Bolpur, Mukesh Tiwari : of West Bengal Visva Bharati (Visva Bharati, Sangeet Bhavan, where life and music meet. Rezwana Chaudhary Banya, a 1975 batch student of the same Vishwa Bharati, will also be awarded Padma Shri by the Government of India. There is an alumnus of Vishwa Bharati in the list of Padmashree recipients. Naturally, Visva Bharati shares in this joy. Vishwa Bharati has expressed happiness on this unique honor of Rezwana Chaudhary Banya. Visva Bharati’s Public Relations Officer Mahua Banerjee said, “It is a very happy news.” She was a very dear student of our Mohar Di. We are all proud. Indrani Mukhopadhyay, former principal of Sangeet Bhavan, was Rezwana Chaudhary Banya’s classmate.
Banya stayed in Shantiniketan for six years
Both of them practiced music together in Sangeet Bhawan. Spent a lot of time together. Later Banya came to Shantiniketan several times at different times. He had great attachment with Shantiniketan, especially with Rabindra Sangeet. Indrani Mukhopadhyay, former principal of Sangeet Bhavan, said, “Rezwana Choudhary had come to Banya Vishwa Bharti. We were classmates. From that time she stayed in Shantiniketan for six years. She was a very bright student. She was Mohar Di’s favorite student. Not only Mohar Di, Neelima, Bachchu Di, Gaur Da, Ashesh Bandyopadhyay, Manju Bandyopadhyay were everyone’s favourites. Today his fame is world famous. We are proud of his Padmashree award. There is an atmosphere of joy in Visva Bharati regarding this news.
Banya was also honored with the Bangabhushan Award.
Shantiniketan was a dream place for Rezwana Chaudhary Banya. He passed matriculation in 72 and intermediate in 75. After this he got admission in Dhaka University with Economics Honors. Get ICCR scholarship after 3-4 months of classes. She came to pursue a course at Visva Bharati University. This made it easier to come to Shantiniketan. Banya was very close to Kanika Bandyopadhyay. Earlier, the West Bengal government had honored him with the Bangabhushan award. Rezwana Chaudhary Banya is excited about the Padmashree award.