Visva-Bharati publications for sale on the Internet

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“Visva-Bharati publications for sale on the Internet”

Dear friends,

In order to bring the precious creations of Tagore and of Visva-Bharati to the world thw university has taken up an ambitious E-Commerce initiatives in association with Brainware, the fastest growing IT company in Eastern India. Under this project, Visva-Bharati will make its premier publications, CDs and reproduction of paintings available for sale through an e-commerce portal developed by Brainware and hosted at Brainware’s website (www.brainware-india.com). The portal wiil be linked to Visva-Bharati’s official website (www.visva-bharati.ac.in) to facilitate access.

The project aims at giving an easy and better access to Visva-Bharati’s wide range of critically acclaimed products to national as well as international buyers. Initially, only books published by Visva-Bharati will be made available through the online store. Now anybody can collect timeless classics like, Rabindra Rachanabali, Sanchaita, Galpaguchha, Geetabitan, Geetanjali or discerning works like Rabindra Jivani (by Prabhat Kumar Mookhopadhyaya), The God of R. N. Tagore (by Jose Chunkapura) anywhere anytime as they feel.

Later, the product catalogue will be upgraded to include paintings, sculptures, CDs, animated films and even personalised gift items specially designed by Visva-Bharati! In all, the online store will be a cultural revelation of sorts to anyone who accesses the site.

On the technical front, the web site is easily navigable with all the upgraded technologies one expects at a premier e-commerce portal. Buyers are able to select products of their choice from the online catalogue and add them to a virtual shopping cart. After checking out, they have to make online payments through the payment gateway integrated with the portal that accepts both credit card and net banking payments. The products are then delivered to the buyers through courier.

We invite everyone with interest in Tagore and Visva-Bharati to visit the above-mentioned web sites and enjoy an easy and safe buying experience.

Thank you.

Prof. Sujit Basu
Vice Chancellor
Visva-Bharati
Santiniketan
PIN – 731235, West Bengal, India