15 Notable alumni of
Rabindra Bharati University
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Rabindra Bharati University is 2134th in the world, 509th in Asia, and 58th in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Rabindra Bharati University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Suvendu Adhikari
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- politician
- Biography
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Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since 2021 and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Nandigram Assembly constituency since 2021 and from Contai South (Vidhan Sabha constituency) from 2006 to 2009. He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 2016 to 2020, Irrigation and Water resource from 2018 to 2020 in the Government of West Bengal. He was also a member of Lok Sabha from Tamluk from 2009 to 2016 and the chairperson of Jute Corporation of India from 2020 to 2021. He was a former member of the Trinamool Congress from 1998 to 2020 and Indian National Congress from 1995 to 1998. He is the son of Sisir Adhikari, Member of Parliament and former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.
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Madhushree
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Madhushree is an Indian playback singer who sings in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Telugu films. A familiar voice in A. R. Rahman's compositions, Madhushree hails from a musically inclined family, having previously been trained in classical and western styles music. Her father wanted her to be a classical singer, she joined the Rabindra Bharati University and completed her master's degree, but her desire was always to be a playback singer.
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Methil Devika
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- dancer
- Biography
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Methil Devika is an Indian classical dancer and research supervisor. She was a Senior Research Associate at ISRO's Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, in 2023 working on an arts-integrated-advance-science project ideated by her. She is currently doing Kerala Chief minister's Nava Kerala Post Doctoral Fellowship, conducting research on Temple Terrain as a New Performance Space for the Woman Dancer: A Study on How the Modern Woman Reinvents her Art in Esoteric Spaces.
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Darshana Banik
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- actor
- Biography
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Darshana Banik is an Indian model and actress who works for the Bengali, Hindi and Telegu Film industry. She started her career as a model and brand ambassador for different brands like Colors, Vodafone, PC Chandra Jewellers and Boroline.
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Ajoy Chakrabarty
- Occupations
- musician
- Biography
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Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty is an Hindustani classical vocalist, composer, lyricist and an exponent of the Patiala-Kasur gharana. He was given Padma Bhushan Award, the third highest civilian award in India in 2020.
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Deepa Dasmunsi
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- politician
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Deepa Dasmunsi is an Indian politician. She served as the member of parliament for Raiganj in the 15th Lok Sabha. She was the Minister of State for Urban Development from October 2012 until May 2014. She was the wife of Indian National Congress politician Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, until his death in 2017.
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Neena Prasad
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India - Enrolled in Rabindra Bharati University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- dancer
- Biography
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Neena Prasad is an Indian dancer. She is an exponent in the field of Mohiniyattam. She is the founder and principal of Bharthanjali Academy of Indian Dances in Thiruvananthapuram and Sougandika Centre for Mohinyattam in Chennai.
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Sunil Kothari
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- 1933-2020 (aged 87)
- Occupations
- art historianart critic
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Sunil Kothari was a noted Indian dance historian, scholar and critic. He was also former Uday Shankar Professor at Ravindra Bharti University, Kolkata.
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Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya
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- painter
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Subhaprasanna Bhattacharjee is an Indian artist, born in Kolkata in 1947. He graduated from the Indian College of Arts in 1969. He was an active member of the Calcutta Painters group. He is married to artist Shipra Bhattacharya. Subhaprasanna was the student of the famous painter Debdoot Sheet.
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Chitresh Das
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- dancerchoreographer
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Chitresh Das was a classical dancer of the North Indian style of Kathak. Born in Calcutta, Das was a performer, choreographer, composer and educator. He was instrumental in bringing Kathak to the US and is credited with having established Kathak amongst the Indian diaspora in America. In 1979, Das established the Chhandam School of Kathak and the Chitresh Das Dance Company in California. In 2002, he founded Chhandam Nritya Bharati in India. There were ten branches of Chhandam worldwide. Until his death in 2015, Das taught dance as a way of life, a path for attaining self-knowledge and as a service to society.
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Moinul Hassan
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- politician
- Biography
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Moinul Hassan is a politician from All India Trinamool Congress and was a member of CPIM State Committee. He was a Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
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John Felix Raj
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- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Biography
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John Felix Raj is the a professor of economics at St. Xavier's University, Kolkata, India. He is a Jesuit priest of the Calcutta province of the Society of Jesus. He was the Rector from 1996 to 2002 and Principal from 2009 to 2017 of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.
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Niranjan Goswami
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Bangladesh - Occupations
- actormime artist
- Biography
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Niranjan Goswami is an Indian mime artist and stage director, credited by many with pioneering the art form of mime in India. He is the founder of Indian Mime Theatre, a group promoting the art of Mukhabhinaya.
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Moniruddin Khan
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- writerhistorian
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Moniruddin Khan, born August 1974), is a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in the village Chaitpur in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal.
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Benazir Salam
- Occupations
- dancer
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Benazir Salam is an Indian classical dancer from Bangladesh.
