42-551: Narajole (also referred to as Nij Narajol) is a village and gram panchayat in Daspur I CD Block in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal , India . According to Binoy Ghosh , Narajole's ruling clan, belonging to the Sadgop (Yadav) community, was founded by Uday Narayan Ghosh. His great grandson, Raja Kartickram, was honoured with the title ‘Roy’ by
84-633: A committee was formed to honour the founder of the university. Following the approval of UGC, the Government of West Bengal decided in 1978 to establish Vidyasagar University and, in consultation with the U.G.C., the State Government appointed a Planning Committee in March 1979 to lay down the lines of development and to take initial steps to found the university. The committee submitted its report in October. Then
126-552: A gram Panchayat are elected from among the elected ward members. the term of office for elected members in a Gram Panchayat, including the Sarpanch and Upa-Sarpanch, is typically five years. All people over the age of 18 who are residents of the territory of that village's Gram panchayat can vote. For women's empowerment and to encourage participation of women in the democratic process, the government of India has set some restrictions on Gram panchayat elections , reserving one-third of
168-460: A key figure of the Bengal Renaissance , was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820. Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. It has a density of population of 1,099 per km, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of
210-531: Is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a Ward Member or Commissioner, also referred to as a Panch or Panchayat Member, who is directly elected by the villagers. The Panchayat is chaired by the president of the village, known as a Sarpanch . The term of the elected representatives is five years. The Secretary of the Panchayat is a non-elected representative, appointed by the state government, to oversee Panchayat activities. According to Section. 6 (3) of
252-421: Is for people who cannot undergo post graduate studies in regular (full-time) mode. The DDE, VU is on the main campus. It was established in 1994 and started offering correspondence courses in postgraduate subjects from the session 1994-1995. Candidates pursuing distance learning courses are provided with study materials in modules on topics prescribed in the syllabus. The Directorate of Distance Education organises
294-640: Is the chief executive officer of the university. Prof. Susanta Kumar Chakraborty is the present Vice-chancellor of the university. Vidyasagar University has 29 departments organized into two faculties: Science and Arts & Commerce. This faculty consists of the departments of Applied Mathematics with Oceanology and Computer Programming, Physics, Chemistry, Anthropology, Fishery Sciences, Botany and Forestry, Biomedical Laboratory Science and Technology, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Computer Science, Human Physiology, Electronics, Geography, Microbiology, Remote Sensing & GIS, and Zoology This faculty consists of
336-618: The Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act of 1994 , that state's gram sabha has to conduct a meeting at least twice a year. Gram Panchayat elections in India occur every five years. The village is divided into wards, and people in each ward vote for their representative. These elected members, along with the president ( sarpanch ) and vice president, form the Gram Panchayat. The president (sarpanch) and vice president (upa-sarpanch) in
378-458: The Narajole Raj , was spread over 500 bighas and divided in to the inner and outer segments. The outer segment housed the poorer people, amongst whom were some painter families, who had survived the travails of life and in 1970 continued to produce dolls, painted pots and decorative wall plates. The inner segment was an ‘Indrapuri’ (the palace of heaven) consisting of splendid buildings (including
420-643: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). In the third cycle of accreditation by NAAC, Vidyasagar University has been awarded a cumulative grade point average (CPGA) of 2.86 and was placed under B Grade. The faculties of Vidyasagar University and its vice-chancellors have written and edited a books on subjects mainly by availing financial grant from the UGC Unassigned grant scheme. The academic departments have been publishing journals. There are two multidisciplinary journals: one published by
462-460: The University of Calcutta in the erstwhile district of Midnapore were initially deemed to be affiliated to Vidyasagar University. The professors of Vidyasagar University formed their association in 1986 with nine teachers of the six postgraduate departments. Gradually the organization developed into a viable entity. Apart from looking into the pure financial and promotional interests of the teachers,
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#1733085278194504-588: The cabinet of a village or group of villages. The Gram Sabha works as the general body of the Gram Panchayat. The members of the gram panchayat are elected directly by the people. The gram panchayat is headed by an elected President and Vice President, assisted by a Secretary who serves as the administrative head of the panchayat. The president of a gram panchayat is known as a "Pradhan" or " Sarpanch " in Northern India . There are about 250,000 gram panchayats present in India. Established in various states of India,
546-520: The CK Road-Radhanagar-Ghatal road, is one of the busiest highways connecting capital Kolkata Narajole Raj College was established in 1966 and is affiliated to Vidyasagar University . It offers undergraduate courses in science and arts. It has started a post-graduate course in Bengali. Amongst those who took a leading part in establishing the college were: Anjali roy, belonging to the family of
588-480: The Constitution re-introduced panchayats as the institutions of local self-governance, with a basic structure for operations at three administrative levels; villages, groups of villages and districts. Gram Panchayats are at the lowest level of Panchayat Raj institutions (PRIs), whose legal authority is the 73rd Constitutional Amendment of 1992, which is concerned with rural local governments. The Gram Panchayat
