Central University of Karnataka
| Type | Central University |
|---|---|
| Established | 2009 |
| Vice-Chancellor | H.M. Maheshwaraiah |
| Location |
Gulbarga, Karnataka, India 17°26′05″N 76°40′23″E / 17.4348°N 76.6730°ECoordinates: 17°26′05″N 76°40′23″E / 17.4348°N 76.6730°E |
| Campus | Kadaganchi |
| Affiliations | UGC, AIU |
| Website |
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The Central University of Karnataka (CUK) was established by an Act of the Parliament (No. 3 of 2009) at Kadaganchi of Aland, Karnataka taluk Gulbarga, Karnataka. It is one of the 16 new Central Universities established by the Government of India during the UGC XI Plan Period to address to the concerns of ‘equity and access’ and to increase the access to quality higher education to people in less educationally developed districts which have a Graduate Enrolment Ratio of less than the national average of 11%.
The CUK, with its territorial jurisdiction all over Karnataka, initiated its activities from the academic year beginning August 2009 in keeping with the philosophy of achieving and maintaining the highest levels of academic excellence, sensitivity to equity and access in enrolment and recruitment and emerging as a premier national educational and research institution in the country.
650 acres of land at Kadaganchi Suntanur villages on the Gulbarga-Waghdhari Inter-State Highway in Aland taluka identified by the Karnataka State Government has been handed over to the university, where the work of construction of boundary wall has been completed and many buildings including the admin block have started functioning. Other school buildings have started functioning.
History
Central University of Karnataka in Gulbarga of Karnataka, India has been established through an Act of Parliament: "The Central Universities Act, 2009" by Govt. of India.[1]
The university has started operating from its permanent campus at the Gulbarga-Waghdhari Inter-State Highway in Aland taluka identified by the Karnataka State Government.[2]
The Central Universities Bill 2009 aims at creating one new central university each in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.[3] It also seeks to convert Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya in Chhattisgarh, Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya in Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) and Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in Uttarakhand into Central universities.[4]
Schools and departments
- School of Business Studies
- Department of Business Studies
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Economic Studies and Planning
- School of Earth Sciences
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geology
- School of Humanities and Languages
- Department of Kannada Literature and Culture
- Department of English
- Department of Hindi
- Center for Classical Language-Kannada
- School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Department of History
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Social Work
- School of Undergraduate Studies
- School of Computer Science
- Department of Computer Science
- School of Chemical Sciences
- Department of Chemistry
- School of Physical Sciences
- Department of Physics
- Department of Mathematics
- School of Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Electronic Engineering
- Department of Electronic Communication Engineering
- Department of Computer Engineering
References
- ↑ http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/vikas_doc/docs/1241592408~~1235040259_central_University_Bill_2009.pdf
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ↑ Parliament passes bill to set 12 central varsities - Times Of India