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In this episode from "The Best RU-vid Channel" we take a tour of The North Bengal University.
The University of North Bengal was established by an Act of the Legislature of West Bengal in 1962 with the mission “to encourage and provide for instruction for teaching, training and research in various branches of learning and course of study; to promote advancement and dissemination of knowledge and learning and to extend higher education to meet the growing needs of society.”
The University of North Bengal campus covers an area of nearly 315.99 acres of land at the foothills of high Himalaya in close proximity of vast plains around it with a fascinating glimpse of the Kanchenjunga peak, tea gardens and forest cover.
The University of North Bengal has acquired 31.50 acres of land and has already started setting up another campus at Jalpaiguri by the side of the campus of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College for widening the dimension and scope of Higher Education and Research in one more Centre for Higher Education through modern studies for spreading advancement of learning in various branches of Humanities, Science and Technology in order to reach the people of this region in a bigger way so that they can have better and easier access to Higher Education.
The University of North Bengal, since its inception in 1962, has been fulfilling the objectives of imparting higher education and research to the people of this socio-economically backward area of the country. With the global advancement and requirements in the arena of higher education and research, the University has shouldered the responsibility of dissemination of knowledge by judicious expansion of its role in advanced, non-conventional, applied and job-oriented fields keeping the quality of education at par with global standards at low cost.
The University has taken initiatives in qualitative growth by way of achieving excellence. The Departments are well-equipped with research programmes from various agencies and have received academic distinctions and recognitions.
The University of North Bengal was established in the year 1962. At that time, it was the only University which affiliated all the colleges in the northern districts of West Bengal, including Jalpaiguri Engineering College and North Bengal Medical College. The colleges of the state of Sikkim were also affiliated to the University of north Bengal.
Gradually the number of affiliated colleges were reduced by the establishment of Sikkim Central University, bringing of all B.Ed colleges under a separate University of West Bengal and the same was done for all the engineering colleges which were brought under West Bengal University of Technology. Subsequently other affiliating universities came up in other districts of north Bengal, such as Gaur Banga University, Coochbehar Panchnan Barma University and Raiganj University affiliating the colleges which were under the University of North Bengal. While the University thus lost its distinctiveness as the largest University in the northern region of West Bengal.
The University has the highest number of ST students in the region drawn both from the hills and the plains reflecting wide ethno-cultural diversity. This diversity is encouraged and nurtured through one of a kind Museum, the A.K.M.H. Museum which had a humble beginning in 1965, and can now legitimately take pride in its substantial collection of stone and metal images, terracotta works, coins, manuscripts etc. Major portion of such collections belong to the period between 8th Century and 12th Century through even older pieces are also in the possession of the Museum. The Museum at present has emerged as one of the favored destinations of scholars, researchers and students. Scholars from different parts of India and some even from China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Japan, Taiwan and other countries now visit the Museum.
The other initiative of the University was to set up CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN LOCAL LANGUAGES CULTURES which has done a significant service to the promotion and preservation of cultural heritage of the region. The geospatial uniqueness is captures though the Department of Tea Science offering MSc in Tea Science with collaboration of Tea Board of India. Darjeeling is famous for Tea and this Department is the only one in India that is relevant to this region. The location of this university is in a region which shares borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal, and China is not distant. Keeping this geostrategic aspect in attention the Center for Himalayan Studies undertakes research in the eastern Himalayan region and offers programs in Strategic Studies.
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Credits
* Camera, Edit, Narration - Tonmoy Saha
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15 сен 2024
