Rabindranath Studies Centre was established by University of Kalyani (Sponsored by University Grants Commission during XI Plan Period, 2010-11 to 2011-12, under scheme of Epoch Making Social Thinkers of India by Letter No. F.6-1/2004 (NFE dated July 2010) on 15th December 2010. University Authority has provided a Separate Office Room, Library and Class Room)

Director : Professor Satanjib Raha

COURSE OFFERED

RABINDRANATH STUDIES CENTRE offers a Semi-Self-Financed 3+1 Months Certificate Course (‘Life And Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore’) to 15 (Fifteen) Graduates of defferent discipline. This Course is running now.

CENTRE will also ready to offer Another 10+2 Months Certificate Course entitled‘Folk-Life, Rural Development and Enthusiastic Rabindranath’.

Rabindranath Studies Centre offers Several Academic Seminars for this Course.

1. WORKSHOPS
   • Workshop on Rabindra-Theatre(A Two Days Theatre Workshop, 8-9 August, 2011)
     Teachers & Trainers : Prof. Soumitra Basu, Sisirkumar Bhaduri Professor, Rabindra Bharati University & An Eminent Dramatist, Director, Actor of Contemporary Bengali Stage; Sri Sekhar Gupta, An Eminent Dramatist, Director, Actor of Contemporary Bengali Stage; Sri Kishore Sengupta, An Eminent Dramatist, Director, Actor of Contemporary Bengali Stage; Sri Panchanan Manna,Well-Known Make-Up Artist of Bengali Stage and Cinema; Sri Santanu Das, Asst-Professor, Department of Drama, Rabindra Bharati University & An Eminent Director, Stage-Director of Bengali Theatre.
   • Workshop on the Songs of Rabindranath(A Three Days Workshop)
     Speakers and Trainers : Prof. Sudhir Chakraborty, Renowned Writer and Well-Known Personality in Cultivation of Music; Prof. Goutam Ghosh, Department of Music, Rabindra Bharati University, kolkata; Smt. Nabanita Chakraborty, Chakdaha College: Smt Archita Ghosh, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, K.U.; Smt. Tapati Thakur. Nabadwip Vidyasagar College, Smt. Chandrima Basu, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College; Smt Arunima Chakraborty, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College.
   • WORKSHOP ON RECITATION : TAGORE’S POETRY   (A two days workshop, 27-28 February 2014)
     Trainers : Sri Shekhar Gupta, Dr.Pinaki Chattopadhyay, Secretary,Faculty counsil of P.G, K.U, Dr. Niladri Biswas, Head, Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education and extension K.U.
2. NATIONAL DRAMA FESTIVAL(A Two DaysNational Drama Festival on 17-18 February, 2012 Collaboration with the Theatre Group ‘Kalyani Kalamandalam’)
   Three Theatre Groups participated in this Drama Festival in Writtik Sadan, Kalyani :
   Team Work, New Delhi : Patnika Patra. b. Onno Desh (Formerly Blind Opera, Kolkata. C. Kalyani Kalamondalam.
3. PUBLICATIONS
   • Book
     The Book entitled ‘RABINDRANATHER CHITHHI PARUL DEVIKE’ was published in 1987 from the Publication Cell of our University. Now the Second Edition of this Book published under the Management of Rabindranath Studies Centre with the financial support of the Department of Information and Culture, West Bengal Government.
   • Research Journal
     Rabindranath Studies Centre also published his own Research Journal ‘Rabindra-Adhddhyan’ (ISSN : 2320 -5253)
4. SEMINARS
   • Rereading Rabindranath : A Multi-Dimensional Appraoch
     (A Two Days National Level Seminar on 15-16 February 2012 collaboration with the Theatre Group Kalyani Kalamandalam)
     Speakers : Prof. Soumitra Basu, Sisirkumar Bhaduri Professor, Rabindra Bharati University, Sri Santanu Basu, Asst.-Professor, National School of Drama, New Delhi. The Seminar was divided in 4 (four) sessons.A large number of Students, Scholars, Teachers of Different Colleges participated in this National Level Seminar.
     Also a Cultural Programme on Rabindranath’s Literary works was performed in every sesson in this Seminar.
   • Rabindranath and Humanism
     (A Two Days State Level Seminar on 16-17 February 2011Collabiration with Nabadwip Vidyasagar College, Nabadwip, Nadia)
     This Seminar was Sponsored by University Grants Commission.
     Speakers : Prof. Soumitra Basu, Sisirkumar Bhaduri Professor, Rabindra Bharati University ; Prof Pinakesh Chandra Sarkar, Depart of Bengali, Jadavpur University, Kolkata ; Dr. Sabitri Nanda Chakraborty, Professor (the then Reader); Department of Bengali & Asst. Director, Rabindranath-Studies Centre, K.U. ; Prof. Kalyanishankar Ghatak, Retired Professor, Department of Bengali, K.U.
     The Seminar was diveded in 4 (four) sessons.A large number of Students,
     Scholars, Teachers of Different Colleges were present participated in this National Level Seminar.
   • Centenary of GITANJALI (Collaboration with Department of Bengali, K.U.)
     The Seminar was diveded in 2 (Two) sessons.
