Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University

Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University
Faculty of Arts
(seen from North-West)
Type Faculty
Established 1898 (1898)
Parent institution
 Banaras Hindu University
Academic affiliation
 Banaras Hindu University
Dean U. C. Dubey[1]
Location Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
25°16′12″N 82°59′43″E / 25.26987°N 82.995167°E / 25.26987; 82.995167
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC
Website Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University is a faculty in the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India which offers courses in History, Culture, Philosophy, Languages, Literature along with various Professional and Vocational courses. It was founded in 1898 and is the oldest and largest faculty in the Banaras Hindu University. Faculty of Arts was formerly known as the Central Hindu College (1898–1916). In 1916, the Banaras Hindu University grew around the "nucleus" of the Faculty of Arts.[2]

History

Formally known as Central Hindu College, The Faculty of Arts is the oldest and largest faculty in the Banaras Hindu University. It was founded in 1898 by Dr. Annie Besant and became the epicentre and bedrock for foundation of Banaras Hindu University in 1916 by Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. Faculty of Arts also known as "Mother Faculty" out of which many other faculties and departments of the university grew out.[2]

Organization

Faculty of Arts' administrative head is a dean. The dean is responsible for all aspects of the Faculty's operations, including budgets, administration, planning, support services, faculty appointments, curricula and student affairs. The dean is appointed by and reports to the Vice-Chancellor of the university.

There are 23 different departments in the Faculty of Arts that offer Certificate courses, Special courses, Undergraduate diploma, Undergraduate degree (UG), advanced Postgraduate diploma, Postgraduate degree (PG) and Doctorate in following three categories;[2][3]

  1. History, Culture and Philosophy
  2. Language and Literature
  3. Professional and Vocational courses

Departments

  • Bhojpuri Adhayan Kendra
  • Department of English
  • Department of Bengali
  • Department of French Studies
  • Department of Hindi
  • Department of German Studies
  • Department of Marathi
  • Department of Foreign Languages
  • Department of Sanskrit
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Department of Telugu
  • Department of AIHC & Archaeology
  • Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies
  • Department of Philosophy and Religion
  • Department of Urdu
  • Department of Physical Education
  • Department of Indian Languages
  • Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
  • Department of Arabic
  • Department of Library & Information Science
  • Department of Persian
  • Malaviya Moolya Anusheelan Kendra
  • Department of History of Art[4]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the faculty of arts include:

NameCourseSubjectYearOccupationRemarks
Ahmad Hasan DaniMASanskrit1944Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian & linguistFirst Muslim graduate of BHU[5]
Anant Sadashiv Altekar–––Historian, archaeologist and numismatist
Awadh Kishore NarainMAAIHC1947Indian historian, archaeologist & numismatist[6]
B. D. LakshmanBA––Indo-Fijian politician, union leader & businessman–
Baldev UpadhyayaMASanskrit1922Hindi & Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist & criticPadma Bhushan awardee[7]
Colin TurnbullMAIndian Religion & Philosophy1947British-American anthropologist[8]
Kashinath SinghPhDHindi1965Indian writer and scholar of Hindi languageSahitya Akademi Awardee[9]
Koenraad ElstMAIndology1992Orientalist and Indologist–
Kuber Nath Rai–Hindi & Sanskrit–Hindi literature & Sanskrit scholar–
Lal Mani JoshiMAPali1964Buddhist scholar–
Liu AnwuMAHindi1958Chinese translator–
Ma Su KrishnamurthyMAHindi1962Kannada and Hindi writer–
Manu BhandariMAHindi1953Hindi writer–
Paragu–––Burmese writer–
Prithvi Nath Kaula–––Library and Information Sciences specialistPadma Shri awardee.[10]
Rajbali PandeyPhD––Indian writer and author
Ram Krishna SinghMAEnglish1972Reviewer, critic and contemporary poet–
Rewa Prasad DwivediMASanskrit1962Sanskrit scholar and poet[11]
Robert M. PirsigMAEastern Philosophy & culture1954American writer and philosopher–
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena---Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright–
Satya Vrat ShastriPhDSanskrit-Sanskrit scholar, writer, grammarian and poet–
Shankar Dayal SinghBA--Indian Politician–
Sita Ram Chaturvedi - - - Indian educator, dramatist and scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit language and literature -

See also

References

  1. ↑ Faculty of Arts, BHU (Dean) bhu.ac.in
  2. 1 2 3 "About Faculty of Arts". BHU website. Retrieved May 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ↑ "Courses" (PDF). Official website. Retrieved May 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ↑ "Arts Faculty website".
  5. ↑ "Alumni:Ahmad Hasan Dani". The Guardian. Retrieved May 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. ↑ "Alumni:Awadh Kishore Narain" Check |url= value (help). Banaras Hindu University website. Retrieved May 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ↑ Baldev Upadhyaya Felicitation Volume, (Ed.) G.C. Tripathi, Journal of the Ganganath Jha, Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Allahabad, 1983.
  8. ↑ "Alumni:Colin Turnbull". Official website of the biography. Retrieved May 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ↑ "Alumni:Kashinath Singh". Samanvay Indian Languages Festival. Retrieved May 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  10. ↑ "Alumni:Prithvi Nath Kaula". IT BHU Global. Retrieved May 2015. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  11. ↑ Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit Literature (2003), pp. 427–429

Coordinates: 25°16′12″N 82°59′43″E / 25.269870°N 82.995167°E / 25.269870; 82.995167

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