Visva Bharati

Little did Tagore know when he established a seat of learning at Santiniketan which is now known as Visva Bharati more than hundred years ago that his beloved institution would turn out to be a hot bed of tussle, turmoil and corruption in course of time. The ideals it once stood for is now a day dream! Corruption and malpractices now rule the roost. It’s gone to such a pass no less a personality than it’s Vice-Chancellor was apprehended on charge of corruption and put behind bars. There’s no administration worth the name and academic activities have relegated to back seat. Teaching and non-teaching personnel are almost always at loggerheads with the administration. What’s most unfortunate is the theft of Tagore’s Nobel Prize which couldn’t be traced even after CBI intervention. Theft was perpetrated definitely due to security lapses which subscribe to administrative laxity. More or less through out the year Visva Bharati is in news - of course, not for academic excellence but for unrest prevailing there for some reason or other.Visva Bharati is a central university and it’s not to face monetary constraints like other universities.
On the other hand, it gets facilities and financial assistance in abundance from Center. So it could have been a university of excellence and pride of our state. But unfortunately it has to be content with what it’s now!