of Indian paintings, but also includes archaeological artefacts, textiles and costumes, Indian philately as well as literary and archival materials.{{cite web |title=Collection |url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/kala/history.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521135427/http://www.bhu.ac.in/kala/history.htm |archive-date=21 May 2012 |access-date=4 June 2012 |publisher=Bharat Kala Bhavan}}{{Cite web |last=Rai |first=Prashant |date=2022-07-21 |title=Bharat Kala Bhavan BHU : An archeological museum |url=https://pocketexplorer.in/bhu-museum-varanasi/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=PocketExplorer |language=en-US |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045855/https://pocketexplorer.in/bhu-museum-varanasi/ |url-status=live }} The Alice Boner Gallery was also set up at Bharat Kala Bhavan with the assistance of the Alice Boner Foundation in 1989 to mark the birth centenary of Alice Boner.{{cite web |title=Alice Boner Gallery |url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/kala/gallery_aliceboner.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817193547/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/kala/gallery_aliceboner.htm |archive-date=17 August 2018}}{{Cite web |title=Alice from Switzerland: A Visionary Artist and Scholar Across Two Continents |url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/india/it/home/aktuell/agenda.html/content/countries/india/en/meta/agenda/2017/february/exhibition---alice-from-switzerland--a-visionary-artist-and-scho |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.eda.admin.ch |language=it |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045856/https://www.eda.admin.ch/countries/india/it/home/aktuell/agenda.html/content/countries/india/en/meta/agenda/2017/february/exhibition---alice-from-switzerland--a-visionary-artist-and-scho |url-status=live }}

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Established in 1936 with initial funding from Seth Jugal Kishore Birla, formally the Banaras Hindu University Press and Publication Cell, is the university press of BHU. It comprises two entities, namely BHU Press, and the Publication Cell. While the BHU press publishes books, and journals of the university, the Publication Cell looks after the sales aspect.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/press_and_publication/|access-date=22 January 2022|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122180044/https://www.bhu.ac.in/press_and_publication/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Publisher: Banaras Hindu University Press {{!}} Open Library|url=https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Banaras_Hindu_University_Press|access-date=22 January 2022|website=openlibrary.org|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122180041/https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Banaras_Hindu_University_Press|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=प्रज्ञा : Banaras Hindu University journal|url=http://www-lib.tufs.ac.jp/opac/recordID/catalog.bib/AA11238167|access-date=22 January 2022|website=東京外国語大学附属図書館OPAC|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122180042/http://www-lib.tufs.ac.jp/opac/recordID/catalog.bib/AA11238167|url-status=live}} The BHU Press also publishes Vishwa Panchang prepared by the Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan.{{Cite web|title=Vishwa Panchangam, Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya (22-23)|url=https://bhaktipooja.com/product/hrishikesh-panchang-kashi-21-22-हृषिकेश-पंचांग-काशी-2/|access-date=22 January 2022|website=Bhakti Pooja|language=en-US|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122185139/https://bhaktipooja.com/product/hrishikesh-panchang-kashi-21-22-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80-2/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=कांपेगा न्यूयार्क, भारत में अकाल-बाढ़ की भविष्यवाणी|url=https://www.amarujala.com/news-archives/india-news-archives/bhu-vishw-panchang-hindi-news-rk|access-date=22 January 2022|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122182104/https://www.amarujala.com/news-archives/india-news-archives/bhu-vishw-panchang-hindi-news-rk|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/ordinances/188x.pdf|title=Internal Audit BHU 2018|pages=85|access-date=22 January 2022|archive-date=19 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819114652/http://bhu.ac.in/ordinances/188x.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Academic entities in the Banaras Hindu University are divided in several types of units with varying independence and budget. Institutes are a cluster of one or more faculties; faculties are a cluster of one or more departments, departments are specifically dedicated to one subject such as political science, or mathematics, or pottery. The university also has special chairs, inter-disciplinary schools, and special centres.{{cite web|date=|title=The Schedule The Statutes Of The University|url=http://education.nic.in/cd50years/x/7H/8I/7H8I0201.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417011232/http://education.nic.in/cd50years/x/7H/8I/7H8I0201.htm|archive-date=17 April 2009|access-date=2 December 2021|website=education.nic.in}}

Banaras Hindu University maintains six institutes:{{cite web |title=UGC BHU Fact Sheet |url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/ugc/Annexure-I%20(A%20brief%20note%20about%20the%20University).doc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211052710/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/ugc/Annexure-I%20(A%20brief%20note%20about%20the%20University).doc |archive-date=11 December 2018}}

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The Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) has its roots in the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU). Upon receiving a proposal from the MHRD to convert IT-BHU into an Indian Institutes of Technology, the university's executive council approved the change in 2012.{{Cite web|title=IRMA - Home {{!}} Indian Institute of Technology(BHU)|url=https://iitbhu.ac.in/rnd/irma|access-date=12 December 2021|website=iitbhu.ac.in|archive-date=12 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212124838/https://iitbhu.ac.in/rnd/irma|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title='Turn BHU-ITI into full-fledged IIT'|url=https://www.rediff.com/money/2005/nov/18iit.htm|access-date=12 December 2021|website=Rediff|language=en|archive-date=12 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212124826/https://www.rediff.com/money/2005/nov/18iit.htm|url-status=live}} Today the IIT-BHU functions as an autonomous IIT, with certain powers vested in the BHU. IIT provides courses at UG, PG, and PhD level.{{Cite web |title=ISRO, IIT (BHU) To Collaborate On Research In Space Science Technology |url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/isro-iit-bhu-offer-short-term-projects-for-btech-mtech-research-students |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=NDTV.com |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://www.ndtv.com/education/isro-iit-bhu-offer-short-term-projects-for-btech-mtech-research-students |url-status=live }}

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The Institute of Science, originally established as the Faculty of Science and later upgraded, provides education in zoology, botany, biochemistry, computer science, geography, mathematics, physics, geology, geophysics, chemistry, statistics.{{Cite web |author=Binay Singh |date=Nov 23, 2022 |title=2 Bhu Profs Get 'outreach Grant' For Genetics Concept |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/2-bhu-profs-get-outreach-grant-for-genetics-concept/articleshow/95701847.cms |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/2-bhu-profs-get-outreach-grant-for-genetics-concept/articleshow/95701847.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |agency=TNN |date=Nov 13, 2022 |title=Bhu Prof Conferred Asca Award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-prof-conferred-asca-award/articleshow/95482139.cms |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045858/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-prof-conferred-asca-award/articleshow/95482139.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Institute of Science - Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/Site/UnitHomeTemplate/1_147_1103_Main-Site-Institutes-and-Faculties |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.bhu.ac.in |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045857/https://www.bhu.ac.in/Site/UnitHomeTemplate/1_147_1103_Main-Site-Institutes-and-Faculties |url-status=live }} The institute also publishes the double-blind peer reviewed Journal of Scientific Research.{{Cite journal |last1=Das |first1=Gopinath |last2=Das |first2=Amit Kumar |last3=Dutta |first3=Bidyarthi |date=September 2021 |title=Exploring 120 years of Indian physics and astronomy journals |url=http://14.139.47.23/index.php/ALIS/article/view/44365/465479559 |journal=Annals of Library and Information Studies |volume=68 |pages=238–257 |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004073509/http://14.139.47.23/index.php/ALIS/article/view/44365/465479559 |url-status=live }}

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Established in 1931 as the Institute of Agricultural Research, the Institute of Agricultural Sciences is one of the premier institutes of agricultural sciences in India.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/ias/|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107221239/https://www.bhu.ac.in/ias/|url-status=dead}} The institute comprises 11 departments and four auxiliary units and imparts education through undergraduate, postgraduate, special courses, PhD, and diploma programs.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/ias/history.php|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107222431/https://www.bhu.ac.in/ias/history.php|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |agency=TNN |date=Nov 14, 2022 |title=Formulate Curriculum To Make Ias Leader In Agri Studies: Bhu Vc |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/formulate-curriculum-to-make-ias-leader-in-agri-studies-bhu-vc/articleshow/95499216.cms |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045856/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/formulate-curriculum-to-make-ias-leader-in-agri-studies-bhu-vc/articleshow/95499216.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=BHU Admission 2020: Application Begins For PhD Programmes In Agriculture |url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/bhu-application-begins-for-phd-programmes-in-agriculture |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=NDTV.com |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045853/https://www.ndtv.com/education/bhu-application-begins-for-phd-programmes-in-agriculture |url-status=live }}

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The Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS-BHU), comprising three faculties and one college, is one of the premier medical institutions in India.{{Cite web|title=BHU:Banaras Hindu University|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/ims/index.php?pg=hm_about|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213064539/https://www.bhu.ac.in/ims/index.php?pg=hm_about|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Best MEDICAL Colleges 2020: List of Top MEDICAL Colleges 2020 in India|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/bestcolleges/2020/ranks/1824931|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.indiatoday.in|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021020019/https://www.indiatoday.in/bestcolleges/2020/ranks/1824931|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Best colleges: THE WEEK-Hansa Research Survey 2019|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/07/best-colleges-the-week-hansa-research-survey-2019.html|access-date=13 December 2021|website=The Week|language=en|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021203820/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/07/best-colleges-the-week-hansa-research-survey-2019.html|url-status=live}} The institute provides courses at undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD, and diploma levels.{{Cite web|title=BHU:Banaras Hindu University|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/ims/index.php?pg=hm_student|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213064530/https://www.bhu.ac.in/ims/index.php?pg=hm_student|url-status=dead}} It also has the Sir Sunderlal Hospital, and a Trauma centre and Super Speciality Hospital.{{Cite web|title=BHU:Banaras Hindu University|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/ims/index.php?pg=hm_trauma|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213064533/https://www.bhu.ac.in/ims/index.php?pg=hm_trauma|url-status=dead}} IMS-BHU is equivalent to the status of AIIMS.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-21 |title=Centre, AIIMS ink MoU to develop Banaras Hindu University medical college |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/centre-aiims-ink-mou-to-develop-banaras-hindu-university-medical-college-5226377/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106151201/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/centre-aiims-ink-mou-to-develop-banaras-hindu-university-medical-college-5226377/ |url-status=live }} File:Sir sundar lal hospital.jpg, IMS-BHU]]

The Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development (IESD), which aims to develop and advance the knowledge of technology and processes for sustainable development, was started in 2010.{{cite web|title=Welcome|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/institute_enviroment_sustanable/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518100351/http://www.bhu.ac.in/institute_enviroment_sustanable/|archive-date=18 May 2012|access-date=4 June 2012|publisher=Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, BHU}} The institute was established in accordance with the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development goal to contribute significantly to the development of appropriate knowledge and competences in the area of sustainable development.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi|url=https://bhu.ac.in/iesd/|access-date=28 December 2021|website=bhu.ac.in|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107222556/https://www.bhu.ac.in/iesd/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=BHU continues to shine as varsity's Environmental Sciences makes it to 'QS Rankings by Subject' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/bhu-continues-to-shine-as-varsity-s-environmental-sciences-makes-it-to-qs-rankings-by-subject-1934973-2022-04-08 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=India Today |date=8 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/bhu-continues-to-shine-as-varsity-s-environmental-sciences-makes-it-to-qs-rankings-by-subject-1934973-2022-04-08 |url-status=live }}

Starting as the Department of Management Studies, which was upgraded to Faculty of Management Studies in 1984, Institute of Management Studies (abbreviately referred to FMS-BHU or IM-BHU) was finally upgraded into an institute in 2015.{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Institute of Management Studies, BHU.|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/fms/aboutfms.php|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130073831/https://www.bhu.ac.in/fms/aboutfms.php|url-status=dead}} The Institute of Management Studies is the business school of Banaras Hindu University. Among the earliest management schools in India, the institute imparts education at postgraduate and doctoral levels.{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Institute of Management Studies, BHU.|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/fms/admissions.php|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130083311/https://www.bhu.ac.in/fms/admissions.php|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|date=16 December 2015|title=No. R/GAD/Amend.Statute 3.A/36737|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/fms/NofIoMS-BHU16Dec2015.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403161802/http://www.bhu.ac.in/fms/NofIoMS-BHU16Dec2015.pdf|archive-date=3 April 2018|website=Banaras Hindu University}}{{Cite web |title=बीएचयू प्रबंध अध्ययन संस्थान के छात्रों का चयन |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/selection-of-students-of-bhu-institute-of-management-studies-varanasi-news-vns6349991188 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi |archive-date=8 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208045852/https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/selection-of-students-of-bhu-institute-of-management-studies-varanasi-news-vns6349991188 |url-status=live }} Alok Kumar Rai, a professor at FMS-BHU is currently the vice-chancellor of the University of Lucknow.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-28 |title=BHU's Prof Alok Kumar Rai appointed vice-chancellor of Lucknow University |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/bhu-s-prof-alok-kumar-rai-appointed-vice-chancellor-of-lucknow-university/story-dFt1eSBVSSebJxwPTlJPbL.html |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=11 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411081454/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/bhu-s-prof-alok-kumar-rai-appointed-vice-chancellor-of-lucknow-university/story-dFt1eSBVSSebJxwPTlJPbL.html |url-status=live }}

There are nine standalone (which are not under any institute or college) faculties at the Banaras Hindu University:{{cite web |url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/education/faculty.html |title=Faculty & Institute, BHU |publisher=Bhu.ac.in |date=19 August 2006 |access-date=19 August 2011 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928115824/http://www.bhu.ac.in/education/faculty.html |url-status=dead }}

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Founded in 1898 as the Central Hindu College, the Faculty of Arts is the oldest faculty of the university. It offers courses in History, Culture, Philosophy, Languages, Literature along with various professional and vocational courses. Due to its nature of age, it is also called the 'Mother faculty' of the university.{{Cite web|title=Faculty of Arts|url=https://bhu.ac.in/arts.htm|access-date=7 December 2021|website=bhu.ac.in|archive-date=28 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128213438/http://www.bhu.ac.in/arts.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Banaras Hindu University gets a Department of Museology |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/edugraph/news/banaras-hindu-university-gets-a-department-of-museology/cid/1870883 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |archive-date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202125141/https://www.telegraphindia.com/edugraph/news/banaras-hindu-university-gets-a-department-of-museology/cid/1870883 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2017-07-05 |title=Banaras Hindu University (BHU) opens doors for girls in arts, social sciences faculties |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/banaras-hindu-university-bhu-opens-doors-for-girls-in-arts-social-sciences-faculties/story-EU0y3qgKM7WxxD6hcWTPfL.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217091706/https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/banaras-hindu-university-bhu-opens-doors-for-girls-in-arts-social-sciences-faculties/story-EU0y3qgKM7WxxD6hcWTPfL.html |url-status=live }}

Established in 1940 as the Department of Commerce, the Faculty of Commerce was fully institutionalized as an independent faculty in 1965.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Faculty of Commerce, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/commerce/|access-date=22 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107221459/https://www.bhu.ac.in/commerce/|url-status=dead}} The FoC offers courses at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels in commerce, financial management, foreign trade, and risk & insurance.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Faculty of Commerce, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/commerce/courses.php|access-date=22 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222134158/https://www.bhu.ac.in/commerce/courses.php|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Work from home BHU वाणिज्य संकाय के प्रोफेसर एचके सिंह जूम एप से दे रहे व्याख्यान |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-work-from-home-bhu-commerce-professor-hk-singh-giving-lectures-from-zoom-app-20177515.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi |archive-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217091702/https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-work-from-home-bhu-commerce-professor-hk-singh-giving-lectures-from-zoom-app-20177515.html |url-status=live }}

Established in 1918 as the Teacher's Training College, the Faculty of Education is based out of the Kamachchha Complex (outside main campus).{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Faculty of Education, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/education_faculty/|access-date=22 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107221800/https://www.bhu.ac.in/education_faculty/|url-status=dead}} The FoE provides B.Ed., B.Ed. (Special Visual Impairment), M.Ed. and Ph.D. in education.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Faculty of Education, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/education_faculty/courses.php|access-date=22 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222134208/https://www.bhu.ac.in/education_faculty/courses.php|url-status=dead}} The faculty has been publishing its journal National Journal of Education starting 1978.{{Cite web |title=www.njebhu.in |url=http://www.njebhu.in/aboutus.html |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=www.njebhu.in |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810232652/http://www.njebhu.in/aboutus.html |url-status=live }}

Established in 1922, the Law School offers courses at undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and diploma level in law.{{Cite web|title=Law School, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/law/courses.html|access-date=22 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222134158/https://www.bhu.ac.in/law/courses.html|url-status=dead}}

The Faculty of Performing Arts offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate courses in performing arts.{{Cite web |title=BHU invites applications for music, dance, performing arts diploma programmes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/notification/story/bhu-invites-applications-for-music-dance-performing-arts-diploma-programmes-1862699-2021-10-08 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=India Today |date=8 October 2021 |language=en |archive-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217091711/https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/notification/story/bhu-invites-applications-for-music-dance-performing-arts-diploma-programmes-1862699-2021-10-08 |url-status=live }} It was founded in 1950 and had several renowned and award-winning artists and musicians as faculty members.{{cite news|title=Faculty of Performing Arts|publisher=BHU website|access-date=25 June 2015|url=http://bhu.ac.in/performing_arts/|archive-date=19 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619122226/http://bhu.ac.in/performing_arts/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Location|publisher=Latlong.net|access-date=25 June 2015|url=http://www.latlong.net/|archive-date=7 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807151635/http://www.latlong.net/|url-status=live}} Faculty of Performing Arts was started by Omkarnath Thakur in 1950. It was initially instituted as a college called "Music and Fine Arts". In 1966, under Govind Malviya and founding principal Omkarnath Thakur, the college was restructured to a faculty, with three departments (Vocal music, Instrumental music and Musicology). The Faculty of Performing Arts claims to have started the first department of Musicology in India headed by musicologist Prem Lata Sharma.

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Established in 1918, the Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan (SVDV) offers courses at Shastri (undergraduate), Acharya (postgraduate), Vidyavaridhi (doctoral) and diploma levels in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhism practices and philosophies.{{Cite web|title=BHU : Banaras Hindu University|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/svdv/pg_courses.php|access-date=22 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222134205/https://www.bhu.ac.in/svdv/pg_courses.php|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-23 |title=BHU row: RSS affiliate backs Professor Firoze Khan; students opposing end sit-in protest |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bhu-row-rss-affiliate-backs-professor-khan-students-opposing-end-sit-in-protest-6132678/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=17 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217091709/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/bhu-row-rss-affiliate-backs-professor-khan-students-opposing-end-sit-in-protest-6132678/ |url-status=live }} The Faculty of Visual Arts offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in applied and visual arts. It was founded in 1916.{{cite news|title=About Faculty of Visual Arts|publisher=BHU website|access-date=1 October 2015|url=http://bhu.ac.in/visualarts/|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007063241/http://www.bhu.ac.in/visualarts/|url-status=dead}} It includes five departments: Painting, Applied arts, Plastic arts, Pottery and Ceramics, and Textile designing.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Faculty of Visual Arts, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/visualarts/|access-date=22 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222134200/https://www.bhu.ac.in/visualarts/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Banaras Hindu University sets itself apart in fine arts course with 'innovators with promise' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20160530-india-best-colleges-fine-arts-828912-2016-05-18 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=India Today |date=19 May 2016 |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028042241/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20160530-india-best-colleges-fine-arts-828912-2016-05-18 |url-status=live }}

The Faculty of Social Sciences was bifurcated from the Faculty of Arts in 1971. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Social science and includes the departments of Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.{{cite web|title=Welcome to "Faculty of Social Sciences"|url=http://bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|access-date=8 February 2018|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063018/http://bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/|url-status=dead}} Other than the departments, there are five centres which carry on the studies in various fields, namely the Centre for the Study of Nepal, Centre for Women's Study and Development, Centre for Integrated Rural Development, Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusion Policy and the Malviya Centre for Peace Research. and Special Courses like Master of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (MPMIR).{{cite web|title=Welcome to "Faculty of Social Sciences"|url=http://bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|access-date=8 February 2018|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063018/http://bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/|url-status=dead}} Click "Centers".

