University of Gour Banga

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University of Gour Banga is a

Malda, West Bengal, India. It is one of the newest state universities established in 2008 by the Government of West Bengal
on Act XXVI 2007.

History

The university completed its establishment in 2008 by the

Dakshin Dinajpur
districts initiated its academic activities from the academic year 2008 in keeping with the philosophy of achieving and maintaining the highest levels of academic excellence and meeting the aspiration of the socio-economically backward segments of Muslims, SC and ST which constitute more than 75 percent of the population in its catchment area.

Prof. Surabhi Bandyopadhyay, the former

vice-chancellor of Netaji Subhas Open University, became the first vice chancellor of the university, while the former registrar of University of North Bengal, Dr. Tapash Kumar Chattopadhyay, became the first acting registrar, all in 2008. Prof. Gopa Dutta was the second vice chancellor.[3]

Main Building of UGB

The logo of the University of Gour Banga was prepared in the second week of June 2008 by Sameer Rakshit, the head of the Department of Architecture, Jadavpur University.[4] Rakshit is also in charge of designing the main building of the University of Gour Banga, which started functioning from the ground-floor of the Post-Graduate Section of Malda College in 2008. From 2011 this university is functioning in its own place which is near Rabindra Bhaban, Malda 732103, West Bengal, India.

Organisation and Administration

Governance

The Vice-chancellor of the University of Gour Banga is the chief executive officer of the university. In 2021 Shanti Chhetri was appointed as Vice-chancellor of the university.

List of All Vice-Chancellors
No. Name
1. Prof. Surabhi Banerjee
2. Prof. Gopa Dutta
3. Prof. Achintya Biswas
4. Prof. Gopal Chandra Mishra
5. Prof. Swagata Sen
6. Prof. Chanchal Chaudhuri
7. Dr. Shanti Chhetry

Faculties and Departments

University of Gour Banga has 23 departments organized into three faculties.[5]

  • Faculty of Science

This faculty consists of the departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Food & Nutrition, Botany, Zoology, and Physiology.

  • Faculty of Humanities, Social Science & Commerce

This faculty consists of the departments of Bengali, English, Arabic, Sanskrit, History, Geography, Political Science, Philosophy, Economics, Sociology, and Commerce.

  • Faculty of Law, Education, Journalism, Library Science, and Physical Education

This faculty consists of the departments of Education, Library and Information Science, Law, and Mass Communication.

Affiliations

The university is an affiliating institution and has its jurisdiction over the colleges of

Dakshin Dinajpur
districts.

Academics

Admission

One has to pass the secondary (10+2) examination for admission in the undergraduate courses. While one have to take an entrance examination after the undergraduate degree for the admission in postgraduate courses.

Accreditation

In 2016 the university has been awarded 'B' grade with CGPA value 2.30 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "NIRF 2023" (PDF). University of Gour Banga.
  2. ^ "University of Gour Banga".
  3. The Telegraph
    . Published Thursday, 8 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012
  4. ^ "Varsity logo ready". The Telegraph. 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
  5. ^ "University of Gour Banga :: Malda :: West Bengal". ugb.ac.in.
  6. ^ "UC111383". National Assessment and Accreditation Council. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

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