1-DELHI UNIVERSITY- (D.U.)-
The University of Delhi is the premier university of the country and is known for its high standards in teaching and research and attracts eminent scholars to its faculty.
The University of Delhi was established in 1922 as a unitary, teaching and residential university by an Act of the then Central Legislative Assembly.
Only three colleges existed then in Delhi: St. Stephens College founded in 1881, Hindu College founded in 1899 and Ramjas College founded in 1917, which were affiliated to the University. The University thus had a modest beginning with just three colleges, two faculties (Arts and Science) and about 750 students. In October 1933, the University offices and the Library shifted to the Viceregal Lodge Estate, and till today this site is the nucleus of the University (Main Campus).
Apart from central administrative offices, examination offices and the sports complex, the main departments of the Faculty of Science are housed in the Viceregal Lodge Estate.Sir Maurice Gwyer, who was the then Vice Chancellor, realizing the importance of a distinguished faculty, searched for talent all over the country and brought men of eminence to this University, such as Prof. D S Kothari in Physics, Prof. T R Sheshadri in Chemistry, Prof. P Maheshwari in Botany and Prof. M L Bhatia in Zoology. Over the last even decades the University has grown into one of the largest universities in India. At present, there are 14 faculties, 86 academic departments and 79 colleges spread all over the city, with about 2,20,000 students.
In an effort to cope with this enormous expansion, the University in the early seventies initiated a new organizational pattern based on the multi-campus concept. The South Campus made a beginning in 1973 by starting postgraduate programmes in some departments of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in a rented building. The campus acquired land near Dhaula Kuan where the building of Arts Faculty was first constructed. Offices and teaching activities shifted to this campus in 1983. A beginning has been made towards establishing the East and West Campuses of the University. The East Campus is being developed with the University College of Medical Science as its nucleus, while the West Campus will have as its focus on Engineering and Technology. When the University Grants Commission started establishing Centres of Advanced Studies in the country, 6 were awarded to the University of Delhi out of a total of 18 such centres in the early sixties. These were in Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Economics and Sociology. These Centres of Advanced Studies are now the centres of excellence in teaching and research in their respective areas. In addition, a number of these and other University departments received grants under the Special Assistance Programme of the UGC in recognition of their outstanding academic work. The University has 15 libraries. These are in addition to Libraries in the Colleges. The University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC) has a number of sophisticated research instruments which are used by several departments of the University and by other institutions in Delhi and its the neighbourhood. The University has just completed the implementation of fibre-optic networks on the North and South Campuses.
FACULTIES-
1. APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMANITIES
Dean, University of Delhi, Delhi
2. ARTS
Dean, Faculty of Arts Office, Main Adminstration Building,
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007.
3. AYURVEDIC & UNANI MEDICINE
Dean, Ayurvedic & Unani Medicine,
Karol Bagh, New Delhi-110005.
COMMERCE & BUSINESS STUDIES
Dean, Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics,
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007.
EDUCATION
Dean, Faculty of Education, 33, Chhatra Marg,
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007.
INT. DISP. & APPLIED SCIENCES
Dean, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Marg,
Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi-110021.
LAW
Dean, Faculty of Law,
University of Delhi, Delhi 110007.
MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Dean, Faculty of Management Studies,
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007.
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Dean, New Academic Block, Adjoining Arts Faculty Building,
University of Delhi, Delhi 110007.
MEDICAL SCIENCES
Dean, V.P. Chest Institute,
University of Delhi, Delhi 110007.
MUSIC & FINE ARTS
Dean, Faculty of Music, Mall Road,
University of Delhi, Delhi 110007.
SCIENCE
Dean, Faculty of Science,
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Dean, Arts Faculty Building,
University of Delhi, Delhi 110007.
4. TECHNOLOGY
Dean, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Azad Hind Fauj Marg,
Sector 3, Dwarka, New Delhi 110045.
2-BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY-(B.H.U.)
Banaras Hindu University is an internationally reputed temple of learning, situated in the holy city of Varanasi. This Creative and innovative university was founded by the great nationalist leader, Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, in1916 with cooperation of great personalities like Dr Annie Besant, who viewed it as the University of India. Banaras Hindu University was created under the Parliamentary legislation - B.H.U. Act 1915. It played a stellar role in the independence movement and has developed into the greatest center of learning in India. It has produced many great freedom fighters and builders of modern India and has immensely contributed to the progress of the nation through a large number of renowned scholars, artists, scientists and technologists who have graced its portals. The area of the main campus of this premiere Central University is 1300 acres, having well maintained roads, extensive greenery, a temple, an air strip and buildings which are an architectural delight. The Air Field of the campus was started for military training for flying during the second world war.