Four colleges in Varanasi are admitted to the privileges of the Banaras Hindu University.{{Cite web|title=BHU ACT CHAPTER II|url=https://bhu.ac.in/bhuact/bhuact_chap221.htm#36.%20Admission%20of%20Colleges,%20etc.%20to%20the%20privileges%20of%20the%20University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207125454/https://bhu.ac.in/bhuact/bhuact_chap221.htm#36.%20Admission%20of%20Colleges,%20etc.%20to%20the%20privileges%20of%20the%20University|archive-date=7 February 2022|access-date=7 February 2022|website=bhu.ac.in}}{{Cite web|title=Profile of the University|url=http://new.bhu.ac.in/Images/files/RARFINAL.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207125052/http://new.bhu.ac.in/Images/files/RARFINAL.pdf|archive-date=7 February 2022|access-date=7 February 2022|page=13}}

The DAV Post Graduate College is a public, co-ed, research college admitted to the privileges of Banaras Hindu University, which was established in 1938. The DAV PG College is also accredited with A+ rating by NAAC.{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://davpgcvns.ac.in/history/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413071505/https://davpgcvns.ac.in/history/|archive-date=13 April 2021|access-date=23 December 2021|website=DAV PG College|language=en-US}} There are three public women's colleges: Arya Mahila Post Graduate College, established in 1956;{{Cite web|title=ARYA MAHILA P.G. COLLEGE VARANASI|url=https://ampgc.ac.in/webpage/cmspage.aspx?rpk1av69BYsh+yQl7Ut7JBMbrMwXyYL5GXvUWcOzzAw=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223115818/https://ampgc.ac.in/webpage/cmspage.aspx?rpk1av69BYsh+yQl7Ut7JBMbrMwXyYL5GXvUWcOzzAw=|archive-date=23 December 2021|access-date=23 December 2021|website=ampgc.ac.in}} Vasanta College for Women, which was established in 1913 by Annie Besant;{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://vasantakfi.ac.in/about-us-2-2/profile/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223115818/https://vasantakfi.ac.in/about-us-2-2/profile/|archive-date=23 December 2021|access-date=23 December 2021|website=Vasanta College for Women|language=en-US}} and Vasant Kanya Mahavidyalaya, established in 1954.{{Cite web|title=College At A Glance -> History|url=http://vkm.org.in/pages/college_at_a_glance/history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223115817/http://vkm.org.in/pages/college_at_a_glance/history|archive-date=23 December 2021|access-date=23 December 2021|website=vkm.org.in}}

Mahila Mahavidyalaya (MMV) ({{Translation|Women's College}}) is a women's college, established in 1929, located inside the university campus.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Protest at BHU after V-C attends iftar at Mahila Mahavidyalay |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/protest-at-bhu-after-v-c-attends-iftar-at-mahila-mahavidyalay-101651155548581.html |access-date=2023-08-10 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230557/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/protest-at-bhu-after-v-c-attends-iftar-at-mahila-mahavidyalay-101651155548581.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=100 साल बाद बदले गए नियम:BHU के MMV में रिटायरमेंट तक रहते थे एक विभागाध्यक्ष, अब हर 3 साल में होंगे नए; 1 सदी बाद हटा प्रोफेसर का वैवाहिक स्टेटस |trans-title=A Head Of Department Used To Live In BHU's MMV Till Retirement, Now There Will Be New Ones Every 3 Years; Professor's Marital Status Removed In Varanasi After 1 Century |work=Dainik Bhaskar |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/news/a-head-of-department-used-to-live-in-bhus-mmv-till-retirement-now-there-will-be-new-ones-every-3-years-professors-marital-status-removed-in-varanasi-after-1-century-128881502.html |access-date=10 August 2023 |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810230649/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/news/a-head-of-department-used-to-live-in-bhus-mmv-till-retirement-now-there-will-be-new-ones-every-3-years-professors-marital-status-removed-in-varanasi-after-1-century-128881502.html |url-status=live }}

Three schools in Varanasi are run by the Banaras Hindu University School Board:{{Cite web |title=BHU Schools |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/school/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=www.bhu.ac.in |archive-date=27 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027092032/https://www.bhu.ac.in/school/ |url-status=dead }}

• Ranveer Sanskrit Vidyalaya,{{cite web|title=RSV|url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/ranvir/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723093419/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/ranvir/|archive-date=23 July 2018}}{{Cite web |title=बीएचयू के रणवीर संस्कृत विद्यालय में प्रवेश प्रक्रिया 15 मई से |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/story-admission-process-in-bhu-39-s-ranveer-sanskrit-vidyalaya-from-may-15-8144567.html |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Hindustan |language=hi |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028042008/https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/story-admission-process-in-bhu-39-s-ranveer-sanskrit-vidyalaya-from-may-15-8144567.html |url-status=live }}
• Central Hindu Boys School{{cite web|title=CHS|url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/chs/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721172601/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/chs/|archive-date=21 July 2018}}{{Cite web |date=2022-05-27 |title=BHU से संबद्ध CHS में दाखिला ई-लाटरी सिस्टम से ही, विश्वविद्यालय प्रशासन ने भीड़ प्रतिबंधित करने को जारी किया नोटिस, छात्रों को घर पर पढ़ने का निर्देश {{!}} Admission in CHS through e-lottery BHU administration issued notice to control crowd |url=https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/admission-in-chs-through-e-lottery-bhu-administration-issued-notice-to-control-crowd-7556909/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Patrika News |language=hi-IN |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028041944/https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/admission-in-chs-through-e-lottery-bhu-administration-issued-notice-to-control-crowd-7556909/ |url-status=live }}
• Central Hindu Girls School{{cite web|title=CHGS|url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/CHGS/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721173326/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/CHGS/|archive-date=21 July 2018}}

Kendriya Vidyalaya BHU situated inside the university campus is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education, run by the Kendriya Vidyalya Sangathan.{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Kendriya Vidyalaya (BHU) Varanasi |url=https://bhuvaranasi.kvs.ac.in/about-us/about-kvs |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=bhuvaranasi.kvs.ac.in |archive-date=28 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928071341/https://bhuvaranasi.kvs.ac.in/about-us/about-kvs |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=केंद्रीय विद्यालय बीएचयू के छात्र ने लगाए गंभीर आरोप, प्रिंसिपल ने अपने केब‍िन में पर्दे के पीछे लेजाकर पीटा - student of Kendriya Vidyalaya BHU made serious allegations principal took his cabin behind curtain and beat him |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-student-of-kendriya-vidyalaya-bhu-made-serious-allegations-principal-took-his-cabin-behind-curtain-and-beat-him-23058581.html |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Jagran |language=hi |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028042008/https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-student-of-kendriya-vidyalaya-bhu-made-serious-allegations-principal-took-his-cabin-behind-curtain-and-beat-him-23058581.html |url-status=live }}

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The School of Biotechnology (SBT) is a center for postgraduate teaching and research under the aegis of Institute of Science of the BHU.{{cite web|title=Home Page of Faculty of Science, BHU|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/science/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402213023/http://www.bhu.ac.in/science/index.html|archive-date=2 April 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/biotechnology/|title=About the department - School of Biotechnology, BHU|access-date=4 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609022459/http://www.bhu.ac.in/biotechnology/|archive-date=9 June 2012}} It was established in 1986 with funding from the Department of Biotechnology,{{cite web|title=Human Resource Development, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India|url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=16#1|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124075204/http://dbtindia.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=16#1|archive-date=24 November 2011}} of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. It offers MSc and PhD programmes in Biotechnology.

The interdisciplinary program involves the partnership between the Institute of Science, the Institute of Medical Sciences and the Indian Institute of Technology at BHU. Notable faculty include Arvind Mohan Kayastha.{{cite web|url=https://bhu.ac.in/Site/FacultyProfile/2_183?FA000990 |title=Dr. Arvind M. Kayastha |website=BHU – Faculty Profile |access-date=10 February 2020 }}

The Interdisciplinary School of Life Sciences (ISLS) is a joint initiative of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India and the BHU. It was established with a grant of INR 238.9 million from the DBT.{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-07/varanasi/28089134_1_life-sciences-bd-singh-dp-singh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105070023/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-10-07/varanasi/28089134_1_life-sciences-bd-singh-dp-singh|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|title=Central grant to BHU for school of life sciences|date=7 October 2009|work=The Times of India|access-date=18 December 2019}}{{Cite news |date=2014-12-11 |title=V-C visits takes note of research work at DBT-BHU |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/v-c-visits-takes-note-of-research-work-at-dbt-bhu/articleshow/45473368.cms |access-date=2023-10-28 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028042008/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/v-c-visits-takes-note-of-research-work-at-dbt-bhu/articleshow/45473368.cms |url-status=live }}

Apart from specialised centres directly funded by DBT, DST, ICAR and ISRO, a large number of departments under the Institutes of Sciences, Engineering & Technology and Faculty of Social Sciences receive funding from the DST Fund for Improvement of Science & Technology Infrastructure (FIST) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) Special Assistance Programme (SAP). UGC SAP provides funds under its Centre of Advanced Study (CAS), Department of Special Assistance (DSA) and Departmental Research Support (DRS) programmes.{{cite web|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/financialsupport/guideline_24.html|title=Financial Support: Special Assistance Programme (SAP)|publisher=University Grants Commission|access-date=4 June 2012|archive-date=4 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204062101/http://www.ugc.ac.in/financialsupport/guideline_24.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2020-12-24 |title=ISRO to set up its regional centre at IIT-BHU |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/isro-to-set-up-its-regional-centre-at-iit-bhu/story-UUNEDrrsqHU9JvPddg8IoN.html |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=27 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227092259/https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/isro-to-set-up-its-regional-centre-at-iit-bhu/story-UUNEDrrsqHU9JvPddg8IoN.html |url-status=live }}

The Centre for Genetic Disorders was established in 2008. This centre is involved in genetic diagnosis and counselling of cases referred from BHU hospital. The centre is engaged in research on various genetic disorders. It offers Ph.D. programmes and a one-year PG diploma course on Chromosomal, Genetic and Molecular Diagnostics.{{cite web|title=Centre for Genetic Disorders - About Us|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/science/cgd/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030074741/https://www.bhu.ac.in/science/cgd/|archive-date=30 October 2020|access-date=1 April 2021|website=bhu.ac.in}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/CGD/CGD%20website.htm|title=About CGD|publisher=Centre for Genetic Disorders, BHU|access-date=4 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511063704/http://www.bhu.ac.in/CGD/CGD%20website.htm|archive-date=11 May 2012}}{{Cite news |date=2012-09-10 |title=BHU's Genetic Centre working for diagnose of genetic diseases |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhus-genetic-centre-working-for-diagnose-of-genetic-diseases/articleshow/16329480.cms |access-date=2023-10-28 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028042008/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhus-genetic-centre-working-for-diagnose-of-genetic-diseases/articleshow/16329480.cms |url-status=live }}

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences (CIMS) focuses on research and education in mathematics, modelling and statistics. It was established under the management of the Faculty of Science, with support from the Department of Science and Technology (DST).{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/CIMS/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619075814/http://www.bhu.ac.in/CIMS/|archive-date=19 June 2012|access-date=4 June 2012|publisher=DST Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, BHU}} The centre imparts post-graduate education and research with participation from the Department of Mathematics, Department of Statistics and Department of Computer Science of the Institute of Science and the Department of Applied Mathematics of the IIT-BHU. It regularly organises training programmes, workshops, seminars, and conferences.{{Cite web |title=BHU gets Rs 50 lakh endowment for advancing mathematical science |url=https://news.careers360.com/bhu-gets-rs-50-lakh-endowment-for-advancing-mathematical-science |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=news.careers360.com |date=12 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028041946/https://news.careers360.com/bhu-gets-rs-50-lakh-endowment-for-advancing-mathematical-science |url-status=live }}

