Bankura University

Bankura University was established by the West Bengal Act XIX of 2013, and the assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of 6th January 2014.
Bankura University is committed to disseminating higher learning in this region. It promises to move into a glorious future by promoting the study of indigenous folk and cultural tradition and sustainable rural and tribal development.
Bankura, historically known as Mallabhum, can indeed boast of a rich heritage of traditional cultural excellence. It is evident in its conventional Dokra art, the intellectual and artistic triumphs of the 18th-century mathematician Subhankar (the well-known Subhankari Arya), the temple town of Bishnupur, and the artistic contributions of Jamini Roy and Ramkinkar Bej.