Visva-Bharati Santiniketan 731235 INDIA SELF-STUDY REPORT Part - C Vol. 1 Evaluative Report of the Departments Submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council 2014 C O N T E N T S SANGIT BHAVANA (INSTITUTE OF MUSIC, DANCE & DRAMA) Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama 1 Hindustani Classical Music 44 KALA BHAVANA (INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS ) Painting 70 Sculpture 96 Graphic Art 114 History of Art 136 Design 156 Evaluative Report of the Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama, 1 Sangit Bhavana Evaluative Report of the Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama 1. Name of the Department: Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama, Sangit-Bhavana (Institute of Music, Dance and Drama), Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 2. Year of establishment: 1933 3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the University? Yes. 4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) : a) B.Mus b) M.Mus c) M.Phil d) Ph.D e) D.Litt f) One Year Course for Foreign Students in all subjects under Sangit Bhavana, g) Two Year Certificate Course. 5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved: The faculty and students regularly perform programmes with the different departments of the Bhavanas at the University level. The Sangit Bhavana constantly is keeping in touch with Rabindra Bhavana towards organizing seminars, conferences, programmes at the National level. The Bhavana also undertakes collaborative research programmes. Students are offered courses like Tagore Studies, Environmental Studies with the other departments of Visva-Bharati at the UG level. At the PG level, the subject Acoustics is being offered by the Physics department. 6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.: Collaborations in the field of performances have been developed with other Universities, Institutes such as Rabindra Bharati University, Bengal Music College, Calcutta University. The Bhavana is under process of undertaking Courses in collaborations with Kerala Kalamandalam and Yunan University, Kummin. Also a Mutual collaboration with Self-Study Report of Visva-Bharati 2 Evaluative Report of the Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama, Sangit Bhavana Satyajit Ray Film Technology Institute (SRFTI) is under progression. 7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons: Nil 8. Examination System: Annual/Semester system/Choice Based Credit System. Semester with Choice Based Credit System 9. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments: a) Environmental Studies, Tagore Studies at UG level. b) Acoustics at PG level. c) Students of Sangit Bhavana also participate in Certificate Courses offered by Bhasha Bhavana on Indian and European Languages like Sanskrit, Marathi, Tamil, Assamese as well as foreign languages like French, German, Russian and Italian. The faculty also offers classes on Sitar and Esraj to the school students of Patha- Bhavana. 10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/ Associate Professors/ Asst. Professors/ others) : Actual (including Sanctioned Filled CAS & MPS) Professor 3 3 3(Substantive)+6(CAS)=9 Associate Professor 2 2 2(Substantive)+2(CAS)=4 Asst. Professor 28 24 24 Others - - - 11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance : a) Name : Prof. Ashok Kumar Ganguly Qualification : M.A., Ph.D Designation : Professor Re-appointment Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 35 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students Guided for the last 4 years : 01 b) Name : Prof. Indrani Mukhopadhyay Qualification : M. Mus., Ph.D Designation : Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 18 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students Self-Study Report of Visva-Bharati Evaluative Report of the Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama, 3 Sangit Bhavana guided for the last 4 years : 8 c) Name : Prof. Madhabi Ruj (Ghosh) Qualification : M. Mus., Ph.D Designation : Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 17 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : 06 d) Name : Prof Swastika Mukherjee Qualification : B.A, B High Grade, Designation : Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 17 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : 01 e) Name : Sri Malay Sankar Chatterjee Qualification : M. Mus. B-High Grade Designation : Associate Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 17 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil f) Name : Sri Prasanta Kumar Ghosh Qualification : B. Sc. B.Ed., M. Mus. B-High Grade Designation : Associate Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 13 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil g) Name : Smt. Arpita Datta (Das) Qualification : BSc, M. Mus. B-High Grade Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 02 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil h) Name : Dr. Nandita Basu Sarbadhikary Self-Study Report of Visva-Bharati 4 Evaluative Report of the Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama, Sangit Bhavana Qualification : M.A, M. Mus. Ph. D. B-High Grade Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 01 No. of Ph.D./M. Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : 02 i) Name : Dr. Manini Mukhopadhyay Qualification : M.A, M. Mus. Ph. D. B Grade Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 01 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil j) Name : Dr. Saptarshi Ray Qualification : M. Mus. PhD, B Grade Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 01 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : 01 k) Name : Sri Surajit Roy Qualification : B.A (Bengali), M.A. (Rabindrasangit), B High Grade (Esraj) Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 01 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil l) Name : Sri Manas Bhul. Qualification : M. Mus. B-High Grade Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Rabindra Sangit No. of Years of Experience : 01 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil m) Name : Prof. Sruti Bandopadhyay Self-Study Report of Visva-Bharati Evaluative Report of the Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama, 5 Sangit Bhavana Qualification : M.A., NET (JRF), Ph. D. & D. Litt. ‘Top’ Grade Manipuri Dance Designation : Professor Specialization : Manipuri Dance No. of Years of Experience : 20 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Ph. D.-05 & M. Phil.- 4 n) Name : Prof. Y. Hemanta Kumar Qualification : B.A (Manipuri Literature), Diploma, Post Graduate Diploma (Ras), Diploma in Creative Choreography, B-High Grade Designation : Professor Specialization : Manipuri Dance No. of Years of Experience : 21 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : 05 o) Name : Prof. K. Sunita Devi Qualification : B.A (Manipuri Literature) Diploma in Manipuri Dance Designation : Professor Specialization : Manipuri Dance No. of Years of Experience : 20 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : 06 p) Name : Dr. Sumit Basu Qualification : M.A. Ph. D., Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma Manipuri Dance, B-High Grade in Loknritya, Rabindranritya and Manipuri. Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Manipuri Dance No. of Years of Experience : 13 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : 07 q) Name : Smt. T. Gyanapati Devi Qualification : B.A (Education) Diploma in Manipuri Dance, Post Graduate Diploma in Manipuri Ras Traditional Artist Self-Study Report of Visva-Bharati 6 Evaluative Report of the Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama, Sangit Bhavana Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Manipuri Dance No. of Years of Experience : 01 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil r) Name : Smt. Binodini Devi Qualification : S.H.L.C. Exam. Designation : Accompanist Specialization : Manipuri Song No. of Years of Experience : 20 No. of Ph.D./M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : s) Name : Sri K. Premjit Singh Qualification : P.G. Diploma Manipuri Mridanga Designation : Accompanist Specialization : Pung (Khol) No. of Years of Experience : 20 No. of Ph.D./M. Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil t) Name : Sri M. Kendra Singh Qualification : H.S. Designation : Accompanist Specialization : Pung (Khol) No. of Years of Experience : Joined on 08.02.2014 (5th Months) No. of Ph.D./M. Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil u) Name : Prof. T. S. Vasunni Qualification : ‘A’ Grade artist of Doordarshan, Proficiency in Art (Kalamandalam) Designation : Professor Specialization : Kathakali Dance No. of Years of Experience : 32 No. of Ph.D./M. Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : 04 v) Name : Sri Mohan Kumaran P. Self-Study Report of Visva-Bharati Evaluative Report of the Department of Rabindra Sangit, Dance and Drama, 7 Sangit Bhavana Qualification : M.A. (Malayalam & Sanskrit) B.Ed. Designation : Associate Professor Specialization : Kathakali Dance (Theory and Practical) No. of Years of Experience : 17 No. of Ph.D./M. Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : 02 w) Name : Sri P. Mukunda Kumar Qualification : Diploma in Kathakali (Kalanilayam) Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Kathakali Dance No. of Years of Experience : 10 No. of Ph.D./M. Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil x) Name : Sri Basanta Mukherjee Qualification : M. Mus. Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Kathakali Dance and Rabindranritya No. of Years of Experience : 12 No. of Ph.D./M. Phil. students guided for the last 4 years : Nil y) Name : Sri N. P. Sankarnarayanan Qualification : Proficiency in Art, P.G. Kathakali (Kalamandalam), B-High Grade Designation : Assistant Professor Specialization : Chenda No.