The Centre of Food Science & Technology (CFST) is an inter-disciplinary research centre with collaboration between the Institute of Agricultural Sciences and the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) focusing on food processing technology.{{cite web|title=Overview|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/CFST/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513054547/http://bhu.ac.in/CFST/|archive-date=13 May 2012|access-date=4 June 2012|publisher=Centre of Food Science & Technology, BHU}}{{Cite news |date=2011-07-18 |title=Students of food science centre get 100% placements |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/students-of-food-science-centre-get-100-placements/articleshow/9275858.cms |access-date=2023-10-28 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028042008/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/students-of-food-science-centre-get-100-placements/articleshow/9275858.cms |url-status=live }} The Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) is an interdisciplinary university research centre at the Faculty of Science. The CEST conducts three-year M.Sc.(Tech) and Ph.D. programmes in Environmental Science & Technology. The centre also works to coordinate environmental programmes of the university.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/cest|title=Welcome|publisher=Centre for Environmental Science & Technology, BHU|access-date=4 June 2012|archive-date=26 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226234640/http://www.bhu.ac.in/cest/|url-status=dead}}

Established by the executive council of the university under the Government of India's Namami Gange Mission, the Malaviya Research Centre for Ganga, River Development & Water Resource Management is dedicated to the study of pollution of the Ganges.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-27 |title=BHU study: Pollution in Ganga has decreased by 25% to 30% during lockdown |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/bhu-study-pollution-in-ganga-has-decreased-by-25-to-30-during-lockdown/story-ffyblTwG6csVQHTgu20u1O.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=2 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502162328/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/bhu-study-pollution-in-ganga-has-decreased-by-25-to-30-during-lockdown/story-ffyblTwG6csVQHTgu20u1O.html |url-status=live }} The centre focuses on the study of river basin ecology, hydrology and pollution management, technology development, socio-economic and culture, and data management.{{Cite web |title=Mahamana Malaviya Research Centre for Ganga, River Development & Water Resource Management |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/mrcganga/division.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=www.bhu.ac.in |archive-date=2 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502162330/https://www.bhu.ac.in/mrcganga/division.html |url-status=dead }} The centre provides training called Ganga Mitra ({{Translation|Ganga's Friends}}) in pursuance of its objectives on various subjects.{{Cite web |title=Ganga Mitra |url=http://gangamitra.com/Ganga%20Mitra.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=gangamitra.com |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118161410/http://gangamitra.com/Ganga%20Mitra.html |url-status=live }} Established in 1991, the Malviya Centre for Ethics and Values aims to promote ethics and human values in higher education.{{Cite web |title=Malaviya Centre for Ethics and Values |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/malaviyacenter/index.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=www.bhu.ac.in |archive-date=2 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502080015/http://www.bhu.ac.in/malaviyacenter/index.html |url-status=dead }} The centre provides two-year diploma courses on human values and ethics.{{Cite web |title=भारत में मूल्य आधारित शिक्षा का केंद्र बनेगा बीएचयू, मालवीय मूल्य अनुशीलन केंद्र ने नोडल सेंटर बनाने के लिए तैयार किया प्रस्ताव |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-bhu-to-become-a-center-of-value-based-education-in-india-malaviya-price-purification-center-has-prepared-proposal-to-make-nodal-center-21304385.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004073509/https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-bhu-to-become-a-center-of-value-based-education-in-india-malaviya-price-purification-center-has-prepared-proposal-to-make-nodal-center-21304385.html |url-status=live }} The centre has been tasked as the nodal agency for developing and monitoring courses on human values and ethics in all central universities.

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Other research centres of the university include:

• Centre for Vedic Science{{Cite web |date=2020-02-22 |title=BHU's Centre for Vedic Science to do research on environment-friendly ways of agriculture |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/bhu-s-centre-for-vedic-science-to-do-research-on-environment-friendly-ways-of-agriculture/story-90Ji2a2FC0blxq1klIS6DP.html |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=28 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028041944/https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/bhu-s-centre-for-vedic-science-to-do-research-on-environment-friendly-ways-of-agriculture/story-90Ji2a2FC0blxq1klIS6DP.html |url-status=live }}
• Center for Nanotechnology{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Institute of Science, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/science/|access-date=9 January 2022|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501164805/https://www.bhu.ac.in/science/|url-status=dead}}
• Hydrogen Energy Center
• UGC Advanced Immunodiagnostic Training and Research Center
• Centre for Experimental Medicine and Surgery
• Center for Women's Studies and Development{{cite web|url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/cwsd/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122712/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/cwsd/|url-status=live|archive-date=15 December 2018|title=CWSD}}
• Center for the Study of Nepal{{cite web|url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/csn/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201050419/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/csn/|url-status=live|archive-date=1 December 2019|title=CSN}}
• Malviya Center for Peace Research{{cite web|url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/mcpr/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215123122/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/mcpr/|url-status=live|archive-date=15 December 2018|title=MCPR}}
• Center for Rural Integrated Development{{cite web|url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/cird/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215171356/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/cird/|url-status=live|archive-date=15 December 2018|title=CIRD}}
• Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy{{cite web|url=https://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/csseip/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122901/http://internet.bhu.ac.in/social_sciences/csseip/|url-status=live|archive-date=15 December 2018|title=CSSEIP}}

Funded by Department of Higher Education, MHRD, and established in 2015, the Design Innovation Centre(DIC) is a collaboration between IIT-BHU and BHU. The DIC focuses on providing a platform to the students and faculties of the university in order to foster innovation and creative problem solving.{{Cite web|title=DIC BHU & IIT (BHU) » Concept|url=http://diciitbhu.com/concept/|access-date=16 January 2022|language=en-US|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116112110/http://diciitbhu.com/concept/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=31 August 2020|title=BHU sets up committee to implement Startup policy|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-sets-up-committee-to-implement-startup-policy/articleshow/77839786.cms|access-date=16 January 2022|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116112101/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-sets-up-committee-to-implement-startup-policy/articleshow/77839786.cms|url-status=live}} The centre also serves Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad,{{Cite web|title=DIC BHU & IIT (BHU) » Project Types » IIIT Allahabad Project|url=http://diciitbhu.com/project_types/iiit/|access-date=16 January 2022|language=en-US|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116112127/http://diciitbhu.com/project_types/iiit/|url-status=live}} Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad,{{Cite web|title=DIC BHU & IIT (BHU) » Project Types » MNNIT-ALLAHABAD PROJECT|url=http://diciitbhu.com/project_types/mnnit-allahabad/|access-date=16 January 2022|language=en-US|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116112633/http://diciitbhu.com/project_types/mnnit-allahabad/|url-status=live}} and the University of Allahabad.{{Cite web|title=DIC BHU & IIT (BHU) » Project Types » UNIVERSITY of ALLAHABAD PROJECT|url=http://diciitbhu.com/project_types/university-of-allahabad/|access-date=16 January 2022|language=en-US|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116112626/http://diciitbhu.com/project_types/university-of-allahabad/|url-status=live}}

Established in 2020 as the InnoResTech Foundation-BHU (called BioNest-BHU){{Cite web|title=Innorestech Foundation, BHU|url=https://www.bionestbhu.org/|access-date=16 January 2022|website=www.bionestbhu.org|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116112153/https://www.bionestbhu.org/|url-status=live}} by funding from the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, BioNest-BHU aims to promote startup and entrepreneurship in sciences, biotechnology, healthcare, agritech, food technology, etc. composed of expert faculty members from IMS-BHU, IAS-BHU, and ISc-BHU.{{Cite web|date=5 August 2020|title=BHU to promote startups, to set up BioNEST|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-to-promote-startups-to-set-up-bionest/articleshow/77357726.cms|access-date=16 January 2022|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116112100/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-to-promote-startups-to-set-up-bionest/articleshow/77357726.cms|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=BioNEST|url=https://birac.nic.in/bionest.php|access-date=16 January 2022|website=birac.nic.in|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182434/https://birac.nic.in/bionest.php|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Innorestech Foundation, BHU|url=https://www.bionestbhu.org/aboutus|access-date=16 January 2022|website=www.bionestbhu.org|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116112102/https://www.bionestbhu.org/aboutus|url-status=live}}

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Starting academic year 2022, the university shifted to the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission to several undergraduate and postgraduate{{Cite web|title=Information Bulletin {{!}} Common University Entrance Test|url=https://cuet.nta.nic.in/information-bulletin/|access-date=2022-05-20|language=en-US|archive-date=21 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521113046/https://cuet.nta.nic.in/information-bulletin/|url-status=live}} courses. {{Cite news |date=6 February 2022 |title=CUCET 2022: बीएचयू, डीयू, जेएनयू में सीयूसीईटी के माध्यम से चुने जाएंगे योग्य छात्र, जानें एंट्रेंस टेस्ट की पूरी प्रक्रिया |language=hi |work=TV9 |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/career/cucet-2022-bhu-jnu-du-central-university-admission-process-know-about-central-university-common-entrance-test-1045685.html |access-date=19 March 2022 |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418064334/https://www.tv9hindi.com/career/cucet-2022-bhu-jnu-du-central-university-admission-process-know-about-central-university-common-entrance-test-1045685.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Kumar |first=Amitendra |date=22 February 2022 |title=CUCET and Board Exams 2022: How students can prepare for both |language=en |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/competitive-exams/cucet-and-board-exams-2022-how-students-can-prepare-for-both-101645439125090.html |access-date=19 March 2022 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319205620/https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/competitive-exams/cucet-and-board-exams-2022-how-students-can-prepare-for-both-101645439125090.html |url-status=live }} Admissions are done according to coursewise eligibility criteria set by the university, merit in the entrance tests, and as per the reservation policy of the Government of India.