Another campus of the university at Barkachha , in Mirzapur district, covering an area of 2700 acres is coming up. The university comprises 3 Institutes, 14 Faculties 124 Departments, 4 Inter displinary Centers a constituent college for women's and 3 Constituents Schools, spanning a vast range of subjects pertaining to all branches of humanities,social science,technology, medicine ,science, fine arts and performing arts. It has 6 centres of Advanced Studies, 10 Departments under Special Assistance Programme and a large number of specialized Research Centers. Four Degree Colleges of the city are affiliated to the University. Bharat Kala Bhavan, the reputed museum of the university, is a treasure trove of rare collections. The 927 bed hospital of the University is equipped with all the modern a menities. The university provides a wide range of facilities for sport and hobbies, has large playgrounds, a big auditorium, a flying club and many auxiliary services and units like Printing Press, Publication Cell,Fruit Preservation Center, Subsidized Canteens, Employment and Information Bureau, Security etc. The University family consists of about 15000 students belonging to all streams of life, castes and religions and races, about 1700 teachers, and nearly 8000 non-teaching staff A large number of students from foreign countries like the U.S.A, the countries of Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa etc., come to study here. The university has taken a leadership role in promoting new ideas, the spirit of integration of the world, and cultivation of intellect and culture. Banaras Hindu University is small virtually the universe in microcosm.
CENTRAL LIBRARY OF B.H.U.-The Banaras Hindu University Library system, the largest University Library System in the country, germinated from a small but precious collection donated by Prof. P.K. Telang in the memory of his father Justice K.T. Telang in 1917 and housed in the Telang Hall of the Central Hindu College, Kamachha. It was nurtured in its infancy by the renowned historian Sir Jadunath Sarkar. With the University taking shape at its present premises, the library was also shifted in 1921 to the Central Hall of the Arts College (now Faculty of Arts) and then in 1941 to its present majestic building built with the munificent donation from Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad of Baroda, on the pattern of the great library British Museum in London on the suggestion of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, the founder of university, after his return from the Round Table Conference, London in 1931. Its majestic circular Central Hall has been furnished with elegant furniture's made of famous and rare variety of Burma Teak woods. Beginning with a small but precious donated collection, its grew by leaps and bounds with magnificent donations of personal and family collections from many eminent personalities and families like Lala Sri Ram of Delhi, Jamnalal Bajaj of Wardha, Roormal Goenka, Batuk Nath Sharma, Tagore Family collection, Nehru Family collection, etc. amongst a score of others and purchase of books and journals out of the regular fund with the result that it has a collection of around 60,000 volumes in 1931 itself. The trend of donation of personal and family collection to the library continued as late as forties with the result that it has unique pieces of rarities of books and journals dating back to 18th century.
With this sound footings and background, the library took long strides during sixties and seventies in its development and metamorphosed in a system of libraries with the establishment of institute, faculty and departmental libraries during the period. Presently the Banaras Hindu University Library System consists of Central Library at apex and 3 Institute Libraries, 8 Faculty Libraries, 25 Departmental Libraries, with a total collection of over 13 lakh volumes to serve the students, faculty members, researchers, technical staff of fourteen faculties consisting of 126 subject departments of the university.
3- HEMWATI NANDAN BAHUGUNA GARHWAL UNIVERSITY-(H.N.B.G.U.)
The HNB Garhwal University is nestled in the lap of Himalayan ranges in Garwal region. "The Abode of Gods, Devbhumi or Tapobhumi", it how find mention in mythology and religious literature. Srinagar , the Headquarter of the University is situated at 300 13' N /780 46' E in Pauri District of Garhwal region of Uttarakhand on the bank of river Alaknanda in mid-Himalaya.
Being the royal capital of the erstwhile rulers of Garhwal in the past, variously known as Sripur, Srikshetra and Danush Teertha, it remained capital of Garhwal kingdom till 1805 AD; thereafter the centre of Gorkha rule till 1850 AD and administrative centre of the British till 1890 AD. The historic township enroute to the supershrine resorts of Kedarnath and Badrinath is well linked by road to all the prominent places of the region, including the three rail heads- Rishikesh, Kotdwara and Dehradun. Of late, Srinagar has strongly emerged as a centre of higher learning and research with the establishment of the University.
