About Us nbsp Vidyasagar University named after one of the most illustrious sons of Bengal as well as one of the doyens of Indian Renaissance Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar has grown out of a long cultural and educational movement in West Bengal in general and in the undivided district of Midnapore in particular The idea of founding a University in the district was mooted by the various organizations notably by the Regional Education Association Midnapore headed by Professor A K Gayen of IIT Kharagpur The Ghani Committee appointed by the U G C also suggested among others for the setting up of a University in Midnapore on the ground of its lsquo having a compact area and a manageable number of colleges rsquo at that time there were colleges with an enrolment of about and also of its lsquo having the great advantage of co-operation of the IIT Kharagpur The Committee was also Read More