Tagore University of Creative Arts (TUCA; bn, রবীন্দ্র সৃজনকলা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a

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located in

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. The vice-chancellor of the university is Syed Mohammad Shahed.

History

Tagore University of Creative Arts was established in 2016 by the

National Professor National Professor ( bn, জাতীয় অধ্যাপক) is a prestigious teaching award given by the Government of Bangladesh for outstanding contribution on the field of education. It is awarded by the president of Bangladesh according ...

Dr.

Anisuzzaman Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020) was a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature. He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952), participated in Mass Uprising (1969), and took part in the Bangladesh Liberation ...

who served as the founding president of the board of trustees. Former chairman of UGC Professor Nazrul Islam and icon of Tagore songs Rezwana Choudhury Bannya joined his efforts later. Tagore University of Creative Arts was approved on 7 June 2016 by the Ministry of Education of the Government of Bangladesh. At present it is being regulated by a Trustee Board consisting of 14 members. Rabin Khan is its secretary and coordinating trustee. Retired professor of the University of Dhaka and former director general of

Bangla Academy The Bangla Academy ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি, ) is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement national language policy and to d ...

Dr. Syed Mohammad Shahed was appointed the vice-chancellor on 7 March 2019. On 12 August 2019, the University Grants Commission warned students against joining Tagore University of Creative Arts and 29 other private universities owing to alleged irregularities.

Faculty and department

At present the university has five departments under three faculties. Faculty of Service Arts * Department of Music * Department of Drama * Department of Dance Faculty of Design and Innovation * Department of Fashion Design Faculty of Business * Business administration

Gallery

File:Tagore University of Creative Arts.jpg, The image of campus at night

References

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