The MoU was signed by Assam's higher education secretary Madhu Sudan Nath and Visva-Bharati's registrar Ashok Kumar Mahato, in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma here.
Later, the team visited the Visva-Bharati traditional places of worship including the Kanch Mandir Upsana Griha, Santiniketan Bari (the first building that housed Debendranath Tagore and his family after Bhubandanga was bought by him), Uttarayan complex, Kala Bhavana, Sangeet Bhavana
The ASI team surveyed the "original" parts of the university, including the Kanch Mandir Upsana Griha, Santiniketan Bari (the first building that housed Debendranath Tagore and his family after Bhubandanga was bought by him), Uttarayan complex, Kala Bhavana, Sangeet Bhavan and all other structures built by Tagore as part of his dream university.
“The vice-chancellor cannot consider himself above the law or else the court will deal with him accordingly.”
Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of Calcutta High Court directed that no demonstration can be conducted by any students or any other person within a distance of 50m of the institute, particularly the schools, classrooms, the residences of the vice-chancellor, teachers, professors, office staff, library, laboratory.
Even a hard- core optimist would be left to wonder whether anything is still left of Rabindranath Tagore's " Abode of Peace" to fall back upon. The mess suggests that the institution badly needs to be rescued from politicians and henchmen pretending to respect Tagore.
The varsity was shut down indefinitely on Monday following violent protests against decision to construct boundary wall
The duo finally left the central university campus at Bolpur in Birbhum district after the students withdrew the sit-in around 10 pm, university sources said.
Some may bemoan the fact that he should have taken a stronger stance.
The secretary of the West Bengal Heritage Commission, Umapada Chatterjee, on Sunday confirmed that not a single original manuscript related to the Nobel Laureate was displayed at the Rabindra Bhawan Museum at Mungpo in Darjeeling.
