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PM Modi to address Visva-Bharati University centenary celebrations on 24 December

Founded by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, Visva-Bharati is also the oldest Central University in the country.

SNS | New Delhi | December 23, 2020 11:00 pm

PM Modi to address Visva-Bharati University centenary celebrations on 24 December

Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi at Santiniketan. (Image: Facebook/ Visva Bharati University)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the centenary celebrations of the Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan on 24th December 2020 at 11 AM via video conferencing. The Governor of West Bengal and Union Education Minister will also be present on the occasion.

About Visva-Bharati

Founded by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in 1921, Visva-Bharati is also the oldest Central University in the country. In May 1951, Visva-Bharati was declared to be a Central University and “an Institution of National Importance” by an Act of Parliament.

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The University followed the pedagogy devised by Gurudev Tagore, though gradually it evolved in the format in which modern Universities developed elsewhere. The Prime Minister is the Chancellor of the University.

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