Visva-Bharati University: Rabindranath established Visva-Bharati University in 1921. The UNESCO “heritage” tag will shortly be applied to it. It will be able to become the first university of living heritage. Bidyut Chakraborty, Vice-Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University, stated that the university would be designated a heritage university.
February 2023 Current Affairs Quiz
According to UNESCO, Visva-Bharati was established in 1922 as a Center for Culture with an emphasis on the exploration of the arts, language, humanities, and music. These are reflected in various institutes that still offer educational programmes that include Hindi studies, Sino-Asian studies, the humanities, fine arts, and music, among other subjects.
About the Visva-Bharati University
The university covers 1,130 acres and was named after Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Visva-Bharati Society registered it as an organization in May 1922. According to reports, some of the Nobel Laureates’ property, including land, and a bungalow, were donated to the society. It was a college from Independence. In 1951, the Central University status was granted to the institution by a central Act.
Its first vice-chancellor was Rathindranath Tagore, the son of Rabindranath Tagore, and the second vice-chancellor was grandfather of another Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen. This news comes 11 years after the Union Culture Ministry successfully applied to have Santiniketan designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (“Visva Bharati”) and won recognition for Tagore’s Cultural Ark on the occasion of his 150th birthday.
What is UNESCO?
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialised agency of the United Nations that promotes cooperation among nations through education, science, culture, and communication.