     Speakers : Prof. Somendranath Bondopadhyay, Noted Scholar and Retired Professor of Visvabharati University ( the 1st Sesson). Prof, Rajashree Bhattacherjee, Bengal Music College, Kolkata (the 2nd sesson)
     Also a Cultural Programme on Rabindranath’s Literary works was performed in every sesson in this Seminar.
   • Seminar on Rabindra-Birth Day(on 25th Baisakh / 9th May 2011. Collaboration with Department of Bengali, K.U.
     Speakers : Prof Hossenur Rahaman, an Eminent Thinker of BengalRabindranather Gaan : Dr. Taniya Das.. Recitation : Sri Pradip Ghosh.
   • Rabidranath & Flim
     Speaker : Prof. Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University. Film Shown : Khudito Pashan, A Flim by noted Flim-Director Sri. Tapan Sinha.
   • Artist of Handwriting : Rabindranath and His Manuscripts
     Speaker : Prof. Biswanath Roy, Department of Bengali, Calcutta University.
   • Theatre of Rabindranath : A Director’s View
     Speaker : Sri Santanu Das, Asst-Professor, Department of Drama, Rabindra Bharati University &  An Eminent Director of Bengali Theatre.
   • Rabindranath and  Rural development
     Speaker : Dr. Ratneswar Bhattacherjee, An Eminent Writer & Retired Director of Adult and Continuing Education Centre, K.U.
   • Patriotic Movement in Bengal : Rabindranath and Brahmhabandhab Upadhay.
     Speaker : Sri Suprio Bhattacherjee, Head of the Department, Economics Department,  K.U.
   • Rabindranath : Social Works
     Speaker:Dr.Ratneswar Bhattacherjee, An Eminent Writer & Retired Director of Adult and Continuing Education Centre, K.U.
   • Story of Rabindranath in Film : FromNastaneer to Charulata
     Speaker : Sri Sandip Mondal, Asst-Professor, Department of English, K.U.
   • Rabindranath and Civil Society : Some Questions
     Speaker : Prof. Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Calcutta University.
   • Rabindranath : A Dramatist
     Speaker :Prof. Soumitra Basu, Sisirkumar Bhaduri Professor, Rabindra Bharati University & An Eminent Director of Bengali Theatre.
   • Another Freedom : Raktakarabi, A Humanitarian Outlook
     Speaker : Sri Suprio Bhattacherjee, Head of the Department, Economics Department, K.U.
   • Rabindranath as An Artist & Painter
     Speaker : Sri Ritendra Roy, Associate Professor, Deartment of Visual Art, K.U.
   • Rabindranath as An Artist & Painter
     Speaker : Sri Ritendra Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Visual Art, K.U.
   • RECENT PROGRAMS
     • Rabindranath and Shantiniketan Bhashanmala
       Speaker :Sri Suprio Bhattacherjee, Head, Dept. of Economics, K.U.
     • Rabindranather Rastonaitik Dorshon
       Speaker :Sri Sumit Mukhopadhyay, Dean, Faculty of Arts and commerce,  K.U.
     • Natyaprojojok Rabindranath
     • Speaker :Sri Santunu Das, Dept.Drama, Rabindrabharati University.
     • NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ‘RABINDRANATH : RURAL-EMPOWERMENT AND RURAL-RECONSTRUCTION (Collaboration with Department of Adult Education, K.U.)
       Inauguration : Honourable Vice-Chancellor Professor Ratanlal Hangloo.
       Speakers : Professor Binoykumar Mahata, Ex Professor of Bengali, Tilka Majh University, Bhagalpur
       Professor Mukul Bandhopadhyay , B. R. A. Bihar University, Mazaffarpur
       Professor Biswanath Roy, University of Calcutta.
       Dr. Ratneswar Bhattacherjee, Formerly Project Officer, Adult, continuing Education and Extention Centre, University of Kalyani.
5. OTHERACTIVITIES AND FEATURES
   RABINDRANATH STUDIES CENTRE has obsreved 25th Baishakh & 22nd Srab (Birth and Death-Day of Rabindranath) regularly.
6. RESEARCH
   RABINDRANATH STUDIES CENTRE would offer Ph.D. Programme . A proposal in this regard is placed before the meeting of the Faculy Council for Post Graduate Studies. The proposal was accepted in principle. The matter was referred to Ph. D. Regulation Committee.
7. LIBRARY
   Centre has a library in its own. Approximately 1000 (One Thousand) books of Rabindranath and on Rabindranath are there for Students, Scholars, and Rabindra-Literature-lover people.
   Several Seminars and Workshops (Collabotration with defferent Departments of University of Kalyani) are awaiting.
   RABINDRANATH STUDIES CENTRE is a well-furnished and well-equiped Centre. It has :
   • Computer : 2 (Two)
   • Movie Camera : I (One)
   • Projector : (One)

Speakers and Trainers : Prof. Sudhir Chakraborty, Renowned Writer and
Well-Known Personality in Cultivation of Music; Prof. Goutam Ghosh,
Department of Music, Rabindra Bharati University, kolkata;
Smt. Nabanita Chakraborty, Chakdaha College: Smt Archita Ghosh,
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, K.U.; Smt. Tapati Thakur.
Nabadwip Vidyasagar College, Smt. Chandrima Basu, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College;
Smt Arunima Chakraborty, Nabadwip Vidyasagar College.