Rabindra Bharati University

Rabindra Bharati University is a public research university in Kolkata, India. It was founded on 8 May 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal in 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. It is located at the Tagore family home, Jorasanko Thakur Bari. The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Performing Arts and Visual Arts under the Faculty of Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and other subjects under the Faculty of Arts.

Currently, the post of Vice-Chancellor of the university is vacant.

Tagore museum

The Jorasanko Thakur Bari is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. The first non-European Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore was born here.

Notable Students

Researcher

Methil Devika, Indian Classical Dancer and Senior Research associate at ISRO

Academic

John Felix Raj, Indian Professor and Principal.

Dance

Chitresh Das, Indian Classical Dancer.

Benazir Salam, Indian classical Dancer from Bangladesh

Arthy Ahmed, Recipient of the Ekushey Padak from Bangladesh

Painter

Subhaprasanna, Indian Painter.

Musicians

Anup Ghoshal, Indian Playback singer.

Ajoy Chakrabarty, Indian Vocalist, Composer and Lyricist.

Banani Ghosh, Indian Vocalist

Madhushree, Indian Playback Singer.

Priyanka Gope, Bangladeshi Playback Singer.

Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Indian Vocalist.

Shanti Thatal, Indian Nepali Languages Music Composer and Playback Singer.

Subhamita Banerjee, Indian Vocalist, Composer and Lyricist.

Writer

Moniruddin Khan, Indian Writer and essayist.

Notable faculty

Manoj Mitra

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