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| Motto | sa no buddhyā śubhayā saṁyunaktu |
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Motto in English | let the Almighty bestow on us blessed thought |
| Type | Public State University |
| Established | 6 July 2010 (15 years ago) (2010-07-06) |
| Accreditation | NAAC |
Academic affiliations | |
| Budget | ₹35.49 crore (US$4.2 million)(2023–24 est.)[1] |
| Chancellor | Governor of West Bengal |
| Vice-Chancellor | Pabitra Kumar Chakraborti[2] |
Academic staff | 107 (2025)[1] |
| Students | 3,551 (2025)[1] |
| Postgraduates | 3,042 (2025)[1] |
| 509 (2025)[1] | |
| Location | ,, India 23°21′41″N86°20′23″E / 23.36139°N 86.33972°E /23.36139; 86.33972 |
| Campus | Rural, 12.86 acres (5.20 ha) |
| Website | www |
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Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University (SKBU) is a public state university located inPurulia district ofWest Bengal,India. It was established under an Act of the West Bengal Legislature in April 2010.[3][4] It offers different undergraduate and postgraduate courses in liberal arts.
The university was founded on 6 July 2010 by the Sidho Kanho Brisha University Act, 2010, passed by theWest Bengal Legislature.[5]Jagannath Kishore College,Purulia donated 13 acres to the university for the establishment. The university is named for three rebels who put up resistance against British rule:Sidhu Murmu,Kanhu Murmu, andBirsa Munda.[6]
Tapati Mukherjee was appointed as the first vice-chancellor of this university. One of the important focus of this university is to promote and protect indigenous culture and language — especially theSantali language. Its post-graduate departments started functioning from the 2011-12 session with 12 academic departments (Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Santali, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics & Commerce). Over the years in an expansive and forward-looking drive, they grew to 19 departments with the introduction to Economics, Sociology, Tribal Studies, Geography, Zoology, Botany & Psychology department, many of which are in the frontier areas of Science and Social Sciences.
The total area of university campuses in the semi-rural areas is 12.86 acres. This land is donated byJagannath Kishore College,Purulia.
The campus is located in thePurulia district, beside the Purulia-Ranchi national highway (NH 32). It is 7 Km from thePurulia railway station and 3 Km from thePurulia central bus stand.Ajodhya Hills is prominently visible from the university campus.
The Vice-chancellor of the Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University is the chief executive officer of the university. Dipak Kumar Kar is the current Vice-chancellor of the university.
| List of All Vice-Chancellors | |
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| No. | Name |
| 1. | Tapati Mukherjee |
| 2. | Samita Manna |
| 3. | Dipak Ranjan Mandal |
| 4. | Dipak Kumar Kar |
| 5. | Dhananjoy Rakshit |
| 6. | Pabitra Kumar Chakraborti(Incumbent) |
Sidho Kanho Birsha University has 22 departments organized into three faculties: Science, Arts, and Commerce.[7]
This faculty consists of the departments of Botany, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Psychology, Geography, Biotechnology, Environmental Science, and Zoology.
This faculty consists of the departments of Anthropology and Tribal Studies, Bengali, English, Economics, Education, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Journalism and Mass Communication, Sanskrit, Santali, Kudmali, Law, and Sociology.
This faculty consists of the departments of Commerce, and Master of Business Administration (MBA).
Sidho Kanho Birsha University (SKBU) is an affiliating university with jurisdiction over the colleges of thePurulia district. The university has 31 colleges. Among them 21 are degree colleges and ten are B.Ed. colleges and professional colleges:[8]
One has to pass higher secondary (10+2) and graduation (10+2+3) levels for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the university. For Ph.D. level admission, One has to qualify National Eligibility Test (NET) examination or Research qualifying test (RET) conducted by the University.
Besides different undergraduate and postgraduate courses, SKBU also offers different diploma and certificate courses.[9]These courses are generally of shorter duration compared to degree-level courses. Specifically, it offers one-year diploma courses inChhau dance (Indian semi-classical folk dance of this region) andJhumur (folk song of this region). It also offers six-month certificate courses on different topics to preserve the indigenous identity of this locality. This is the only university that offers certificate courses inKudmali language andSantali Scriptology.
Sidho Kanho Birsha University (SKBU) has been awarded B+ grade by theNational Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).[10]
