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The university was established on 29 September 1981 by the Vidyasagar University Act 1981 (West Bengal Act XVIII of 1981) of the state of West Bengal to commemorate Pandit Iswar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, also known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, an educationist and social worker of 19th century Bengal.
The idea of founding a University in the district was mooted by the various organizations, notably by the Regional Education Association, Midnapore, headed by Professor A.K.Gayen of IIT, Kharagpur.
‘Vidyasagar University Journal of History’ is a peer-reviewed and UGC - CARE listed journal, which is being published regularly since 2012. The department provides scope to the students for higher studies. Ph. D. programme was introduced since inception. M. Phil course has been started from 2015.
Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay CIE (popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar; Bengali: ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর, lit. 'Ishwar Chandra, the Sea of Knowledge'; 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891) [ 1 ] was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. [ 2 ]
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820-1891) was as one of the pillars of Bengal renaissance who managed to continue the social reforms movement that was started by Raja Rammohan Roy in the early 1800s. Vidyasagar was a well-known writer, intellectual and above all a staunch supporter of humanity.
In this paper, I have tried to pay my tribute to Professor Anil KumarGayen, the founder of Vidyasagar University in erstwhile Midnapore district of West Bengal. Gayen was a Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and he did his.
The Vidyasagar University Act was enacted in the West Bengal Assembly in 1981—three years after the demise of Professor Gayen. The CPI-M took over control of this small university in Medinipur and managed to erase the name of Gayen as founder of Vidyasagar University from public memory.During the long period of Left Front rule the general ...