Admissions to undergraduate programs of IIT-BHU are only through JEE Advanced and GATE.{{Cite web |title=JEE(Advanced) 2021, Official Website |url=https://jeeadv.ac.in/pinstitutes.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213155708/https://jeeadv.ac.in/pinstitutes.php |archive-date=13 December 2021 |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=jeeadv.ac.in}} Similarly, admissions to programs of IMS-BHU and FVAS-BHU are through NEET (for all UG programs and for PG programs in modern medicine) and AIAPGET (for postgraduate programs in Ayurveda).{{Cite web |title=BHU:Banaras Hindu University |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/ims/index.php?pg=sm_admissions |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213064739/https://www.bhu.ac.in/ims/index.php?pg=sm_admissions |archive-date=13 December 2021 |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=www.bhu.ac.in}} Admission to the MBA programs at the Institute of Management Studies is through a mix of Common Admission Test and personal interview, etc.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Institute of Management Studies, BHU. |url=https://bhu.ac.in/fms/admissions.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130083311/https://www.bhu.ac.in/fms/admissions.php |archive-date=30 November 2020 |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=bhu.ac.in}}

Admissions for PhD are done on the basis of qualification of National Eligibility Test (NET) by the candidates.

Admissions to the Banaras Hindu University are highly competitive and tough with more than 50 applicants for one seat.{{Cite news |title=Tough competition for admission in Banaras Hindu University |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/tough-competition-for-admission-in-banaras-hindu-university/articleshow/20376858.cms |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Times of India |date=June 2013 |archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501043647/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/tough-competition-for-admission-in-banaras-hindu-university/articleshow/20376858.cms |url-status=live }} BHU attracts a substantial number of international students. The university has a separate admission pipeline for international students. Applications from international students wishing to continue their education at BHU are invited directly to the university International Centre.{{Cite web |title=Banaras Hindu University, International Centre, Varanasi |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/admission/international/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213155705/https://www.bhu.ac.in/admission/international/ |archive-date=13 December 2021 |access-date=13 December 2021 |website=www.bhu.ac.in}}

Admissions to the diploma and Special Courses of Study (SCS) are conducted through varying processes depending on the faculty, directly by the university.{{Cite web |title=Admission to Certificate Course in Statistical Methods |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/notices/jan2022/20/0002.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122180048/https://www.bhu.ac.in/notices/jan2022/20/0002.pdf |archive-date=22 January 2022 |access-date=22 January 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Admission to 1-Year Diploma course in STATISTICS & COMPUTING 2021-22 . |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/notices/dec2021/23/0001.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108011707/https://www.bhu.ac.in/notices/dec2021/23/0001.pdf |archive-date=8 January 2022 |access-date=22 January 2022}}

Until 2021, Banaras Hindu University used to conduct the national level BHU-UET for undergraduate courses, and BHU-PET, for postgraduate courses, usually during May–June for admission for which registrations begun on Vasant Panchami i.e., university foundation day, for over 24 undergraduate and over 100 postgraduate courses.{{cite web|url=http://bhuonline.in/pdfs17/Notification-for-session2017-18.pdf|title=Application process|access-date=30 March 2017|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330180746/http://bhuonline.in/pdfs17/Notification-for-session2017-18.pdf|url-status=live}} The UET & PET exams were held for 5166 seats in online and offline mode in subject-wise papers. The total exam duration was two hours with multiple-choice questions. Total marks varied with the exam.{{cite web|date=31 July 2018|title=BHU UET 2019 – Check Results, Cut Off, Scorecard, Merit List, Counselling|url=https://university.careers360.com/articles/bhu-uet|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922204926/https://university.careers360.com/articles/bhu-uet|archive-date=22 September 2017|access-date=22 September 2017|website=university.careers360.com}}

The university previously also conducted the Banaras Hindu University Research Entrance Test (BHU-RET) till 2023.{{Cite web |title=Banaras Hindu University : Entrance Exam |url=http://bhuonline.in/ |url-status=live }}

The entire admission process is conducted by the controller of examinations.

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Internationally, BHU was ranked 601–800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2022{{Cite web |date=2021-08-25 |title=World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2022 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611172152/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2022 |url-status=live }} and 153 in Asia in 2022.

In India, the 2024 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked BHU 5th among universities, 11th overall, 16th in research, 7th in medical, 25th in law and 48th in management.{{Cite web |title=NIRF 2024 |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2024/pdf/Report/IR2024_Report.pdf}}

The university was ranked seventh among universities in India by Outlook India in 2020.{{Cite web |date=10 September 2020 |title=Top 75 Universities In India In 2020 |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/education-news-top-75-universities-in-india-in-2020/303692 |access-date=25 March 2022 |website=www.outlookindia.com/ |language=en |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325120445/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/education-news-top-75-universities-in-india-in-2020/303692 |url-status=live }} In 2023, BHU was ranked second best among central universities by Outlook India.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-30 |title=Top 20 Central Universities |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/education/top-20-central-universities-magazine-306808 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Outlook India |language=en}}

Its engineering institute, IIT-BHU, was ranked 10th by the NIRF Engineering ranking for 2024. In 2019, IIT-BHU was ranked ninth among engineering colleges in India by The Week.{{Cite web|title=Best colleges: THE WEEK-Hansa Research Survey 2019|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/07/best-colleges-the-week-hansa-research-survey-2019.html|access-date=29 January 2022|website=The Week|language=en|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021203820/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2019/06/07/best-colleges-the-week-hansa-research-survey-2019.html|url-status=live}}

The Faculty of Law, Banaras Hindu University was ranked fifth in India by Outlook India in 2019{{Cite web|title=Outlook India: India's Top 30 Law Colleges In 2019|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/business-news-top-30-law-in-2019/301755|access-date=29 January 2022|website=www.outlookindia.com/|language=en|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021201351/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/business-news-top-30-law-in-2019/301755|url-status=live}} and seventh in India by The Week.

The Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University was ranked fifth among medical colleges in India in 2022 by NIRF and second by Outlook India.{{Cite web |title=MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2022/MedicalRanking.html |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=www.nirfindia.org |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922052135/https://www.nirfindia.org/2022/MedicalRanking.html |url-status=live }} It was ranked seventh among medical colleges in India in 2020 by India Today, sixth by The Week {{Cite web|title=The Week Special Issue|website=The Week |date=30 August 2020|url=https://www.theweek.in/content/dam/week/pdf/THE-WEEK-AUGUST-30-2020.pdf|url-status=live|at=Page 110|access-date=9 January 2022|archive-date=17 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217063115/https://www.theweek.in/content/dam/week/pdf/THE-WEEK-AUGUST-30-2020.pdf}} and second by Outlook India.{{Cite web|title=India's Top Medical Colleges In 2020|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/business-news-medical/303623|access-date=9 January 2022|website=www.outlookindia.com/|language=en|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109212210/https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/business-news-medical/303623|url-status=live}}

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The Banaras Hindu University Library system was established from a collection donated by P.K. Telang in the memory of his father Justice Kashinath Trimbak Telang in 1917. The collection was housed in the Telang Hall of the Central Hindu College, Kamachha. In 1921, the library was moved to the Central Hall of the Arts College (now the Faculty of Arts).

The present Central Library of BHU was established with a donation from Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda. Upon his return from the First round Table Conference, Gaekwad wanted a library built on the pattern of the British Library and its reading room, which was then located in the British Museum. On Malviya's suggestion, he made the donation to build the library on the BHU campus.{{cite web|title=Genesis and history|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/bhulibrary/history.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524161705/http://www.bhu.ac.in/bhulibrary/history.htm|archive-date=24 May 2015|access-date=4 June 2012|publisher=Sayaji Rao Gaekwad Library, BHU}}

The Gaekwad Library is a designated Manuscript Conservation Centre (MCC) of the National Mission for Manuscripts,{{cite web|title=Manuscript Conservation Centres|url=http://www.namami.org/convervation.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506234603/http://www.namami.org/convervation.htm|archive-date=6 May 2012|access-date=4 June 2012|publisher=National Mission for Manuscripts}} established in 2003.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.namami.org/history.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520182915/http://www.namami.org/history.htm|archive-date=20 May 2012|access-date=4 June 2012|publisher=National Mission for Manuscripts}}

By 1931, the library had built a collection of around 60,000 volumes. The trend of donation of personal and family collection to the library continued as late as the 1940s with the result that it has unique pieces of rarities of books and journals dating back to the 18th century.

As of 2011, the BHU Library System consisted of the Central Library and 3 Institute Libraries, 8 Faculty Libraries and over 25 Departmental Libraries, with a collection of at least 1.3 million volumes. The digital library is available to students and staff and provides online access to thousands of journals, besides access to large collections of online resources{{cite web|title=Library Services|url=http://bhu.ac.in/bhulibrary/services.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604211914/http://www.bhu.ac.in/bhulibrary/services.htm|archive-date=4 June 2012|access-date=6 June 2012|publisher=Banaras Hindu University}} through the National Informatics Centre's DELNET{{cite web|title=Developing Library Network|url=http://delnet.nic.in/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511110035/http://delnet.nic.in/|archive-date=11 May 2012|access-date=6 June 2012|publisher=National Informatics Centre}} and UGC's INFLIBNET.{{cite web|title=Information and Library Network Centre|url=http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921082109/https://www.inflibnet.ac.in/|archive-date=21 September 2019|access-date=6 June 2012|publisher=University Grants Commission}}

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The Banaras Hindu University observes Saraswati puja day (also known as Vasant Panchami) as its foundation day.{{Cite web|date=31 January 2020|title=Festivities mark BHU Foundation Day|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/festivities-mark-bhu-foundation-day/articleshow/73782319.cms|access-date=11 December 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211121009/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/festivities-mark-bhu-foundation-day/articleshow/73782319.cms|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=BHU ने झांकियों के माध्यम से बताई विश्वविद्यालय की उपलब्धियां : देखेें तस्वीरें|url=https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/bhu-celebrated-102th-foundation-day-and-vasant-panchami-1-2265794/|access-date=11 December 2021|website=Patrika News|date=23 January 2018 |language=hi-IN|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211121011/https://www.patrika.com/varanasi-news/bhu-celebrated-102th-foundation-day-and-vasant-panchami-1-2265794/|url-status=live}} Goddess Saraswati is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and nature. She is also the revered mascot of the university, and is a part of the university seal.{{Cite web|date=24 January 2015|title=100 years of Saraswati Puja at BHU|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/100-years-of-saraswati-puja-at-bhu/articleshow/46002478.cms|access-date=11 December 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211152643/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/100-years-of-saraswati-puja-at-bhu/articleshow/46002478.cms|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=BHU Seal|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/seal.htm|access-date=11 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211121011/https://www.bhu.ac.in/seal.htm|url-status=dead}}

There is an intra-university fest, Spandan, where students represent their faculty/institute in various art competitions such as literature (essay-writing, poems, debates), painting, sketches, vocal music, dancing, singing, drama, and mimicry. It is held every year after Vasant Panchami in the month of February or March.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/cultural/|access-date=11 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211121014/https://www.bhu.ac.in/cultural/|url-status=dead}} Apart from Spandan, each faculty and institute have their own in-house annual festivals.

