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Diamond Harbour Women's University is a
women's university A women's college is an institution of higher education where enrollment is all-female. In the United States, almost all women's colleges are private undergraduate institutions, with many offering coeducational graduate programs. In other countrie ...
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Diamond Harbour Diamond Harbour () is a town and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. It is the headquarters of the Diamond Harbour subdivision. Histor ...
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West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
. Established in 2013, it is the state's first women's university which will impart education in humanities and basic sciences.


Organisation and Administration

The Vice-chancellor of the Diamond Harbour Women's University is the chief executive officer of the university. Anuradha Mukhopadhyay is the current Vice-chancellor of the university.


Faculties and Departments

Diamond Harbour Women's University has 13 departments organized into three schools. * Faculty of Science Thus School consists of the departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, and Zoology. * Faculty of Arts This school consists of the departments of Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, and Women's Studies.


Notable people

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Samita Sen Samita Sen is an Indian historian and academic. Having previously taught at the University of Calcutta and Jadavpur University, she has been Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge since 2018. Early ...
, first Vice-Chancellor (2013–2015)


See also


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Official WebsiteUniversity Grants CommissionNational Assessment and Accreditation Council
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