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Relief, apprehension: teachers describe the current mood in Visva-Bharati University

Relief and apprehension in Visva-Bharati University following end of Prof. Chakrabarty's tenure as V-C. New V-C to provide healing touch, revive seminars, conferences, cultural programmes., involve ashramiks, restore ties with State Govt., revive Poush Mela and Basanta Utsav, maintain heritage status. Students to demand eviction of former V-C.

The Hindu · Nov 20, 2023

BJP hints at damage control at Visva-Bharati after Centre seeks withdrawal of controversial plaques

A row had erupted with the Visva-Bharati University administration putting up plaques at the University to commemorate the inclusion of Santiniketan as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Hindu · Nov 18, 2023

Visva-Bharati V-C ends tenure with a caustic letter to Mamata

Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty's tenure at Visva-Bharati, marked by confrontation with detractors, ends Nov 8. He claims to have enjoyed his term, despite criticism from West Bengal CM and others. The Central Govt-run university is the only one in the state, with PM as Chancellor. Chakrabarty praised PM Modi for UNESCO…

The Hindu · Nov 7, 2023

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Plaques with names of PM Modi, Vice-Chancellor at Visva-Bharati trigger row

Controversy erupts over plaques at Visva Bharati Univ. not mentioning Tagore; Trinamool & BJP leaders criticize; Calcutta HC calls for V-C's removal; legal tussle with Nobel laureate Amartya Sen over land.

The Hindu · Oct 22, 2023

Calcutta High Court wonders why Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor is still in office

The Calcutta High Court’s strong rebuke of Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty, with the judge saying that he should be removed for getting his own professor out of an international science project last year, has given fodder to his detractors who have long been baying for his blood.

The Hindu · Oct 18, 2023

Visva-Bharati V-C asks Mamata for control of access road to protect heritage property

Visva-Bharati seeks to regain control of road passing through Santiniketan, UNESCO World Heritage Site, after locals complained of denied access. V-C Chakrabarty wrote to CM Banerjee, criticizing detractors for opposing the idea. VBUFA condemned the letter, noting V-C lacks legal standing to address CM.

The Hindu · Oct 3, 2023

Two Nobel winning U.S. economists among 304 write to President against Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor

The house, Pratichi, is built over 1.38 acres and last April, the university claimed that 13 decimals (0.13 acre) of the land belonged to it and that the economist was occupying it illegally. The Nobel laureate went to the Calcutta High Court, and the matter remains in court.

The Hindu · Jul 20, 2023

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In Visva-Bharati, discontent over lecture on Kali worship

Old-timers as well as detractors of Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty say religion has never found space in the secular institution

The Hindu · Jul 23, 2022

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