Sidho Kanho Birsha University

Sidho Kanho Birsha University
Motto sa vidya ya vimuktaye
Type Public
Established 2010
Chancellor Governor of West Bengal
Vice-Chancellor Dipak Ranjan Mandal [1]
Location Purulia, West Bengal, India
Campus Rural
Affiliations UGC
Website www.skbu.ac.in

Sidho Kanho Birsha University is a state university established in 2010 in Purulia, West Bengal, India.[2] Tapati Mukherjee was appointed as the first vice-chancellor. The focus is to promote and protect indigenous culture and language — especially the Santali language.[3]

Sidho Kanho Birsha University began as an academic institution of higher learning when it was created as a state university in 2010.

Its post-graduate departments started functioning from the 2011-12 session with 12 academic departments (Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Santali, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & Commerce). Over the years in an expansive and forward looking drive, they grew to 18 departments with the introduction the Economics, Sociology, Tribal Studies, Geography, Zoology & Botany department, many of which are in the frontier areas of Science and Social Sciences.

The university initiated the Department of Tribal Studies. They are soon going to open the Department of Performing Arts.

History

The university was founded on 6 July 2010 by the Sidho Kanho Brisha University Act, 2010, passed by the West Bengal Legislature. Jagannath Kishore College, Purulia donated 13 acres to the university.

The university is named for three rebels who put up resistance against British rule: Sidhu Murmu, Kanhu Murmu and Birsa Munda.[4]

Affiliated colleges

The university has 31 colleges. Among them 21 are degree colleges and ten are B.Ed. colleges and professional colleges:[5]

Degree colleges
  • Achhruram Memorial College
  • Ananda Marga College
  • Arsha College
  • Balarampur College
  • Bandwan Mahavidyalaya
  • Barabazar BikramTudu Memorial College
  • Bikramjeet Goswami Memorial College
  • Chitta Mahato Memorial College
  • Government General Degree College
  • J.K. College
  • Kashipur Michael Madhusudan Mahavidyalaya
  • Kotshila Mahavidyalaya
  • Mahatma Gandhi College
  • Manbhum Mahavidyalaya
  • Netaji Subhas Ashram Mahavidyalaya
  • Nistarini College
  • Panchakot Mahavidyalaya
  • Raghunathpur College
  • Ramananda Centenary College
  • Santaldih College
  • Sitaram Mahato Memorial College
B.Ed. colleges and professional college
  • Ananda Marga Gurukul Teachers' Training College
  • B.K.M. College of Education
  • Bengal Institute of Science & Technology
  • Deben Mahato Teacher’s Training Institute
  • Gurukul Teachers' Training Institute
  • Haladhar Mahato Teacher’s Training Institute
  • Manbhum Institute of Education & Social Science
  • Ramkrishna Mahato Memorial Teachers Training College
  • Sponsored Teachers’ Training College
  • Vidyasagar Foundation School of Education & Training

References

  1. "Vice Chancellore". Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  2. Tribal areas get own university, indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. Published Kolkata, 23 April 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2012
  3. "New Vice-Chancellors take charge in West Bengal". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2 November 2010.
  4. University History Archived 2012-03-04 at the Wayback Machine., skbu.ac.in. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  5. "List of Colleges". skbu.ac.in. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

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