Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University - Wikipedia

Public university in Cooch Behar, West Bengal Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University

কোচবিহার পঞ্চানন বর্মা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
Type	Public State University
Established	2012 (13 years ago) (2012)
Accreditation	NAAC
Academic affiliation	UGC AIU BCI
Budget	₹10.7373 crore (US$1.3 million)(2021–22 est.)[1]
Chancellor	Governor of West Bengal
Vice-Chancellor	Sanchari Mukhopadhyay
Location	Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India26°19′18″N 89°28′11″E / 26.3215352°N 89.4696066°E / 26.3215352; 89.4696066
Campus	Rural
Website	cbpbu.ac.in

Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University (CBPBU) is a public state university in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.[2][3] The university was named after the 19th-century Rajbangshi leader and social reformist Panchanan Barma.

History

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The Government of West Bengal established Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University under the West Bengal Act XXI of 2012 and The Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University Act 2012.[4]

The first statutes of the university were approved by the chancellor of the university, the Hon'ble Governor of West Bengal, in the first week of January 2015, and subsequently printed. On 8 April 2015, the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, granted it '2(F)' affiliation. The first statutes were gazetted at the end of April 2015, while the first Executive Council meeting was held on 22 May 2015.

The university, which functioned from its camp office at Central Farmers' Hostel, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, shifted to its permanent campus on Vivekananda Street, near Krishi Bij Khamar, Cooch Behar, on 19 August 2015. Before this, through a July 2015 order from the Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal, 15 general-degree colleges, mostly from the district of Cooch Behar, were initially affiliated to the University.

Professor Indrajit Ray, a former teacher of economics of the University of North Bengal, was the first vice-chancellor, while Professor Shubhrangshu Sekhar Chattopadhyay, originally from the Department of Law, University of Calcutta, joined the university as the second vice-chancellor in January 2015. Presently, Prof. Syamal Roy, originally from the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, is officiating as the first permanently appointed vice-chancellor. Dr. Debkumar Mukhopadhyay is the first registrar of Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University.[5] Nirupom Bhattacharyya is the (acting) Finance Officer.

Organisation and Administration

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Governance

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The Vice-chancellor of the Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University is the chief executive officer of the university.

List of All Vice-Chancellors

No.	Name
1.	Prof. Indrajit Roy
2.	Prof. Shubhrangshu Sekhar Chattopadhyay
3.	Prof. Shyamal Roy
4.	Prof. Debkumar Mukhopadhyay
5.	Prof. Nikhilesh Roy
6.	Prof. Sanchari Mukhopadhyay (Incumbent)

Faculties and Departments

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The Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University has 19 departments organized into two faculty councils.[6]

• Faculty of Science

This faculty consists of the departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Geography and Zoology.

• Faculty of Arts & Commerce

This faculty consists of the departments of Bengali, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Library and Information Science, Journalism & Mass Communication, Economics, Education, Law, and Commerce.

Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University also offers Certificate Course in Rajbongshi language, and Spanish language.

Affiliations

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Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University is an affiliating university and has jurisdiction over the colleges of the Cooch Behar district. A total of 15 colleges from Cooch Behar district are affiliated with the university.[2]

Academics

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• Bengali
• English
• Sanskrit
• Hindi
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Computer Science
• Botany
• Zoology
• Geography
• History
• Political Science
• Library and information science
• Mass communication
• Education
• Philosophy
• Commerce
• Economics
• Law
• Human Rights and Duties Education

Accreditations

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The University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) accorded recognition to the university in terms of Section 12B of the U.G.C. Act.

References

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1. ^ "Detailed Demands For Grants For 2021-22" (PDF). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
2. ^ a b "Private education Bill passed amidst Opposition walkout". The Statesman. 6 July 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
3. ^ "Bill passed to set up private varsity". Asian Age. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
4. ^ vide Kolkata Gazette number W.B.(Part-III)/2012/S.A.R.-32, 16 August 2012.
5. ^ "Anuradha Mukherjee appointed as new vice-chancellor of Kazi Nazrul Islam University". The Times of India. 24 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
6. ^ "Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University :: Cooch Behar :: West Bengal". cbpbu.ac.in.

External links

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• Official website

v t e Colleges affiliated to Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University

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