Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University

Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University

Motto	For Differently Abled
Type	State university
Established	2008
Vice-Chancellor	Pravir kumar
Location	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Campus	Spread over 131 acres (0.53 km2)
Affiliations	UGC
Website	http://dsmru.up.nic.in

Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (abbreviated DSMNRU) is a state university located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The first university of its kind, which also provides accessible and quality higher education to challenged students, in a completely barrier-free environment. The university's mandate is primarily to serve the differently-abled segment (challenged students) of the society for which a horizontal reservation of 50% seats in all courses has been provided, in addition to the normal reservation policy. The university proactively brings together under one umbrella-the academia and social responsibility. The potent synergies of this blending open up huge possibilities for translating ideas into action, taking science to soil, and lab to land.

History

Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University established by the Government of Uttar Pradesh came up by an Ordinance dated August 29, 2008, later replaced by U.P. Act No. 1 of 2009, dated February 19, 2009 and U.P. Act No. 24 of 2011, dated November 28, 2011.

Campus

The wide & large-spread campus consists of three blocks - Two academic blocks & one centrally located administrative block, an separate Auditorium, Student hostel, Helipad & a big underground vehicle parking. Roads inside the campus well connect the buildings. A Bank of Baroda branch is located here which provides common banking facilities along with ATM facility. The campus is located on Lucknow-Mohan road (State Highway 40). It is about a kilometer away from Buddheshwar Mahadeo Temple which further connects to Lucknow - Kanpur Highway.

Facilities

The impressive and modern university campus is spread over 131 acres of land in Lucknow - the state capital of Uttar Pradesh. The university has Wi-Fi equipped campus with barrier-free infrastructural and educational environment; technology friendly modern audio-visual education aids like Computers, CCTV etc.; Multimedia educational approach; well equipped computer lab with JAWS (Job Access with Speech); and green eco-friendly campus-all combine to offer the student a world-class educational experience for all-round development. The Library in the university caters to the students with a rich collection of international and national books, journals, reports and reading material on a wide range of subjects. There are ramps for challenged students. It has separate boy's and girls' hostels. It also has a separate placement cell, computer lab, medical facilities, ATM, and postal facilities on campus.

Departments

The university has following faculties & respective departments:^[1]

• Faculty of Arts
  • Economics
  • English & Other Foreign Languages
  • Hindi & Other Indian Languages
  • History
  • Political Science & Public Administration
  • Sociology, Social Science and Social Work
• Faculty of Commerce & Management
  • Commerce
  • Management
• Faculty of Computer & Information Technology
  • Computer Science
  • Information Technology
• Faculty of Law
  • Law
• Faculty of Music and Fine Art
  • Fine Art
• Faculty of Science & Technology
  • Botany
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics & Statistics
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Zoology
• Faculty of Engineering & Technology
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Applied Sciences & Humanities
• Faculty of Special Education
  • Department of Hearing Impairment
  • Department of Mental Retardation
  • Department of Visual Impairment
  • Department of Multiple Disabilities & Rehabilitation
  • Centre for Indian Sign Language and Deaf Studies
  • Centre for Disability Studies
  • Artificial Limb and Rehabilitation Centre

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