Kolkata, Dec. 19 -- Visva Bharati -- founded by Rabindranath Tagore and West Bengal's only Central university -- has rescheduled its semester tests so that Vidya Bharati Uchcha Shiksha Sansthan (VBUSS), the higher educational wing of the RSS, can hold its Bharat Boudh IKS (Indian Knowledge Systems) examination on the campus for the first time on January 31. HT has seen a copy of Visva Bharati's official notification to this effect. The Bharat Boudh IKS exam, a part of the National Education Police (NEP) 2020, will be held simultaneously at hundreds of centres across all states. Visva Bharati's decision has triggered strong reaction among Bengal's educationists and members of the Tagore family with many calling it "saffronisation" of a campus set up at Santiniketan in Birbhum district in 1921 by a man who not only composed the national anthem but preached the values of equality and free thinking all his life. The great grandson of Rabindranath's brother Satyendranath Tagore, Supriyo Tagore, 86, still lives in Santiniketan where he grew up. "This is a dangerous trend. I feel hurt. Visva Bharati is changing fast. I cannot imagine it is altering its exam schedule for an RSS wing," he told HT. VBUSS national executive member Rajesh Kumar Saha, an NCERT professor, told HT, "Are the critics aware that Visva Bharati, which once achieved an international standard, has lost much of its glory? Shouldn't that be restored? Tagore persistently focused on culture. BKS is doing the same. Even UNESCO says that education is incomplete unless it incorporates culture and tradition," Saha told HT. State BJP spokesperson Debjit Sarkar, who is also an RSS member, said, "Why are people saying that Visva Bharati has been saffronised? If it lets out some examination halls to an organisation, be it the RSS or TMC, how does that affect its character?" Sarkar told HT....