Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
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Former names | Kanpur University |
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Motto in English | Rise from darkness to light |
Type | State university |
Established | 1966 |
Chancellor | Governor of Uttar Pradesh |
Vice-Chancellor | Neelima Gupta |
Location |
Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 26°29′54″N 80°15′57″E / 26.4983°N 80.2658°ECoordinates: 26°29′54″N 80°15′57″E / 26.4983°N 80.2658°E |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | UGC |
Website |
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Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the largest universities of Asia catering to urban and rural students offering professional and academic courses in disciplines of Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Engineering, Biotechnology, Computer Applications, Management and Medicine.
History
Kanpur University was established in 1966 when Agra University split into Agra and Kanpur universities. Mayawati, as chief minister, changed the name from Kanpur University to the current name, after the Maharaja of the Indian princely state of Kolhapur between 1884 and 1922, Shahu IV of Kolhapur, also known as Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj.
Facilities
The campus is spread across 264 acres. While the undergraduate and post-graduate programmes in Art, Science, Commerce, Law, Engineering and Medicine are offered in affiliated colleges and institutions, the residential wing of the campus includes faculties of Life Sciences, Business Management, Education and English. There are separate hostel, academic and administrative blocks.
Location
The main university campus is situated on Grand Trunk Road, 11 km from Kanpur Central.
Administration
The administration is the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and the members of the executive council, the court and the academic council of the university.
The Kulpati (Vice-Chancellor) is a whole-time salaried officer of the university and is appointed by the chancellor from amongst the names submitted to him by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions above U.P. Universities Act 1973.[1]
The individual departments are under the direct supervision of their appointed directors, and each sub-department has its head.
Departments and institutes
- Deen Dayal Shodh Sansthan
- Department of Adult and Continuing Education and Extension
- Department of Education
- Department of English
- Department of Fine Arts and Painting
- Department of Library and Information Science
- Department of Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Department of Music
- Department of Physical Education
- Institute of Business Management
- Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology
- Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Institute of Life Sciences
- Institute of Pharmacy
- University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur University; formerly known as Institute of Engineering and Technology
- University Institute of Health Sciences
- Institute of Hotel Management
- University Placement Cell
Notable alumni
Ashish K Gupta - former Country Head at Gameloft for India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
- Ram Nath Kovind, President of India
- Abhijeet Bhattacharya, singer
- Ajay Kumar Mishra
- Animesh Mukharjee,Indian documentary film-maker,writer and Hindi poet
- Bal Govind Dwivedi
- Ghanshyam Swarup, Molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Gopal Khanna
- Harsh Vardhan, politician, Minister of Science and Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Earth Sciences, attended Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
- Harvindar Kumar Sahani
- Manohar Lal
- Premdas Katheria
- Renu Khator, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston
- Rahul Mishra,won the International Woolmark Prize in 2014 at Milan Fashion Week
- Sarvagya Singh Katiyar former vice chancellor.
- Shivpal Singh Yadav, politician, Former Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government
- Sarita Bhadauria, politician, BJP MLA from Etawah
- Ram Gopal Yadav, MP
- Naresh Uttam Patel, MLC
- Sone Lal Patel, Founder of Apna Dal
- Sushila Saroj
- Uma Shankar Dikshit, politician
- Veena Sahasrabuddhe,Indian vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music
- Raj Kumar, Founding director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh