Institutional Profile

Type of The Institution:   University

Name of the Institution:   Tripura University

Name of the Head of the Institution:   Prof. Anjan Kumar Ghosh

Institutional Address:   TRIPURA UNIVERSITY (A Central University) Suryamaninagar, Tripura(W) PIN: 799 022, India

State:   Tripura

Phone:   0381-2374801/4803

Fax:   0381-2374802

Contact email:   tuoffice@tripurauniv.in

Institution’s Homepage/Website:   http://www.tripurauniv.in/

About the Institution:   Higher education in Tripura had a late start. Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) College, the first degree college in the State, started functioning under the University of Calcutta only in 1947. Not that there was no attempt in the past in Princely Tripura to establish any higher educational institution. As early as 1901, Radhakishore Manikya made an attempt to establish a degree college in the-then tiny capital town Agartala; but as the proposal did not fulfill the necessary requirements, it did not get approval from the Calcutta University. In 1937, Bir Bikramkishore Manikya, the last Maharaja of Tripura, had planned for establishing a college again at Agartala and an area of 254 acres of land, consisting of undulated tilla land having interposed lakes almost all around, in the eastern part of Agartala, was earmarked for that under the “Vidyapattan Scheme”. A committee under the name “Vidyapattan Governing Committee” consisting of 10 members with the Minister as its President was appointed by the Maharaja to carry out the scheme of higher education and a sum of Rs. 50,000 was placed at its disposal at the first instance. On 7 May, 1937, Maharaja Bir Bikram laid the foundation-stone of the college under the scheme. But with the outbreak of the Second World War (1939-45), the work of construction had to be abandoned. The vulnerability of Tripura became apparent after the fall of Burma to the Japanese in 1942. The ground floor of the unfinished College building was converted into an Army Hospital for British Army moving to and from Burma. When the Second World War was over, the construction work could not be started immediately due to certain difficulties and on 17 May, 1947, Maharaja Bir Bikram breathed his last and Tripura became restive for various reasons. As a result, the entire scheme of “Vidyapattan” could not be implemented into reality in time. The MBB College (popularly known as the “Dream College”), affiliated to the Calcutta University, was once the only college in the state

Name of Departments/Centres in the Institution:    Department Of Botany Department Of Chemistry Department of Geography and Disaster Management Department of Human Physiology Department of Mathematics Department of Physics Department of Zoology Department of Information Technology & Computer Science Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Computer Science & Engineering Department of Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics Department of Pharmacy Department of Forestry & Biodiversity Department of Microbiology Department of Statistics Department of Bengali Department of Commerce Department of Economics Department of English Department of Hindi Department of History Department of Philosophy Department of Political Science Department of Sanskrit School of Management Department of Rural Management and Development Department of Fine Arts Department of Music Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Department of Law Department of Sociology Department of Education Department of Physical Education Department of Psychology Bamboo Cultivation and Resource Utilization Rubber Technology Tribal Language
Department Details

Number of Courses/Programmes Offered:   38         Details of Course Offered

Total Intake Capacity Per Year:   1000

Total Number of Staff:   132         Staff Details

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Course Name	B.Sc.	B.Tech	M.Sc.	M.Tech	PhD	Diploma	Certificate
Bioinformatics:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Biotechnology:	✗	✗	✔	✗	✗	✗	✗
Botany:	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔	✗	✗
Chemical Science:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Chemistry:	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔	✗	✗
Computer Science:	✗	✗	✔	✗	✔	✗	✗
Environmental Science:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Geological Science:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Information Technology:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Instrumentation & USIC:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Life Sciences:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Mathematical Science:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Mathematics:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Pharmacology:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Physical Science:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Physics:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Statistics:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗
Zoology:	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗	✗

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B.Tech

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M.Tech

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Diploma

Certificate

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