University of Gour Banga

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name = University of Gour Banga
motto =
established = March 10 2008
type = Public
chancellor = Governor of West Bengal
vice_chancellor = Prof. Surabhi Banerjee,
city = Malda
state = West Bengal
country = India
undergrad =
postgrad =
campus = Urban
affiliations = UGC
website = [http://www.ugb.ac.in/ www.ugb.ac.in]

University of Gour Banga is an university established in 2008 and situated in Malda (West Bengal, India). Almost all of the 28 colleges in Malda, Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur, with the exception of Raiganj University College, are affiliated to this university.

Surabhi Bandyopadhyay, the former vice-chancellor of Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, has become the first vice-chancellor of the university, while the former University of North Bengal Registrar, Tapash Kumar Chattopadhyay, is the first acting Registrar.

The logo of the Gour Banga University was prepared in the second week of June 2008 by Sameer Rakshit, the present Head of the Department of Architecture, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.cite news
last =
first =
title = Varsity logo ready
publisher = The Telegraph
date = 2008-06-20
url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080621/jsp/siliguri/story_9440964.jsp | accessdate = 2008-06-30 ] Rakshit is also in charge of designing the main building of the Gour Banga University, which is currently functioning from the ground-floor of the Post-Graduate Section of Malda College (Rabindra Sarani, Rathbari More, Post Office + District: Malda - 732 101).

The university is scheduled to have 18 subjects, initially. It will cater to thousands to students mainly from the six districts of North Bengal - especially from Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, and Dakshin Dinajpur.

References

ee also

* List of universities in India