Inception of Garhwal University on Dec. 1st 1973 was the fulfillment of a long cherished dream of the local people. The university was rechristened as Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in 1989 in commemoration of the memory of a leading statesman of the country and the son of the soil, Shri Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna.The University is residential cum affiliating in nature, with jurisdiction over seven districts of the region.
FACULTIES IN H.N.B.G.U.
SRINAGAR CAMPUS-
Department of Anthropology
Centre for Journalism & Mass communication
Department of Defence & Strategic Studies
Department of Drawing
Department of Economics
Department of Geography
Department of Hindi
Department of History
Department of Home Science
Department of Environment
Department of Mathematics
Department of Music
Department of Philosophy
Department of Political Science
Department of Psychology
Department of Sociology
Department of Yoga
Department of Physical Education
Department of English, Modern European and Other Foreign Languages
BCC Campus, Srinagar :
Department of Philosophy
Department of Sociology
Yoga Centre
Tehri Campus
Department of Anthropology
Department of Economics
Department of English
Department of Geography
Department of Home Science
Department of Political science
Department of Sociology
Pauri Campus
Department of Economics
Department of English
Department of Geography
Department of Hindi
Department of History
Department of Home science
Department of Political science
Department of Sanskrit
4- CHHATRAPATI SHAHU JI MAHARAJ UNIVERSITY, KANPUR(C.S.J.M.U.)
In modern times, during the close of the 19th century, the Society for Propagation of Gospel of Christ (S. G. P. C.) successfully introduced the classes of higher learning in its schools in Kanpur. Gradually the demand for institutions for higher education in the fast growing commercial metropolis gained momentum. The Arya Samaj, Sanatandharma and other missions and denominational institutions opened such colleges under the encouraging patronage of the government. The Agriculture College, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Central Leather Institute, Textile Institute and Sugar Institute were also established in course of time. After India became free, further studies were made in the field of education in Kanpur. Institutes of Higher Learning, Like Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College and Indian Institute of Technology were set up.
Even after the setting of these institutions the long cherished desire of the people of Kanpur for getting a university, a real seat of eminence and excellence which could co-ordinate and update the working of the different educational institutions, remained unfulfilled. In the mean time, several academic institutions with much advanced resources and expertise sprung up in different parts of the country. Education and Research has advanced by laps and bounds and Kanpur in comparison looked smaller than before, simultaneously an imperative need was felt by a vast segment of the population of Kanpur for an establishment of learning which could fulfill their academic needs and provide leadership in social, economic, cultural, and technical spheres.
The Radha Krishnan Commission (1949) suggested the establishment of a university at Kanpur as it was felt that the Agra University to which the colleges at Kanpur were affiliated was getting increasingly overburdened. In order to meet the popular demand and to reduce the burden of Agra University, Kanpur University was established by an Act of U.P. State Legislature in the year 1966. Since its inception the Kanpur University has made considerable growth both in the number of the colleges affiliated to it, and the diversification and varieties of subjects taught. Today it has 170 colleges spread over fifteen districts of the state, affiliated to it. About 2.75 Lac students appear every year in the various undergraduate and postgraduate examinations in the faculties of Arts, Commerce, Science, Education, Law, Agriculture, Medicine, Ayurvedic & Unani, Engineering and Technology, Business Management, Life Science, and Advanced Studies in Social Science etc. There is also a centre for Computer Application, Department of English and Education.
The University has been making continuous efforts to improve and upgrade teaching facilities in its constituent and affiliated colleges. For this purpose an In Service Teacher's Orientation and Research Centre' was established in the University with the approval of the U.G.C. The College Development Council was also established. The CDC has been doing useful work by providing facilities to the colleges and procuring U.G.C.'s assistance for the developmental activities and research for the teachers.
The University has been alive to the need of bringing in qualitative changes in its character and during the past eight years it has gradually emerged as a distinctive teaching and research centre. The establishment of a Central Library has fulfilled the much-felt need of providing a reference centre. The opening of M.Phil Classes in the University in English, Education and Commerce, K.N. Kaul Institute for Life Sciences, Institute Of Business Management can be said to be a landmark in the growth of this University as a eminent center of higher learning. These classes comprise the residential wing of the University.
The University administration has been conscious of its social and cultural commitments as well. The establishment of the Department of Adult and Continuing Education in the University, a Population Centre, Planning Forum and Women Study Centre, in one or other of the pioneer institutions of the University have opened a new chapter in linking the University to further extension work. The University is successfully running the M.B.A. classes and has recently established an ambitious Institute of Engineering and Technology in the campus.