Since 1971, annual flower exhibition is organised on Malaviya Jayanti (Malaviya's birthday - 25 December).{{Cite web |date=2023-12-15 |title=राममय होगी BHU की पुष्प प्रदर्शनी! महामना की बगिया में दिखेगा फूलों का संसार |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-bhu-flower-exhibition-will-be-rammay-world-of-flowers-will-be-seen-in-mahamanas-garden-7904062.html |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}{{Cite web |title=Malviya Smriti Flower show |url=https://alumni.bhu.ac.in/f/malviya-smriti-flower-show-19000 |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=alumni.bhu.ac.in |quote=It started in 1971}}

The university anthem, Banaras Hindu University Kulgeet, is sung in chorus before the convocation{{Citation |title=BHU Kulgeet @ 100th Convocation | date=18 January 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3isS5FZ47Y |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109205205/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3isS5FZ47Y |language=en |access-date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=live}}{{Citation |title=BHU University kul geet convocation 101 | date=26 December 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqMJPLmILm0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109205208/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqMJPLmILm0&gl=US&hl=en |language=en |access-date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=9 January 2022 |url-status=live}} or any other official event begins.{{Cite web |date=9 November 2021 |title=Row erupts over photo of 'Sare Jahan Se Accha' writer in BHU |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/row-erupts-over-photo-of-sare-jahan-se-accha-writer-in-bhu-101636482550507.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104063215/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/row-erupts-over-photo-of-sare-jahan-se-accha-writer-in-bhu-101636482550507.html |archive-date=4 January 2022 |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}

Apart from the three national day festivals,{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=28 Jan 2022|title=R-day Celebrated With Patriotic Fervour In City|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/r-day-celebrated-with-patriotic-fervour-in-city/articleshow/89167942.cms|access-date=2022-02-07|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415024752/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/r-day-celebrated-with-patriotic-fervour-in-city/articleshow/89167942.cms|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet |author=BHU Official |user=bhupro |number=1426863931386044418 |date=2021-08-15 |title=75वें स्वतंत्रता दिवस के अवसर पर कुलपति जी ने एम्फिथियेटर ग्राउंड में ध्वजारोहण किया एवं विश्वविद्यालय परिवार के सदस्यों व देशवासियों को स्वतंत्रता दिवस की शुभकामनाएं प्रेषित कीं। #IndependenceDay #IndiaAt75 #IndependenceDay2021 @VCofficeBHU https://t.co/lDOa1y5Y9H https://t.co/CvEhvODFrz |language=hi |access-date=2022-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212140655/https://twitter.com/bhupro/status/1426863931386044418 |archive-date=2022-02-12 |url-status=live}}{{cite tweet |author=BHU Official |user=bhupro |number=1311905798415474688 |date=2020-10-02 |title=Remembering life and values of #Bapu on his birth anniversary. Prayer meeting at Gandhi Chabutra, #BHU. #GandhiJayanti #MahatmaGandhi @VCofficeBHU @EduMinOfIndia @MinOfCultureGoI https://t.co/XqhHjcGEKD |language=en |access-date=2022-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209215514/https://twitter.com/bhupro/status/1311905798415474688 |archive-date=2022-02-09 |url-status=live}} the following festivals are celebrated at an official level in the university:

File:BHU Foundation Day Ceremony 1916.jpg Foundation Day Ceremony in 1916 {{Cite web|title=Foundation Day Ceremony of B.H.U. in 1916 (Press Photograph)|url=http://indianculture.gov.in/archives/foundation-day-ceremony-bhu-1916-press-photograph-0|access-date=2022-02-07|website=INDIAN CULTURE|language=en|archive-date=19 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419013533/https://indianculture.gov.in/archives/foundation-day-ceremony-bhu-1916-press-photograph-0|url-status=live}}]]

Some other festivals celebrated in the Banaras Hindu University at a non-official, students' level include:

• "Holi Milan Samaroh" ({{Translation|Holi Meeting Event}})'' is celebrated each year outside Vishwanath Temple.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfnUeU8-Fzg |title=#BHU #Holi Milan Samaroh {{!}} काशी हिंदू विश्वविद्यालय होली मिलन समारोह। काशी विश्वनाथ मंदिर, बीएचयू । |date=2021-03-24 |publisher=Banaras Ka Blogger |access-date=2022-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205173051/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfnUeU8-Fzg |archive-date=2022-02-05 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |date=2021-03-23 |title=NO CORONA FEAR? BHU students play Holi on campus before leaving for home |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/no-corona-fear-bhu-students-play-holi-on-campus-before-leaving-for-home-101616515976119.html |access-date=2022-02-05 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008090633/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/no-corona-fear-bhu-students-play-holi-on-campus-before-leaving-for-home-101616515976119.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=COVID-19 संक्रमण के के बढ़ते मामले के चलते BHU ने ऑफलाइन कक्षाओं पर लगाई रोक, होली की छुट्टी हुई घोषणा |url=https://www.jagran.com/news/education-bhu-prohibits-offline-classes-in-view-of-the-rising-covid19-cases-in-the-state-holi-holiday-announced-21490977.html |access-date=2022-02-05 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008090619/https://www.jagran.com/news/education-bhu-prohibits-offline-classes-in-view-of-the-rising-covid19-cases-in-the-state-holi-holiday-announced-21490977.html |url-status=live }}
• Janmashtami celebrations are held each year. Jhaanki (Tableaus) are prepared by students celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna.{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2016 |title=BHU ashine with prep for Janmashtami |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-ashine-with-prep-for-janmashtami/articleshow/53856411.cms |access-date=2022-02-05 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009220810/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bhu-ashine-with-prep-for-janmashtami/articleshow/53856411.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=बीएचयूः कृष्ण की बाल लीला से लेकर रासलीला तक की सजी छात्रावासों में झांकी, देखें तस्वीरें |url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/see-the-photos-of-krishna-janmashtami-celebration-in-bhu-hostels |access-date=2022-02-05 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008090421/https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/see-the-photos-of-krishna-janmashtami-celebration-in-bhu-hostels |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=BHU में जन्माष्टमी की धूम, राधा बनी मुस्लिम छात्रा ने दिया भाईचारे का संदेश |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-VAR-krishna-janmashtami-celebration-in-banaras-hindu-university-5105027-PHO.html |website=Dainik Bhaskar |access-date=2 October 2023 |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008090221/https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-VAR-krishna-janmashtami-celebration-in-banaras-hindu-university-5105027-PHO.html |url-status=live }}
• Diwali Mahotsav ({{Translation|Diwali Celebrations}}) are held each year, during which students light-up the campus, hostels, etc. with diyas.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devaX5kFT_Y |title=#BHU Diwali Celebration🔥🔥2020 देखिए काशी हिंदू विश्वविद्यालय में दिवाली कैसे मनायी जाती है । |date=2020-11-15 |publisher=Banaras Ka Blogger |access-date=2022-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206015111/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devaX5kFT_Y |archive-date=2022-02-06 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}{{cite tweet|number=1188123601976856576|user=bhupro|title=काशी हिन्दू विश्वविद्यालय के छात्रों ने सेन्ट्रल लाइब्रेरी परिसर में 1000 दीप प्रज्ज्वलित किये। दीपावली की जगमग छटा। #शुभदिपावली #HappyDiwali @VCofficeBHU https://t.co/HrvWVv6muh|author=BHU Official|date=2019-10-26|access-date=2022-02-18|language=hi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208175654/https://twitter.com/bhupro/status/1188123601976856576|archive-date=2022-02-08|url-status=live}}
• Guru Nanak Jayanti, Dev Deepawali, etc. are also celebrated by students.{{cite tweet|number=1333466051212832768|user=bhupro|title=कार्तिक पूर्णिमा, देव दीपावली और गुरु नानक देव जी की जयंती पर राष्ट्रीय सेवा योजना, #BHU,द्वारा मालवीय भवन में 101 दीप प्रज्वलित किए गए। इस अवसर पर काशी हिंदू विश्वविद्यालय स्थित राजपूताना छात्रावास अवस्थित गुरुद्वारा में दीप प्रज्वलित कर गुरु पर्व मनाया गया।#GuruNanakJayanti2020 https://t.co/n04WWgRr1Z|author=BHU Official|date=2020-11-30|access-date=2022-02-18|language=hi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208162708/https://twitter.com/bhupro/status/1333466051212832768|archive-date=2022-02-08|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet|number=1461782401554817027|user=bhupro|title=देव दीपावली के पावन अवसर पर राष्ट्रीय सेवा योजना,#BHU,के स्वयंसेवकों द्वारा मालवीय भवन में दीप प्रज्ज्वलित किये गये। स्वयंसेवकों ने महामाना की प्रतिमा, महामना के साधना कक्ष व परिसर को 501 दीपों से प्रकाशित किया।#देव_दीपावली #देवदीपावली #DevDeepawali #KartikaPurnima @VCofficeBHU https://t.co/JVMk0BNENS|author=BHU Official|date=2021-11-19|access-date=2022-02-18|language=hi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208162813/https://twitter.com/bhupro/status/1461782401554817027|archive-date=2022-02-08|url-status=live}}

File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi felicitates student at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Convocation.png

Academic costume is mandatory for university convocation. The university's academic costume is White Saree with red border, and red blouse for females; and White Kurta with Dhoti or Pyjama for male students. Both academic costumes include Safa and Uttariya.{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University|url=https://bhu.ac.in/notices/oct2018/29/1882.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=31 December 2021|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501210337/http://www.bhu.ac.in/notices/oct2018/29/1882.pdf}}{{Cite web|date=8 April 2015|first=Punkhuri|last=Kapoor|title=Sari Dhoti-kurta to replace gowns at BHU convocation|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/sari-dhoti-kurta-to-replace-gowns-at-bhu-convocation/articleshow/46855902.cms|access-date=31 December 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=31 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231094857/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/sari-dhoti-kurta-to-replace-gowns-at-bhu-convocation/articleshow/46855902.cms|url-status=live}} BHU was the first prominent university in India to ditch Western convocation dress for Indian traditional convocation dress, which led to students at other universities demanding the same,{{cite news |date=14 July 2013 |title=Cracking the Dress Code |pages=2 |work=The Hindustan Times |url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20130714/281663957609167/textview |access-date=2022-09-09}} and eventually other universities following suit.{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Kritika |date=2019-06-26 |title=Convocation robes out, students will now wear traditional attire 'made of Indian handloom' |url=https://theprint.in/india/convocation-robes-out-students-will-now-wear-traditional-attire-made-of-indian-handloom/254630/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909142705/https://theprint.in/india/convocation-robes-out-students-will-now-wear-traditional-attire-made-of-indian-handloom/254630/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2019-09-19 |title=Mumbai University dumps 'colonial robes' for Indian attire at convocation |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-university-dumps-colonial-robes-for-indian-attire-at-convocation/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

