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North-Eastern Hill University
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Motto	Rise Up and Build
Type	Public
Established	1973
Chancellor	Prof.M.G.K Menon
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. A. N. Rai
Location	Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Campus	Suburban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.nehu.ac.in

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North Eastern Hill University is a Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of Indian Parliament. The University is located in the suburb of Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya within the union of India. The objectives of the University, as laid down in the parliament act, are "to disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit; to pay special attention to the improvement of the social and economic conditions and welfare of the people of the hill areas of the North-eastern region, and in particular, the intellectual, academic and cultural advancement". At present the University has two campuses, Shillong and Tura in West Garo Hills. NEHU Tura Campus functions under a Pro-Vice Chancellor.

Library facility

The University Central Library whose membership includes university and college teachers, postgraduate and undergraduate honours students and members of the non- teaching staff has a collection of close to 2,00,000 books, 38,000 bound periodicals and it subscribes to 316 foreign and 366 Indian current journals.

Schools

The University has following schools (Departments/Centres of Studies)

School of Physical Science (Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Science Education)
School of Social Science (History, Political Science, Law, Sociology, Cultural and Creative Studies)
School of Life Science (Biochemistry, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Botany, Zoology)
School of Humanities & Education (Education (at Shillong and Tura), English (at Shillong and Tura), Garo, Hindi, Khasi, Linguistics, Philosophy, Adult & Continuing Education, Distance Education)
School of Human & Environmental Science (Anthropology, Rural Development & Agricultural Production (at Tura), Geography, Environmental Studies)
School of Economics, Management & Information Science (Commerce, Economics, Library and Information Sciences, Management)
School of Technology (Electronics & Communication Engineering, Information Technology, Basic Sciences & Social Sciences)

Each of the 'school' of studies comprises academic 'departments' and 'centers' of studies detailed above.

Jurisdictions and Affiliated Colleges

The jurisdiction of the University extended originally to the states of Meghalaya and Nagaland and the erstwhile Union Territories of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. With the establishment of the Nagaland University on 6 September 1994, the jurisdiction of NEHU ceased over Nagaland. Likewise with the establishment of the Mizoram University the jurisdiction of NEHU over Mizoram also ceased from June, 2001. Arunachal Pradesh has its own university.

At present there are fifty-three undergraduate colleges affiliated to the University including eight professional colleges.

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-North-Eastern Hill University was set up by an Act of Parliament and notified on 19 July 1973. The objectives of the University, as laid down in the act, are "to disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit; to pay special attention to the improvement of the social and economic conditions and welfare of the people of the hill areas of the North-eastern region, and in particular, the intellectual, academic and cultural advancement".
+North Eastern Hill University is a Central University established on 19 July 1973 by an Act of Indian Parliament. The University is located in the suburb of Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya within the union of India. The objectives of the University, as laid down in the parliament act, are "to disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit; to pay special attention to the improvement of the social and economic conditions and welfare of the people of the hill areas of the North-eastern region, and in particular, the intellectual, academic and cultural advancement". At present the University has two campuses, Shillong and Tura in [[West Garo Hills|West Garo Hills.]] NEHU Tura Campus functions under a Pro-Vice Chancellor.
 == Library facility ==

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