630-586: The Mughal emperor. Thereafter, they used that title. Raja Ajit Singh, the last king of the Midnapore zamindari , with its headquarters at Karnagarh , died childless in 1749. They were close to the rulers of Narajole. His two queens, who inherited the Midnapore zamindari, ran into great difficulties during the Chuar Rebellion and sought the support of Raja Trilochan Khan of Narajole. After Raja Trilochan Khan's death,
672-511: The Panchayat Raj system has three tiers: Zila Parishad , at the district level; Panchayat Samiti , at the block level; and Gram Panchayat, at the village level. Rajasthan was the first state to establish Gram Panchayat, Bagdari Village, Nagaur District being the first village where Gram Panchayat was established, on 2 October 1959. In 1992, the institution of Gram Panchayat was modified in order to deepen democracy. The 73rd Amendment to
714-662: The Personal Contact Programme (PCP) for interaction with leading academic experts in the subjects who give counselling and advice rather than classroom lectures. PCPs are held ordinarily during Summer Recess, Puja Recess and Winter Recess and on holidays. Courses of distance education in the university are approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Distance Education Council. Computer centre takes an important role for spreading
756-484: The President of the association pointing out the anomalies in the study leave rules for the teachers. Admission in undergraduate and postgraduate course is mainly based on the result of higher secondary (10+2) and graduation (10+2+3) level results, respectively. Each college sets up their own criteria for admission in undergraduate course, but all are mainly based on higher secondary results. For research level programs,
798-823: The Royal Statistical Society and the famous Cambridge Philosophical Society . Gayen was the president of the Statistics section of the Indian Science Congress Association , as well as the head of the Department of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur . He went on to found Vidyasagar University, naming it after the famous social reformer of the Bengali Renaissance , Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar . Gayen dedicated
840-534: The UG level. The overall emphasis of the university is not to perpetuate the traditional nature of the other universities of West Bengal but to merge as a distinctive entity with a special nature of its own. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) awarded Vidyasagar University a three-star status. The total area of university campuses in the semi-rural areas is 182.75 acres (0.7396 km ). It may be distributed as: The Vice-chancellor of Vidyasagar University
882-695: The Vidyasagar University Act, 1981 (West Bengal Act XVIII of 1981) was passed in the State Legislative Assembly. Professor Bhupesh Chandra Mukherjee, a former teacher of History of the then Presidency College, Kolkata, joined as the first vice chancellor on 29 September 1981. Professor B.C. Mukherjee wrote an article in the Journal of Higher Education (published by the UGC) in which he stated the mission and objectives of Vidyasagar University and mentioned
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#1733085278194924-482: The aspirants have to sit for a qualifying test (RET) followed by an interview. It is mandatory that they secure at least 55% marks in their post graduate level examination. If the aspirants qualify the all India examination like NET, GATE, SET then their admission in Ph.D is only based on interview. Vidyasagar University has a Directorate of Distance Education (DDE, VU) for conducting post graduate studies in distance mode. This
966-486: The association regularly organizes academic seminars and cultural programmes in which many students and other members of the university community participate. On 24 July 2013 VUTA celebrated its belated silver jubilee function and published a souvenir. The organization got its registration in 2015. On 4 December 2015, and for the first time in the history of the association, a Professor in Anthropology wrote an open letter to
1008-417: The departments of Bengali, English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Santali, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Economics, Library and Information Science, Sociology, Commerce, and Business Administration. The university is an affiliating institution and has its jurisdiction over Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur districts or any district which may be created in future out of any parts thereof. Thirty colleges of
1050-509: The erstwhile rulers of the region, Rajani Kanta Dolai, a political activist involved in the freedom movement, and Radhayashyam Mondal, a social activist. David J. McCutchion mentions the following temples in Narajole: Gram panchayat Gram Panchayat ( transl. 'village council' ) is a basic governing institution in Indian villages. It is a political institution, acting as
1092-537: The great advantage of co-operation of the IIT, Kharagpur. The committee was also of the opinion that the new University would develop on the lines suited to the needs of this backward area. The recognition of Gayen as the founder of Vidyasagar University was belated. After three decades of its establishment in the Seventh Executive Council meeting held on 04.05.2012 based on the proposal of a professor of Anthropology
1134-456: The improvement of economic conditions and welfare of the people in general and the tribal people in particular" (Vidyasagar University Act 1981 amended in 1997 and 2011.) The Ghani Committee appointed by the U.G.C. suggested, among others, setting up of a university in Midnapore on the ground of its ‘having a compact area and a manageable number of colleges’ (at that time there were 36 colleges with an enrolment of about 42,000), and of its ‘having
1176-458: The knowledge of computer education in rural areas of West Bengal. They offers certificate and diploma courses on computer-based subjects like Office Automation and Financial Accounting, Office Automation and Internet Technologies. They offered few post graduate diploma courses in collaboration with CMC. It maintains the campus-wide LAN (optical fiber based GBIC) with 400 nodes throughout the campus and providing Internet services. Games and sports of