BHU has university level Mountaineering Centre,{{Cite web |title=UMC |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/UMC/Index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231070857/https://www.bhu.ac.in/UMC/Index.html |archive-date=31 December 2021 |access-date=31 December 2021 |website=www.bhu.ac.in}}{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=Feb 23, 2012 |title=Workshop on adventure sports at University Mountaineering Centre |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/workshop-on-adventure-sports-at-university-mountaineering-centre/articleshow/12002700.cms |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} and University Sports Board.{{Cite web |title=Banaras Hindu University, Sports Board |url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/sport_board/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231070902/https://www.bhu.ac.in/sport_board/ |archive-date=31 December 2021 |access-date=31 December 2021 |website=www.bhu.ac.in}}{{Cite web |title=लोगो से बीएचयू स्पोर्ट्स बोर्ड को मिलेगी नई पहचान |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/bhu-sports-board-will-get-a-new-identity-from-the-logo-varanasi-news-vns618147340 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}} Other interest-specific clubs{{Cite web |agency=TNN|date=Feb 16, 2022 |title=Nat'l Youth Parliament Ends: Rs Member Subramanian Swamy Speaks On Hate Speech |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/natl-youth-parliament-ends-rs-member-subramanian-swamy-speaks-on-hate-speech/articleshow/89603223.cms |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=लंका थाने में 18 घंटे धरने पर बैठे रहे छात्र:BHU में थिएटर ग्रुप के साथ हुई थी मारपीट और छेड़खानी; तीन के खिलाफ FIR |work=Dainik Bhaskar |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/news/no-fir-registered-for-assault-and-molestation-with-theater-group-at-bhu-in-varanasi-the-university-was-sent-to-the-police-of-the-lanka-police-station-130293868.html}} and societies exist at faculty, institute, and college level, like FSS Connect,{{Cite web |date=20 September 2019 |title=FSS-BHU Connect - Faculty Of Social Sciences, BHU |url=https://www.fssconnect.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920131526/https://www.fssconnect.org/ |archive-date=20 September 2019 |access-date=31 December 2021 |website=}} which is a consortium of all societies and clubs at the Faculty of Social Sciences. In 2022 BHU Connect was introduced, which is a platform that acts as a consortium for different institutes' clubs and societies, as well as act as an umbrella for students run unit to manage clubs, events and ensure help to aspirants and freshers at the Banaras Hindu University.{{Cite web |date=17 March 2022 |title=FSS-BHU Connect - Faculty Of Social Sciences, BHU |url=https://www.bhuconnect.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817135910/https://www.bhuconnect.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=17 August 2022 |access-date=17 March 2022}}

File:BHU_Medal_for_meritorious_students.pngMedals and prizes are awarded at faculty, as well as university level. Each faculty and institute have several in-house awards and medals.{{Cite web|publisher=Banaras Hindu University Varanasi|title=List of Medals and Prizes|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/convocation2013/MedalandPrize/LISTOFMEDALSANDPRIZESBEAWARDEDAT95THCONVOCATIONOFTHEUNIVERSITY1%20.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-date=13 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113212718/http://www.bhu.ac.in/convocation2013/MedalandPrize/LISTOFMEDALSANDPRIZESBEAWARDEDAT95THCONVOCATIONOFTHEUNIVERSITY1%20.pdf}} Some of the university level medals include:

• The BHU Chancellor's Medal is given to the student securing highest CGPA in the university.{{Cite web|title=BHU का 100वां दीक्षांत समारोह: 57 छात्र-छात्राओं को मिला गोल्ड मेडल|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-bhu-100-convocation-57-students-gets-the-gold-medal-2277745.html|access-date=11 December 2021|website=Hindustan|language=hindi|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211121011/https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-bhu-100-convocation-57-students-gets-the-gold-medal-2277745.html|url-status=live}}
• The BHU Medal is given to students who secure the first position in their respective courses (e.g. B.Com.).{{Cite web|date=10 March 2011|title=Jahnvee to get BHU Chancellor's Medal|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/jahnvee-to-get-bhu-chancellors-medal/articleshow/7673323.cms|access-date=11 December 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211152644/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/jahnvee-to-get-bhu-chancellors-medal/articleshow/7673323.cms|url-status=live}}
• Late Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Singh Gold Medal is given to the student securing the highest CGPA in the university.{{Cite web|title= BHU Official on Twitter: "The 101st #Convocation will mark the presentation of two Chancellor medals, two Late Maharaja Vibhuti Narain Singh Gold Medals & 29 BHU medals. 508 medals, prizes & awards will be presented to students at faculty level in P.G. & Under Graduate exams of the University. @VCofficeBHU"|url=https://twitter.com/bhupro/status/1205928371282206728|access-date=16 January 2022|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116083144/https://twitter.com/bhupro/status/1205928371282206728|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=BHU's 101st Convocation Begins; 11,529 Degrees To Be Awarded To Students|url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/bhu-convocation-101st-on-december-23-2153030|access-date=16 January 2022|website=NDTV.com|language=en|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116083147/https://www.ndtv.com/education/bhu-convocation-101st-on-december-23-2153030|url-status=live}}
• Ex-President of India Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma Gold Medal is awarded to the student exhibiting best character, academic excellence, outstanding co-curricular, extra-curricular, and social services in the university.{{Cite web|website=Banaras Hindu University Varanasi|title=Ex-President of India Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma Gold Medal|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/notices/dec2020/30/0001.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416012126/https://www.bhu.ac.in/notices/dec2020/30/0001.pdf}}{{Cite web|title= Ms. Apoorva from Department of Botany, Institute of Science has been awarded the most prestigious "Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma Gold Medal" by the Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Rakesh Bhatnagar. @VCofficeBHU @bhupro @ProfAnilKumarT1 @dsw_bhu... |url=https://twitter.com/deansciencebhu/status/1353982203177259009|access-date=16 January 2022|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116101429/https://twitter.com/deansciencebhu/status/1353982203177259009|url-status=live}}
• Bhagwandas Thakurdas Chandwani Gold Medal is given to the student standing first in MBBS at the IMS-BHU.{{Cite web|title=Mallika Tewari, MBBS, MS, M.Ch, MRCS. Ed Associate Professor and Head Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University |website=Openventio Publishers|url=https://openventio.org/mallika-tewari-mbbs-msgeneral-surgery-m-chsurgical-oncology-mrcs-ed/|access-date=16 January 2022|language=en-US|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118182651/https://openventio.org/mallika-tewari-mbbs-msgeneral-surgery-m-chsurgical-oncology-mrcs-ed/|url-status=live}}
• The Wagle Gold Medal is given to the student standing first in M.A. Economics.{{Cite news|date=24 April 2014|title=BHU convocation: J'khand girl bags three gold medals|page=04|work=Hindustan Times|publication-place=Ranchi|url=https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-ranchi/20140402/281754152288857|access-date=16 January 2022|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116083146/https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-ranchi/20140402/281754152288857|url-status=live}}

{{See also|Banaras Hindu University Students' Union}}

Banaras Hindu University does not have an active political student union, but an administrative student council called the Banaras Hindu University Students Council to represent and safeguard the interests of the students.{{Cite web|date=3 October 2019|title=BHU students face a long battle ahead for their union|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bhu-students-face-a-long-battle-ahead-for-their-union/story-6LoffR29DzUGbw7PQ9gw0H.html|access-date=31 December 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-date=31 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231070854/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bhu-students-face-a-long-battle-ahead-for-their-union/story-6LoffR29DzUGbw7PQ9gw0H.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=ORDINANCES GOVERNING THE STUDENTS COUNCIL OF THE BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY, 2012|url=https://bhu.ac.in/StuentsCouncil/ORDINANCESGOVERNINGTHECONTITUTIONOFBHUTUDENTSCOUNCIL2012.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=31 December 2021|archive-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414214022/http://bhu.ac.in/StuentsCouncil/ORDINANCESGOVERNINGTHECONTITUTIONOFBHUTUDENTSCOUNCIL2012.pdf}}

Despite no elections, student wings of major political parties have an active presence on the campus.{{Cite web|title=BHU: ABVP Protest Led to Withdrawal of Urdu Dept Poster Bearing Iqbal Photo, HoD Apologises|url=https://thewire.in/education/bhu-abvp-protest-led-to-withdrawal-of-urdu-dept-poster-bearing-iqbal-photo-hod-apologises|access-date=31 December 2021|website=The Wire|archive-date=31 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231070854/https://thewire.in/education/bhu-abvp-protest-led-to-withdrawal-of-urdu-dept-poster-bearing-iqbal-photo-hod-apologises|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=20 December 2021|title=NSUI suspects newly appointed BHU VC missing, files police complaint|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nsui-newly-appointed-bhu-vc-missing-complaint-police-1889719-2021-12-20|access-date=31 December 2021|website=India Today|language=en|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220055753/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/nsui-newly-appointed-bhu-vc-missing-complaint-police-1889719-2021-12-20|url-status=live}}

Organized and unorganized protests are held often in the campus due to the vast majority of students.{{Cite web|date=17 March 2021|title=BHU students protest decision to make Nita Ambani visiting professor|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/bhu-students-protest-decision-to-make-nita-ambani-visiting-professor-7231577/|access-date=31 December 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=31 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231070854/https://indianexpress.com/article/education/bhu-students-protest-decision-to-make-nita-ambani-visiting-professor-7231577/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=बीएचयू अस्पताल के खिलाफ छात्रों ने खोला मोर्चा: एंबुलेंस चालक और दलालों की मिलीभगत का आरोप, सिंह द्वार पर मौजूद पुलिस बल|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/bhu-students-protest-outside-of-main-gate-against-irregularities-in-hospital-police-deployed-in-varanasi|access-date=31 December 2021|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi|archive-date=31 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231070855/https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/bhu-students-protest-outside-of-main-gate-against-irregularities-in-hospital-police-deployed-in-varanasi|url-status=live}} The most prominent protest in the last few years have been the Banaras Hindu University women's rights protest.{{cite web |title=What is the BHU protest? everything you need to know |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/what-is/bhu-protest-police-lathicharge-video-sexual-harassment-molestation-4860135/ |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN |date=25 September 2017 |access-date=5 May 2019 |archive-date=5 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505180055/https://indianexpress.com/article/what-is/bhu-protest-police-lathicharge-video-sexual-harassment-molestation-4860135/ |url-status=live }}