During the thirty-seven year of its existence, the C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur has established itself firmly as a quality teaching and research institution. It is fulfilling a great need of education in the State. It is significant to note that from the very beginning the university has adopted a progressive attitude. Besides the provision of instructions through its colleges in various Liberal arts and science, the University has emerged as a Leader in the field of nonformal education. The direction of progress in this regard include adult, continuing education & women studies.
The residential wing of the University and the college constituting the university have established a reputation for organizing high level conference, seminars and symposia. Matters of topical interest with relevance to academic, quality of life and living are discussed. There is an effort to widen the frontiers of knowledge. In this, the university and its affiliated units are immensely assisted by the high traditions of literature, art and culture of this illustrious metropolis. The university subsidizes the visit of the faculty to attend national and international institutions of higher learning. Thus, those engaged in the task of imparting instructions to young students are able to keep themselves abreast of the recent thinking and development in various spheres. The U.G.C. has provided a Computer Centre for efficient university workings and research.
By introducing a three years Degree course, the university has come in line with the other universities in the country. Considerable attention is paid in the university to games, sports, physical education, the National Cadet Corps and the National Service Scheme. The student of the university have excelled in all these fields. The university is consistent in its pursuing directions that such it towards an increased use of Hindi, privileges for the physically handicapped including the blind students & facilities for the scheduled caste, scheduled tribes & the backward class.
DEPARTMENTS-
1-DEPARTMENT OF ADULT& CONTINUING EDUCATION & EXTENSION-
The Department of Adult and continuing Education and Extension provides special attention towards programmes for women, Scheduled Castes / Tribes, the handicapped and people from the rural , urban and slum areas . It also relates directly to the needs, interests, aspirations and life situations of the learners and to the national goals of socio-economic development through a process of linkages with the development programmes. The programmes are aimed at influencing peoples' attitude towards participation in social development . The basic thrust of our department is concentration (sensitization) and involvement of forgotten people in the main current of ’NATIONAL LIFE' .Department also participates in illiteracy removal, a minimum needs programme.
The department offers course 'Post Master Diploma in Adult , Continuing Education and Extension'.
Major focus is given on field work, social work, rural and urban development.
Board of Studies and Academic Council helps in the formulation and implementation of new academic programmes.
2-DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION-
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION was started during the 6th Five Year Plan under the Faculty of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences. Presently , the Department of Education is running Master of Education (M.Ed) programme of one year duration on regular basis with the intake capacity of 30 seats . This programme comprises theoretical courses including specialized courses in the disciplines of education and related practical / field work. In addition , research work in the form of a dissertation is an essential part of the programme. The department also conducts (Bachelor of Education) B.Ed. course of one year. The intake is 100 students.
3-DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH-The Department of English is the oldest department of the University, established with a view to imparting higher education and research in English in 1981. At present, the only course taught is M.A. (English Language & literature). The course is of two year duration. There are facilities for doing research for the degree of Ph.D.The department runs a post graduate course in English Language & Literature. Papers of both language and literature are combined in order to give students an exposure of language along with literary knowledge. The department also conducts Ph.D programme.
Department plans to open M.A. Course in linguistics. The department is planning to start innovative course in Business English which will be of immense value for engineering and management students.
Academic council helps in the formulation and implementation of new academic programmes.
4-Institute of Biosciences & Biotechnology
was established in the year 2001 to provide platform to the various emerging areas of research and to develop expert brains in the field of Micro-biology , Biotechnology , Environmental science & Biochemistry . Presently the INSTITUTE is under self-finance scheme and developing in various disciplines day to day.
The INSTITUTE is having a fine infrastructure and is situated in the center of the lush green premises of the C.S.J.M UNIVERSITY .There are well equipped laboratories with the latest equipments to carry out the basic and advanced experiments in the field of Microbial technology .The INSTITUTE is having mutualistic liasoning with some of the finest institutes/laboratories in the surroundings like I.I.T , I.I.P.R , N.S.I , D.M.S.D.R.E. ,C.S.A , H.B.T.I in KANPUR & C.D.R.I , C.I.M.A.P. ,I.T.R.C. , N.B.R.I. , Biotech park in LUCKNOW.
Including these departments many other departments are there in this University. Student may contact to Horizon Holidays to know more about the other departments of the University.
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