Located at the abode of the poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore on 56A, B. T. Road, Kolkata, Rabindra Bharati University was founded on May 8, 1962, under the Rabindra Bharati Act of the Government of West Bengal, 1961, to mark the birth centenary of the poet Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (Bangla: রবà§à¦¨à§à¦¦à§à¦°à¦¨à¦¾à¦¥ ঠাà¦à§à¦°, Robindronath Å¢hakur) (May 7, 1861 â August 7, 1941) (in the Bangla Calendar, 25 Baishakh, 1268 â 22 Srabon, 1348), also called Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, Brahmo philosopher and nationalist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913, becoming the first Asian to win... Kolkata (Bangla: à¦à¦²à¦à¦¾à¦¤à¦¾, Hindi: à¤à¥à¤²à¤à¤¤à¤¾), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal and was capital of British India until 1912. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... West Bengal (পশà§à¦à¦¿à¦® বà¦à§à¦, PosÌcim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
It offers courses in Arts, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, and Economics. It also serves as a museum (which offers tours to the public) for the Tagore family. Resources ArtLex. ... The term fine art was first attested in 1767, as a translation from the French term beaux arts. ... U.S. Economic Calendar Economics at the Open Directory Project Economics textbooks on Wikibooks The Economists Economics A-Z Institutions and organizations Bureau of Labor Statistics - from the American Labor Department Center for Economic and Policy Research (USA) National Bureau of Economic Research (USA) - Economics material from the organization...
Of the five Universities that the city of Kolkata can boast of till now, RabindraBharati is the third to come into existence.
With the eventual expansion of the University, the Faculty of Arts was added to its academic base in 1976 and a new campus on 56A, B. Road, Kolkata-50 was requisitioned to house it.
The University was reconstituted in 1981 by the RabindraBharati Act, 1981.
Besides being distinguished with twin gold medals for bachelors' and masters' degrees, Sangeeta's doctoral thesis from the Banaras Hindu University is the culmination of detailed and dedicated research on the contribution of violin and violinists to Indian music.
Shankar Chawdhury is currently a lecturer in tabla in the department of instrumental music, RabindraBharatiUniversity, Calcutta.
Debabrata Biswas, a legendary name in the world of Rabindra Sangeet, remains till today, as one of the most dynamic and outstanding persons both as a performer and as a human-being.