{{main|List of Banaras Hindu University people|List of Vice-Chancellors of Banaras Hindu University}}

Alumni and faculty of the Banaras Hindu University, called BHUians and {{Lang|hi|महामना के मानस पुत्र/पुत्री}} {{Cite web|last=Jhalak Har Khabar|title=महामना के मानस पुत्र|url=https://www.jhknews.in/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0/|access-date=21 January 2022|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121112818/https://www.jhknews.in/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Bhaskar|date=|title=BHU से राजघाट तक 900 किमी की साइकिल यात्रा कल:वाराणसी से नई दिल्ली तक स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन के वीरों की गाथा सुनाएंगे छात्र|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/news/manas-putra-of-mahamana-will-narrate-the-saga-of-the-heroes-of-the-freedom-movement-from-varanasi-to-new-delhi-129027681.html|access-date=21 January 2022|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105806/https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/news/manas-putra-of-mahamana-will-narrate-the-saga-of-the-heroes-of-the-freedom-movement-from-varanasi-to-new-delhi-129027681.html|url-status=live}} ({{Translation|Soulful Sons/Daughters of Mahamana}}), have gained prominence in India and across the world in almost all fields of arts, science, and social work. Two former Presidents of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam have worked and taught at the university. Other famous administrators include Sunder Lal,{{Cite web |date=23 September 2015 |title=History of BHU |url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/history1.htm |access-date=21 January 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923184751/http://www.bhu.ac.in/history1.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead}} K. L. Shrimali,{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1017.htm|access-date=21 January 2022|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|archive-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113101319/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1017.htm|url-status=live}} and Moti Lal Dhar.{{Cite web|title=History of BHU|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/Centre/history.html|access-date=13 December 2021|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=15 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515173748/https://www.bhu.ac.in/Centre/history.html|url-status=dead}}

File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg|S Radhakrishnan{{Cite web|date=2021-09-05|title=Teachers Day 2021: Know all about Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/teachers-day-2021-know-all-about-dr-sarvepalli-radhakrishnan-101630801598409.html|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105806/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/teachers-day-2021-know-all-about-dr-sarvepalli-radhakrishnan-101630801598409.html|url-status=live}}

File:Sir CV Raman.JPG|CV Raman{{Cite speech |last=Raman |first=C. V. |date=1926 |title=Dr Sir C. V. Raman's Address |url=http://dspace.rri.res.in:8080/jspui/handle/2289/3265|language=en |access-date=21 January 2022|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105812/http://dspace.rri.res.in:8080/jspui/handle/2289/3265|url-status=live}}

File:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.jpg|APJ Abdul Kalam{{Cite web|date=2007-10-24|title=A P J Abdul Kalam to teach at BHU|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/10/23/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-to-teach-at-bhu-1193206796.html|access-date=2022-01-21|website=oneindia.com|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105812/https://www.oneindia.com/2007/10/23/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-to-teach-at-bhu-1193206796.html|url-status=live}}

File:Girija Devi at Bhopal (4).JPG|Girija Devi{{Cite web|date=2007-10-24|title=बीएचयू में सबसे अलग थी अप्पा जी की क्लास, संगीत-मंचकला संकाय में विजिटिंग प्रोफेसर रहीं गिरिजा देवी|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/girija-devi-was-a-visiting-professor-at-bhu|access-date=2022-01-21|language=hi|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105806/https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/girija-devi-was-a-visiting-professor-at-bhu|url-status=live}}

File:Sucheta Kripalani (cropped).jpg|Sucheta Kripalani{{Cite web|title=Loksabha Profile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/804.htm|access-date=2022-01-21|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105808/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/804.htm|url-status=live}}

File:B C Nirmal.jpg|B.C. Nirmal{{Cite web|last=Shrivastava|first=Prachi|title=Ex-BHU Prof BC Nirmal wins NUSRL Ranchi VC-ship|url=https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/ex-bhu-prof-bc-nirmal-appointed-to-nusrl-vc-ship-20140217-4353|access-date=2022-01-29|website=www.legallyindia.com|language=en-gb|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105810/https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/ex-bhu-prof-bc-nirmal-appointed-to-nusrl-vc-ship-20140217-4353|url-status=live}}

File:Adya Prasad Pandey.jpg|Adya Prasad Pandey{{Cite web|date=2016-10-27|title=Manipur University: BHU prof Aadya Prasad Pandey named new Vice Chancellor|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/manipur-university-bhu-prof-aadya-prasad-pandey-named-new-vice-chancellor-3104763/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105807/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/manipur-university-bhu-prof-aadya-prasad-pandey-named-new-vice-chancellor-3104763/|url-status=live}}

File:SR Ranganathan 1992 stamp of India.jpg|S. R. Ranganathan{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

File:Ramchandra Shukla.jpg|Ramchandra Shukla{{Cite web|title=इनके चलते हो गया हिंदी और उर्दू का ब्रेक-अप|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/tehkhana/five-interesting-stories-about-ramchandra-shukla-on-his-birth-anniversary/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=LallanTop - News with most viral and Social Sharing Indian content on the web in Hindi|language=hi|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105811/https://www.thelallantop.com/tehkhana/five-interesting-stories-about-ramchandra-shukla-on-his-birth-anniversary/|url-status=live}}

File:Omkarnath Thakur 1997 stamp of India.jpg|Omkarnath Thakur{{Cite web|title=Banaras Hindu University, Faculty of Performing Arts, Department of Musicology, Varanasi|url=https://www.bhu.ac.in/performing_arts/musicology/|access-date=2022-01-29|website=www.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105810/https://www.bhu.ac.in/performing_arts/musicology/|url-status=dead}}

File:Revered Prof. Prem Saran Satsangi.png|Prem Saran Satsangi{{Cite web |url=https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/edei/files/a1-f1-mc08e40c4a47f73e63cf6dd84184e6fff538072d2-ATT1.pdf |title=Prof. Prem Saran Satsangi -- Distinguished Alumnus |date=2021-06-29 |last=Singh |first=Sushila |type=Leaflet |access-date=21 January 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108012316/https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/edei/files/a1-f1-mc08e40c4a47f73e63cf6dd84184e6fff538072d2-ATT1.pdf |url-status=live }}

File:Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar 1994 stamp of India.jpg|Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar{{Cite web |url=https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/bhatnagar-shanti-swarup/ |title=Bhatnagar Shanti Swarup {{pipe}} Home |access-date=21 January 2022 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121111316/https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/bhatnagar-shanti-swarup/ |url-status=live }}

File:Patcha Ramachandra Rao.jpg|Patcha Ramachandra Rao{{Cite web|title=INSA :: Deceased Fellow Detail|url=https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N85-0913|access-date=2022-01-29|website=www.insaindia.res.in|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511050347/https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N85-0913|url-status=live}}

File:Bust of Birbal Sahni (Birla Industrial & Technological Museum).jpg|Birbal Sahni{{Cite web|title=Sahni, Birbal (1891-1949) – International Organisation of Palaeobotany|url=https://palaeobotany.org/index.php/palaeobotanist-biographies/sahni-birbal-1891-1949/|access-date=2022-01-29|language=en-US|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121105809/https://palaeobotany.org/index.php/palaeobotanist-biographies/sahni-birbal-1891-1949/|url-status=live}}

Alumni include:

File:Ashok Agarwal 2013.jpg|Ashok Agarwal{{Cite web|title=Dr. Ashok Agarwal is named IVF Expert of the Year 2019 |url=https://embcol.org/Agarwal|access-date=2022-01-21|website=embcol.org|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121154940/https://embcol.org/Agarwal|url-status=live}}

File:Harivansh Rai Bachchan 2003 stamp of India.jpg|Harivansh Rai Bachchan{{Cite web|date=3 March 2016|title=Abhishek Bachchan: Want Aaradhya to retain the family connection with BHU|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/want-aaradhya-to-retain-the-family-connection-with-bhu-abhishek-bachchan/|access-date=21 January 2022|website=The Indian Express|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121154940/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/want-aaradhya-to-retain-the-family-connection-with-bhu-abhishek-bachchan/|url-status=live}}

File:Professor-Harkishan-Singh.jpg|Harkishan Singh

File:Bindeshwar Pathak.jpg|Bindeshwar Pathak{{Cite web|title=BHU Notable Alumni - Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.|url=https://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/BHUNotableAlumni/1_0|access-date=2022-01-29|website=new.bhu.ac.in|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714065255/https://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/BHUNotableAlumni/1_0|url-status=dead}}

File:Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, Assam, India.jpg|Bhupen Hazarika

File:Krishan Kant 2005 stamp of India.jpg|Krishan Kant

File:Raj Narain 2007 stamp of India.jpg|Raj Narain

File:T V Ramakrishnan 2696 (cropped).JPG|T. V. Ramakrishnan

File:Kamanio chattopadhyay.jpeg|Kamanio Chattopadhyay{{Cite web|title=INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail|url=https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N96-1198|access-date=2022-01-29|website=www.insaindia.res.in|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501205920/https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N96-1198|url-status=live}}

File:Tapan Singhel, MD & CEO, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company (cropped).jpg|Tapan Singhel

File:Portrait of Pandit Shyam Sunder Surolia.jpg|Shyam Sunder Surolia

File:Pirsig2005 (cropped).jpg|Robert M. Pirsig

File:Koenraad Elst at Varanasi.jpg|Koenraad Elst

File:Dr Kota Harinarayana.jpg|Kota Harinarayana{{Cite web|title=Profile – Dr. Kota Harinarayana |url=http://nias.res.in/sites/default/files/adjunct/CV-KotaHarinarayana.pdf|access-date=2022-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023223254/http://nias.res.in/sites/default/files/adjunct/CV-KotaHarinarayana.pdf|archive-date=23 October 2020}}

File:Manu Bhandari bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 7163 December 27, 2015.jpg|Mannu Bhandari{{Cite web |title=काशी हिंदू विश्वविद्यालय से हिंदी में एमए किया था मन्नू भंडारी ने, 1951 से 53 तक बनारस में किया था प्रवास |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-mannu-bhandari-had-done-ma-in-hindi-from-banaras-hindu-university-had-migrated-from-1951-to-53-in-banaras-jagran-special-22208964.html |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=Dainik Jagran |language=hi}}

• 2019 Hindi film Super 30 starring Hrithik Roshan was shot in BHU library.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/movies-to-look-forward-to/hrithik-roshan-starrer-super-30-team-shoots-at-banaras-hindu-university/photostory/64841479.cms | title=Hrithik Roshan starrer 'Super 30' team shoots at Banaras Hindu University | newspaper=The Times of India }}

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