University of Rajasthan
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| University of Rajasthan | |
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| राजस्थान विश्वविद्यालय | |
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| Motto | धर्मो विश्वस्य जगतः प्रतिस्था |
| Established | 1947 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Shivraj Patil (Additional Charge from April 2010) |
| Vice-Chancellor | B. L. Sharma |
| Location | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | http://www.uniraj.ac.in |
University of Rajasthan is the oldest university in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was set up on 8 January 1947 as the University of Rajputana and was given its current name in 1956.
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[edit] Introduction
University of Rajasthan is the centre of tertiary education in Rajasthan and attracts students from other parts of India and overseas. The central campus is in the city of Jaipur. The University of Rajasthan has 6 constituent colleges, 11 recognised research centres, 37 postgraduate departments and 305 affiliated colleges. The University offers 37 Ph.D. programs, 20 M.Phil. courses, 48 Master's degree courses and 14 Bachelor degree courses. It has been accredited A+ by NAAC India.
The University of Rajasthan is the oldest institution of higher learning in Rajasthan. It was established on 8 January 1947, as the University of Rajputana with the main objective of disseminating knowledge and catering to the needs of the students of Rajasthan. It had jurisdiction over the entire state. In the year 1956, the Rajputana University was renamed as the University of Rajasthan, keeping intact its enveloping jurisdiction. With the successive creation of other universities, its affiliating jurisdiction has come down to only seven districts of Rajasthan, but it is still the hub of higher education in Rajasthan paving the way for the other universities.
University of Rajasthan is a multi-faculty university and is recognized under 2f and 12B of U.G.C since its inception. Its Central Campus is spread over 285.50 acres (1.1554 km2) and the satellite campus, comprising the Constituent Colleges, is spread over 149.53 acres (0.6051 km2).
Jason Freitag, the historian and biographer of James Tod, noted in 2009 that
The university in Rajasthan is moribund. There is no collective life on the campus - no talks, seminars, concerts. The most popular departments are commerce and the sciences, and the humanities are floundering. White ants and termites are eating away a huge collection of historical records in the university library at Jaipur, and there are no resources to save them. Some of the active professors I dealt with have side businesses (translating, history professors working with the tourist development ...), and their university duties are not primary among their priorities. It is not clear what will happen in the next few years, but I imagine that an even stronger stagnation may set in.[1]
[edit] Constituent Colleges
- University Commerce College
- University Maharani College
- University Maharaja College
- University Five Year Law College
- University Law College
- University Law College CENTRE-II
- University Rajasthan College
- Centre for Converging Technologies (CCT)
[edit] Faculties and departments
The University has the following faculties and departments:
- Faculty of Arts (Departments of English, European Languages Literature and Culture Studies, Hindi, Philosophy, Sanskrit, Urdu and Persian)
- Faculty of Commerce (Departments of Accountancy and Business Statistics, Economic Administration and Financial Management)
- Faculty of Education (Departments of Education, Library Science, and Physical Education and the Centre for Adult and Continuing Education)
- Faculty of Fine Arts (Departments of Dramatics, Drawing and Painting, Fine Arts, Music)
- Faculty of Law (Department of Law)
- Faculty of Management (R. A. Poddar Institute of Management)
- Faculty of Science (Departments of Botany, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Home Science, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Statistics, Zoology)
- Faculty of Social Sciences (Departments of Anthropology, Economics, History & Indian Culture, Political Science, Public Administration, Sociology)
- Centre for Converging Technologies (Department of Converging Technology in Nanotechnology, Neuroscience, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Information & Communication Technology)
- Department of Business Administration (Masters of International Business, Masters of Human Resource Management, Masters of Commerce in Business Administration & Ph.D)
[edit] Facilities
This university has 16 hostels, a modern sports complex, and a large modern swimming pool with professional coaching.
[edit] University of Rajasthan Library
University of Rajasthan Library
[edit] References
- ^ Freitag, Jason (2009). Serving empire, serving nation: James Tod and the Rajputs of Rajasthan. Leiden: Brill. p. 5. ISBN 978-90-04-17594-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=Ib93BhAu43gC. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
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