Kanyashree University
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| Motto | Empowering Women |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 2020 |
| Affiliation | UGC |
| Chancellor | Governor of West Bengal |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. Tapati Chakraborti |
| Location | , , India |
| Website | {{URL|example.com|optional display text}} |
Kanyashree University is a public women's university in Krishnagar, Nadia district, West Bengal, India. It is the second university in West Bengal for women, after Diamond Harbour Women's University.[1]
Founding
The university takes its name from the Kanyashree scheme, a West Bengal government conditional programme for girl students launched in 2013 that received the United Nations Public Service Award.[2] [[Chief Minister of West Bengal |Chief Minister]] Mamata Banerjee announced the university on 14 August 2018, stating that she wanted scheme beneficiaries to have a university where they could study without worrying about admissions after their board exams.[3] The higher education, technical education, and women and child welfare departments, together with UNICEF, were called to a planning meeting on 23 August 2018.[4]
The state government announced Krishnagar as the university's location a month later, and the Kanyashree University bill was passed in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on 29 November 2018. State education minister Partha Chatterjee subsequently inspected potential sites and selected a 12.5-acre plot adjacent to Krishnagar Government College for the permanent campus.[5] Banerjee laid the foundation stone on 10 January 2019.[6] The state government also announced plans to establish Kanyashree colleges across the state's districts alongside the university.[7]
Admissions to four initial postgraduate programmes began in 2020, with temporary classes held at Krishnagar Women's College.[8]
Administration
Professor Tapati Chakraborty has served as vice-chancellor of Kanyashree University; in 2025 she received the state government's Siksharatna award for contributions to higher education and research, recognising a career that included teaching at Kalyani University from 2002 and leading approximately 16 to 17 central government research projects.[9]
In 2023, amid a dispute between the state government and Governor C. V. Ananda Bose over vice-chancellor appointments across state universities, the Governor appointed Professor Kajal De, who had previously served as interim vice-chancellor at Diamond Harbour Women's University, as officiating vice-chancellor of Kanyashree University.[10] Around the same time, the West Bengal Assembly passed a bill reconstituting committees for appointment of VCs, and transferring the chancellorship of state-aided universities from the Governor to the Chief Minister.[11]
Controversy
The university's Controller of Examinations Biswajit Datta has raised concerns about alleged violations of reservation norms in the postgraduate admission process.[12] The state's Joint Commissioner for Reservation requested a report from the university on both the admission process and guest faculty recruitment. The Backward Classes Welfare Department had issued show-cause notices to the university on two occasions over alleged non-compliance with reservation requirements and UGC guidelines in faculty appointments.[13]
In 2026 Datta was removed from his post before his contract ended.[14] At a subsequent press conference Datta alleged his removal was retaliation for reporting misconduct and described it as humiliating, also claiming that free NET coaching classes and a dedicated library for women students had been discontinued since the current vice-chancellor took charge. VC Chakraborty dismissed his allegations, stating that his contract had been terminated following repeated insubordination.[15]
Campus
As of 2023 around 1,000 students were enrolled across ten subjects, while construction of the permanent campus remained stalled; approximately 25.5 crore rupees had been allocated but not disbursed, and a revised estimate of around 27 crore rupees had been submitted to account for increased construction costs and changes in GST rates.[16]
Academics
Kanyashree has postgraduate degree programmes ans certificate courses including NET/SET examination tutoring and courses in communicative English, spoken Sanskrit, introductory Spanish, folklore studies, and health counselling.[17]
Departments
Language
- Department of Bengali
- Department of English
- Department of Sanskrit
Social Sciences
- Department of History
- Department of Geography
- Department of Social Work
- Department of Education
- Department of Law
- Mass Communication and Convergent Journalism
Science
- Department of Food and Nutrition
- Department of Mathematics
See also
References
- ↑ "New university for women in Bangla to be named 'Kanyashree University'". All India Trinamool Congress.
- ↑ "Initiative to set up Kanyashree University to empower girls: Mamata Banerjee". NDTV. 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Bangla to observe Kanyashree Dibas today". All India Trinamool Congress. 14 August 2018.
- ↑ "Family-income cap removed, Kanyashree now for all girls". The Times of India. 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "Site-change plan for Bengal's Kanyashree varsity". The Telegraph. 21 December 2018.
- ↑ "Mamata Banerjee lays the foundation stone for Kanyashree University in Nadia". All India Trinamool Congress. 10 January 2019.
- ↑ "Initiative to set up Kanyashree University to empower girls: Mamata Banerjee". The Indian Express. 11 October 2019.
- ↑ "Admission to Kanyashree University begins from November 3". News from Nadia. 2 November 2020.
- ↑ "Kanyashree varsity VC gets govt's Siksharatna award". The Statesman.
- ↑ "Bengal Governor appoints interim VC of another state-run university despite Mamata Banerjee's threat to block funds". The Indian Express. 6 September 2023.
- ↑ "WB: Kanyashree University gets officiating Vice Chancellor". ANI. 6 September 2023.
- ↑ "কন্যাশ্রী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে ভর্তি নিয়ে অনিয়মের অভিযোগ" (in Bengali). Ei Samay. 8 November 2025.
- ↑ "কন্যাশ্রী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে ভর্তি ও শিক্ষক নিয়োগ নিয়ে বিতর্ক" (in Bengali). Bartaman Patrika. 21 October 2025.
- ↑ "পাঁচ মাসেই চাকরি হারালেন কন্যাশ্রী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের পরীক্ষা নিয়ামক" (in Bengali). Ei Samay. 7 January 2026.
- ↑ "State ends controller's tenure at Kanyashree University". The Statesman. 9 January 2026.
- ↑ "অর্থাভাবে থমকে কন্যাশ্রী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ভবন" (in Bengali). Ananda Bazar Patrika. 8 October 2023.
- ↑ "মেয়েদের স্বনির্ভর করতে উদ্যোগী কন্যাশ্রী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের" (in Bengali). Ananda Bazar Patrika. 22 July 2025.
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