Visva-Bharati University

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Visva-Bharati

Motto	Yatra Viśvam Bhavatyekanīḍam (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	Where the world makes a home in a single nest
Type	Public central university Institute of National Importance
Established	23 December 1921; 102 years ago (1921-12-23)
Founder	Rabindranath Tagore
Accreditation	NAAC
Academic affiliations	UGC ICAR AIU ICSSR ACU[1]
Budget	₹308.505 crore (US$39 million) (FY2021–22 est.)[2]
Chancellor	Prime Minister of India
Vice-Chancellor	Sanjoy Kumar Mallik (acting)[3]
Rector	Governor of West Bengal
Visitor	President of India
Academic staff	466 (2023)[2]
Students	9,683 (2023)[2]
Undergraduates	4,411 (2023)[2]
Postgraduates	3,902 (2023)[2]
Doctoral students	1,370 (2023)[2]
Location	Shantiniketan , West Bengal , India 23°40′44″N 87°40′25″E / 23.67889°N 87.67361°E / 23.67889; 87.67361
Campus	Remote Town 1,128.895 acres (456.848 ha)
Newspaper	The Visva-Bharati News
Website	visvabharati.ac.in
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Santiniketan
Criteria	Cultural: (iv)(vi)
Designated	2023 (45th session)
Reference no.	1375

Visva-Bharati (IAST: Viśva-Bhāratī), (Bengali: [biʃːɔbʱaroti]) is a public central university and an Institute of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it Visva-Bharati, which means the communion of the world with India. Until independence it was a college. Soon after independence, the institution was given the status of a central university in 1951 by an act of the Parliament.