Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University

Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University is a faculty in the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India which offers courses in History, Culture, Philosophy, Languages, Literature along with various Professional and Vocational courses. It was founded in 1898 and is the oldest and largest faculty in the Banaras Hindu University. Faculty of Arts was formerly known as the Central Hindu College (1898–1916). In 1916, the Banaras Hindu University grew around the "nucleus" of the Faculty of Arts.[2]

Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University
Faculty of Arts
(seen from North-West)
TypeFaculty
Established1898 (1898)
Parent institution
Banaras Hindu University
Academic affiliation
Banaras Hindu University
DeanAshok Singh[1]
Location
Varanasi
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India

25°16′12″N 82°59′43″E
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUGC
WebsiteFaculty of Arts

History

Formally known as Central Hindu College, The Faculty of Arts is the oldest and largest faculty in the Banaras Hindu University. It was founded in 1898 by Dr. Annie Besant and became the main centre and the core of Banaras Hindu University in 1916 by Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. THe Faculty of Arts was "Mother Faculty" out of which many other faculties and departments of the university grew.[2]

Organization

Faculty of Arts' administrative head is a dean. The dean is responsible for all aspects of the Faculty's operations, including budgets, administration, planning, support services, faculty appointments, curricula and student affairs. The dean is appointed by and reports to the Vice-Chancellor of the university.

There are 23 different departments in the Faculty of Arts that offer Certificate courses, Special courses, Undergraduate diploma, Undergraduate degree (UG), advanced Postgraduate diploma, Postgraduate degree (PG) and Doctorate in following three categories;[2][3]

  1. History, Culture and Philosophy
  2. Language and Literature
  3. Professional and Vocational courses

Departments
  • Bhojpuri Adhayan Kendra
  • Bharat Adhyayan Kendra
  • Department of English
  • Department of Bengali
  • Department of French Studies
  • Department of Hindi
  • Department of German Studies
  • Department of Marathi
  • Department of Foreign Languages
  • Department of Sanskrit
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Department of Telugu
  • Department of AIHC & Archaeology
  • Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies
  • Department of Philosophy and Religion
  • Department of Urdu
  • Department of Physical Education
  • Department of Indian Languages
  • Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
  • Department of Arabic
  • Department of Library & Information Science
  • Department of Persian
  • Malaviya Moolya Anusheelan Kendra
  • Department of History of Art[4]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the faculty of arts include:

NameCourseSubjectYearOccupationRemarks
Ahmad Hasan DaniMASanskrit1944Pakistani intellectual, archaeologist, historian & linguistFirst Muslim graduate of BHU[5]
Anant Sadashiv Altekar–––Historian, archaeologist and numismatist
Awadh Kishore NarainMAAIHC1947Indian historian, archaeologist & numismatist[6]
B. D. LakshmanBA––Indo-Fijian politician, union leader & businessman–
Baldev UpadhyayaMASanskrit1922Hindi & Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist & criticPadma Bhushan awardee[7]
Colin TurnbullMAIndian Religion & Philosophy1947British-American anthropologist[8]
Kashinath SinghPhDHindi1965Indian writer and scholar of Hindi languageSahitya Akademi Awardee[9]
Koenraad ElstMAIndology1992Orientalist and Indologist–
Kuber Nath Rai–Hindi & Sanskrit–Hindi literature & Sanskrit scholar–
Lal Mani JoshiMAPali1964Buddhist scholar–
Liu AnwuMAHindi1958Chinese translator–
Ma Su KrishnamurthyMAHindi1962Kannada and Hindi writer–
Manu BhandariMAHindi1953Hindi writer–
Paragu–––Burmese writer–
Prithvi Nath Kaula–––Library and Information Sciences specialistPadma Shri awardee.[10]
Rajbali PandeyPhD––Indian writer and author
Ram Krishna SinghMAEnglish1972Reviewer, critic and contemporary poet–
Rewa Prasad DwivediMASanskrit1962Sanskrit scholar and poet[11]
Robert M. PirsigMAEastern Philosophy & culture1954American writer and philosopher–
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena---Hindi writer, poet, columnist and playwright–
Satya Vrat ShastriPhDSanskrit-Sanskrit scholar, writer, grammarian and poet–
Shankar Dayal SinghBA--Indian Politician–
Sita Ram Chaturvedi - - - Indian educator, dramatist and scholar of Hindi and Sanskrit language and literature -

See also

References
  1. Faculty of Arts, BHU (Dean) bhu.ac.in
  2. "About Faculty of Arts". BHU website. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. "Courses" (PDF). Official website. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. "Arts Faculty website".
  5. "Alumni:Ahmad Hasan Dani". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  6. "Alumni:Awadh Kishore Narain" Check |url= value (help). Banaras Hindu University website. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  7. Baldev Upadhyaya Felicitation Volume, (Ed.) G.C. Tripathi, Journal of the Ganganath Jha, Kendriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Allahabad, 1983.
  8. "Alumni:Colin Turnbull". Official website of the biography. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  9. "Alumni:Kashinath Singh". Samanvay Indian Languages Festival. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  10. "Alumni:Prithvi Nath Kaula". IT BHU Global. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  11. Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Sanskrit Literature (2003), pp. 427–429

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