different widely used research tool like IT applications, relevant outlines of acoustical analysis, relevant outlines statistical analysis, Book reviews, and other research tools. The program also offers Writing Lab so that the students can master the techniques planning the write-ups, building up the write-up, exact statement of research applications and so on. The program also revisits some important areas of the subject. The syllabus outline of the M.Phil. program meets the ugc guidelines, but the students are not going to receive any grant from UGC. Ph.D. For entry to the Ph.D. program there will be Entrance Test for students possessing M.A. degree. The entrance test is waved for students with M.Phil. or those already cleared NET National Eligibility Test of University Grants Commission, India. Visiting scholars and musicians Notable musicians and thinkers visit the department for workshops, seminars, concerts and lectures. Some of the past visitors include Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, V. G. Jog, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Zakir Hussain, Swapan Chaudhuri and Philip Bohlman from the University of Chicago. References Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University [Working site for the department's students and scholars as special additional facility. External links Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University Rabindra Bharati University Music schools in India University departments in India Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore 1976 establishments in West Bengal