Tripura University

Tripura University is a central university, the main public government university of Tripura, India.^[1]

Tripura University

Motto	Pursuit of Excellence
Type	Central
Established	1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Academic affiliations	UGC AICTE
Vice-Chancellor	Ganga Prasad Prasain
Location	Suryamaninagar , Tripura , India 23°45′40″N 91°15′58″E / 23.761°N 91.266°E / 23.761; 91.266
Campus	Rural
Language	English, Bengali, Kokborok, Hindi
Website	tripurauniv.ac.in

History

Higher education in Tripura has its beginning with Maharaja Bir Bikram College (MBBC), the first-degree college in the state, established in 1947, and affiliate to Calcutta University (CU). This was followed by Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya in 1950, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar College formerly known as Belonia College in 1964 and Ramthakur College in 1967, all affiliated to CU. No postgraduate college existed in Tripura, until in 1967 the University Grants Commission (UGC) sanctioned a post-graduate wing of CU, named Calcutta University Post graduate Centre (CUPGC), established in 1985. In 1987 Tripura University was established through the Tripura University Act, on the grounds of CUPGC.^[2]

In 2007 Tripura University was elevated to a central university under the Tripura University Act, 2006.^[3] Sudip Bandopadhya was appointed the first chancellor and Arunoday Saha as first vice-chancellor (VC).^[4] Saha was followed by Anjan Kumar Ghosh,^[5] followed by Vijaykumar Laxmikantrao Dharurkar who was appointed the third VC in July 2018.^[6] In September 2019, Dharurkar resigned from his position under corruption allegations^[7] and replaced with acting VC Sangram Sinha.^[8] Sinha was replaced with acting VC Mahesh Kumar Singh in January 2020,^[9] who filled up the position until August 2020, when Ganga Prasad Prasain was appointed VC.^[10]

Location

The campus of Tripura University is situated at Suryamaninagar, 10 km away from the city centre of Agartala.

Affiliated colleges

Notable affiliated colleges include:

• Ambedkar College
• Dasaratha Deb Memorial College
• Sachin Deb Barman Memorial Govt. Music College, Lichubagan
• Government Degree College, Dharmanagar
• Government Degree College, Kamalpur
• Government Degree College, Khumulwng
• Government Degree College, Teliamura
• Government Degree College, Gandacharra
• Government Degree College, Longtharai Valley
• Holy Cross College, Agartala
• Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar College, Belonia
• Kabi Nazrul Mahavidyalaya, Sonamura
• Michael Madhusudan Dutta College
• Netaji Subhash Mahavidyalaya, Udaipur
• Rabindranath Thakur Mahavidyalaya
• Ramthakur College, Agartala
• Ramkrishna Mahabhidyalay, Kailashar
• Tripura Institute of Technology, Narsingarh
• Tripura State Academy of Tribal Culture
• Women's College, Agartala
• Tripura Medical College, Hapaina
• Agartala Government Medical College, Kunjaban

References

1. "Tripura University | West District, Government of Tripura | India". Retrieved 28 June 2021.
2. "History of University". www.tripurauniv.ac.in. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
3. "Tripura University Act, 2006" (PDF). 10 January 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
4. "Tripura University elevated to a Central University". oneindia.com. 4 July 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
5. "Anjan Kumar Ghosh appointed as the new VC of Tripura University". CFO India. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
6. "New VC in Tripura University". Business Standard India. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
7. Barman, Sourav Roy; Chopra, Ritika (8 September 2019). "Tripura University V-C resigns after sting video, claims threat to life". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
8. "MHRD removes Tripura University VC on 'corruption charges'". India Today. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
9. "MK Singh new VC of Tripura University". tripurainfo.com. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
10. "Prof Prasain takes charge of new VC of Tripura University". United News of India. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

External links

• Official website