Bankura University

{{short description|Public university in Bankura, West Bengal, India}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Bankura University

| image = Bankura University Logo.svg

| image_upright = .8

| motto = {{lang|sa|uttiṣṭhata jāgrata}}

| mottoeng = Arise, awake

| established = {{start date and age|2014}}

| type = Public State University

| chancellor = Governor of West Bengal

| vice_chancellor = Rup Kumar Barman{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Poulami |date=2024-12-07 |title=Presi, 5 other univs get permanent VCs after govt sends list to guv |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/government-appoints-permanent-vcs-in-west-bengal-universities-ending-prolonged-standoff/articleshowprint/116056328.cms |url-status=live |access-date=2024-12-07 |work=The Times of India Dec 7, 2024, 12.32 AM IST}}

| faculty = 60

| students = 1,180{{cite web |title=NIRF 2020 |url=https://www.bankurauniv.ac.in/Upload/Files/NIRF2020.pdf |publisher=Bankura University |access-date=24 September 2021 |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401033424/https://www.bankurauniv.ac.in/Upload/Files/NIRF2020.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| undergrad =

| postgrad = 970

| doctoral = 210

| city = Bankura

| state = West Bengal

| country = India

| budget = {{INRConvert|17.03|c}}
{{small|(FY2025–26 est.)}}{{Cite book|url=https://finance.wb.gov.in/writereaddata/Budget_Publication/2025_bp23.pdf|title=Detailed Demands for grants for 2025-26|publisher=Government of West Bengal|year=2025|pages=189|access-date=12 Feb 2025|archive-date=12 Feb 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212231259/https://finance.wb.gov.in/writereaddata/Budget_Publication/2025_bp23.pdf|url-status=live}}

| coor = {{Coord|23.2775|N|87.0851|E|format=dms|region:IN-WB_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| mascot = Bankura horse

| nickname = BKU

| colors = 🟦 Sky blue

| campus = Rural

| accreditation = NAAC

| academic_affiliation = {{hlist|UGC|AIU|BCI}}

| logo =

| website = {{Official URL}}

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Bankura University is a public state university in Bankura, West Bengal, India. It was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature notified in the Kolkata Gazette.{{cite web|url=https://wbhed.gov.in/readwrite/uploads/BankuraUnivAct2013.pdf|title=Bankura University Act 2013|website=wbhed.gov.in}} It offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

History

Bankura University was established by the West Bengal Act XIX of 2013 and the assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of 6 January 2014.{{cite news|title=Bankura University Bill passed|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bankura-university-bill-passed/article5403742.ece|access-date=29 November 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=29 November 2013}}{{cite news|title=CM to inaugurate varsity in Bankura|url=http://thestatesman.net/news/16395-CM-to-inaugurate-varsity-in-Bankura.html|access-date=23 September 2013|newspaper=The Statesman|date=23 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925080421/http://www.thestatesman.net/news/16395-cm-to-inaugurate-varsity-in-bankura.html|archive-date=25 September 2013|url-status=dead}}

Campus and location

The university has four academic campuses in the Bankura district — Purandarpur Campus, Puabagan Campus, Mithila Campus, and the Chhandar Campus.

Organisation and administration

=Governance=

The Vice-chancellor of the Bankura University is the chief executive officer of the university. Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay is the current Vice-chancellor of the university.

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scope="col"\| No. !scope="col"\| Name
1. \| Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay
2. \| Goutam Buddha Sural
3. \| Rup Kumar Barman

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|+ class="nowrap" style="background:#fcc;" | List of vice-chancellors

scope="col"| No.

!scope="col"| Name

| Deb Narayan Bandyopadhyay

| Goutam Buddha Sural

| Rup Kumar Barman

=Schools and departments=

Bankura University has 13 departments organized into three schools.{{cite web|url=https://www.bankurauniv.ac.in/Acad_Departments.aspx|title=Bankura University :: Bankura :: West Bengal|website=bankurauniv.ac.in}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bankurauniv.ac.in/Acad_Courses.aspx|title=Schools of the Bankura University|website=bankurauniv.ac.in|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924142821/https://www.bankurauniv.ac.in/Acad_Courses.aspx|url-status=dead}}

School of Science

Thus School consists of the departments of Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.

School of Literature, Language, and Culture Studies

This school consists of the departments of Bengali, English, Sanskrit, and Santali.

School of Social Sciences

This school consists of the departments of History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, Social Work, and Law.

=Affiliations=

Bankura University is an affiliating university and has jurisdiction over the colleges of the Bankura district of West Bengal, India.{{cite web|url=https://www.bankurauniv.ac.in/Affilated_College.aspx|title=Affiliated Colleges of the Bankura University|website=bankurauniv.ac.in|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=9 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509082124/https://www.bankurauniv.ac.in/Affilated_College.aspx}}

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