It is a dream realized. The Hon’ble Chief Minister Smt Mamata Bandyopadhyay and the Hon’ble Education Minister gave a concrete shape to the long-cherished dream of the people of Bankura by establishing Bankura University, thereby giving a new intellectual impetus to this peripherally located region of West Bengal.

Bankura University was established by the West Bengal Act XIX of 2013 and the assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of 6th January, 2014.

 Bankura University is committed to the dedicated task of disseminating higher learning in this region and it promises to move into a glorious future by promoting the study of indigenous folk and cultural tradition as also by a sustainable rural and tribal development.

Bankura, historically known as Mallabhum, can truly boast of a rich heritage of traditional cultural excellence. It is evident in its traditional Dokra art, the intellectual and artistic triumphs of the 18th-century mathematician Subhankar (the well-known Subhankari Arya), the temple town of Bishnupur and the artistic contributions of Jamini Roy and Ramkinkar Bej.

This university will sustain and strengthen a unique dissemination of knowledge systems in language, literature, cultural studies, social sciences and multiple branches of the study of science.Now, it comprises of four campuses at Purandarpur, Puabagan, Mithila and Chhandar in Bankura district.

The Department of Bengali, Bankura University has started its journey from the very beginning  of this University. It offers Post Graduate course in Bengali with its enthusiastic fulltime permanent faculty members who joined this department from the beginning of December, 2015. Dr Debasis Mazumdar, Associate Professor of Bengali was the first Head of Bengali Department, Bankura University. The other fulltime permanent faculty members are Mr. Aurobindo Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of Bengali, Dr Sanjib Das, Assistant Professor of Bengali, Mr. Sashanka Mondal and Assistant Professor of Bengali. From 2021 two other faculty members joined Bengali Department, Bankura University. They are Prof. Bikash Chandra Paul, Professor of Bengali and Ms. Hasnuhenna, Assistant Professor of Bengali. 

Faculty

Dr. Bikash Chandra Paul
Dr. Bikash Chandra Paul

PROFESSOR

bicpaul@gmail.com

+91-943434879 / 8371061238

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Dr. Debasis Mazumdar
Dr. Debasis Mazumdar

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HEAD

debasismazumdar7@gmail.com

+91-8617821277

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Mr. Aurobindo Chatterjee
Mr. Aurobindo Chatterjee

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

aurobindobku@gmail.com

+91-+91-9434361717

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Dr. Sanjib Das
Dr. Sanjib Das

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

phdsanjib@gmail.com

+91-7278440143

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Mr. Sashanka Mondal
Mr. Sashanka Mondal

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

sashankamondal2@gmail.com

+91-N.A

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Ms. Hasnuhenna
Ms. Hasnuhenna

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

hasnuhenna.ri@gmail.com

+91-8296899369

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Name Dr Debasis Mazumdar
Designation Associate Professor & H.O.D
Contact N.A
Email hodbengali@bankurauniv.ac.in
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