1218-455: The later years of his life towards the establishment of Vidyasagar University as a non-traditional institution of higher education in the erstwhile Medinipur district of the West Bengal state in India. Gayen’s vision was reflected in the Vidyasagar University Act of 1981 wherein among others, it was stated that the "University shall have the power to make such academic studies as may contribute to
1260-559: The name of the founder of VU—Professor Anil Kumar Gain. Academic activities started when through a notification [no. 983-Edn (U), dated Calcutta 23 May] issued by the State Government, 30 colleges of the District of Midnapore were affiliated to the Vidyasagar University with effect from 1 June 1985. The foundation stone of the main campus (at Tantigaria mouza of Midnapore Sadar Town for post graduate teaching and central administration)
1302-603: The population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Villages in Nij Narajole gram panchayat are: Bachhra Kundu, Bali Pata, Balluri, Bara Mara, Chandipur, Danikola, Dubrajpur, Gobra Kundu, Haja Kundu, Harirajpur, Kalyanpur, Kanta Darja, Kismat Narajole, Nij Narajole, Rai Kundu, Ramdaspur, Simana, Singaghai and Supapursuri. Narajole's Rajbari, Garh Narajole , of
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1344-483: The pre-independence era, had visited Narajole. As per 2011 Census of India Nij Narajol had a total population of 4,085 of which 2,089 (51%) were males and 1,996 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 492. The total number of literates in Nij Narajol was 2,930 (71.73% of the population over 6 years). Keshpur-Daspur Road passes through Narajole. Another road which passes through village Dewanchak which connects
1386-547: The responsibility of looking after the Midnapore zamindari and Rani Shiromani of Karnagarh (the other queen had died by then) fell successively on Raja Motiram and Raja Sitaram. Rani Shiromani loved Sitaram's eldest son, Anandalal, as her own son and handed over the entire Midnapore zamindari to him in 1800. Unfortunately, Anandalal died childless and as per his wishes his brothers became the owners – Nandalal Khan of Narajole Zamindari and Mohanlal Khan of Midnapore Zamindari. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , scholar, social reformer and
1428-541: The seats for women, as well as reserving seats for scheduled castes and tribes . Vidyasagar University Vidyasagar University is a public research university that was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature which was notified in the Calcutta Gazette on 24 June 1981. It is an affiliating university in Paschim Medinipur district of southern West Bengal , India . It offers courses at
1470-492: The southern side were rangmahal , rasmancha and dolmancha . The Hawa Mahal (ballroom) is located on a 60 bigha land, surrounded by a parikha. Lankagarh, about a kilometer from main Rajbari houses fifty four temples. A 10-bigha plot was donated for a degree college. The former Rajas of Narajole had a patriotic mindset. Special mention may be made of Raja Narendralal khan and Raja Debendralal khan. Almost all national, leaders in
1512-408: The three-storeyed palace) temples, gardens etc. The large entrance gate lead to a spacious garden, with a temple of the family deity, Sitaramjiu. The drawing rooms were filled with selected country made and foreign showpieces and pictures of the royalty. On the way out, one again got to see a mix of gardens, ponds and residential quarters, with some Shiva temples nearby. There were many other temples. On
1554-518: The undergraduate and post-graduate levels. It was founded by the mathematician and statistician from the University of Cambridge , Anil Kumar Gain . 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 University Grants Commission accorded recognition to
1596-533: The university are an integral part of academic achievements. Sports events like Athletics, Football, Volleyball, Kho-Kho, Swimming, Kabadi, and Cricket competitions are organised regularly as per the university's Sports Calendar. The university has shown remarkable performance in All India Inter-University tournaments and all Bengal Inter-University tournaments even with limited infrastructural facilities. Vidyasagar University has been awarded B grade by
1638-529: The university in terms of Section 12B of the U.G.C. Act, on 1 March 1990. The university houses 27 PG departments (apart from MBA which is run under the Department of Commerce with Farm Management), 12 in Humanities and 15 in Science while 46 undergraduate colleges apart from 11 courses in yet 11 other colleges / institutes are affiliated to it. Fourteen vocational subjects and six other specialised courses are offered at
1680-627: The university under Section 12 B on 1 March 1990. A short history of Vidyasagar University is written by a faculty of the Anthropology Department in Bengali which was published in January 2001 from Kolkata. In this book the author being one of the founder teachers of the university narrated the missions of the institution as well as the deviations and the future possibilities in the context of globalisation. Anil Kumar Gayen ( Bengali : অনিল কুমার গায়েন ), FRS (1 February 1919 – 7 February 1978)
1722-520: Was an Indian mathematician and statistician best known for his works on the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient in the field of applied statistics , with his colleague Sir Ronald Fisher . He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Henry Ellis Daniels , who was the president of the Royal Statistical Society . He was honoured as a Fellow of
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1764-512: Was laid on 18 July 1983 by the university's chancellor and West Bengal governor B.D. Pande. On 15 January 1986, it was inaugurated by Jyoti Basu, the then chief minister of West Bengal. On 16 January classes commenced in six post graduate departments: Anthropology, Applied Mathematics with Oceanology and Computer Programming, Commerce with Farm Management, Economics with Rural Development, Library and Information Science, Political Science with Rural Administration. The U.G.C. accorded recognition to
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