Vice-Chancellor

Prof. Dipak Kumar Kar

Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor
Vidyasagar University

On March 19, 2025, I was on my way to Midnapore from Kolkata to join my new post as Vice-Chancellor of Vidyasagar University. The responsibility I ... Read more

Vision & Mission

Vision

The university believes in a vision befitting with its motto: ‘Excellence through Inclusive Education’. This vision motivates us to strive for two things: a) achievement of excellence through the means of education; b) inclusion of students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds.

To realize this vision the university has been continually upgrading human resources (both from academics and administration) as well as civil and technological infrastructure; and percolating the fruits of this high standard of education to diverse groups of students coming from different strata of the society, including students from tribal and backward backgrounds. To fulfill this interrelated vision, the university has hugely developed its information and communication infrastructure; a well-stocked, RIFD based library; and modern transportation to remote areas to bring the students to campus. ... Read more

Mission

The university was founded with a mission to provide an answer to the education needs of the region, which is surrounded by a rough forest infested areas inhabited by a number of tribal as well as socially and economically weaker sections of people. Therefore, the prime mission of the varsity, since its inception, is to blend the ethnic, socio-cultural, geographical requisites of the region with the mainstream education. It is reflected in the university logo with the motto Education, Knowledge, Progress as its mission. By ‘Education’ we mean facilitation of learning through conventional and innovative means. It promotes besides classroom teaching, cutting edge research especially in the fields of natural, biological and social sciences, and also in the domain of humanities. In this endeavour the varsity also gives special emphasis on the collection, preservation and promotion of local (tribal) knowledge and culture by establishing ... Read more

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