Jain University
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Former names | Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College (est. 1990) |
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| Type | Deemed University, Private University |
| Affiliation | NAAC AICTE NBA UGC ACU |
| Chancellor | C. G. Krishnadas Nair |
| President | Dr. Chenraj Roychand |
| Location | , , |
| Nickname | Jainites |
| Website | www |
Jain University is a Deemed university under the UGC Act,1956 established in Bangalore, India and promoted by The JGI Group in India and the state of Karnataka. It is a member of the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific and is certified ISO 9001:2008 for quality management. It is a member of the Association of Indian Universities. It also has Jain International Residential School,[1] Bangalore(JIRS),a premier school at the Jain Global Campus.
History
Jain University (formerly Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College,[2] SBMJC) is declared deemed to be University under section 3 of the UGC act, 1956 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development[3] of the Union Government vide notification No.F-9-57/2007-U.3 (A) Ministry of HRD, GOI 19 December 2008 and 24 July 2009.
Jain University has established 10 Centers of Excellence (CoEs) – Centre for Nano and Material Sciences; International Institute for Aerospace Engineering and Management; Centre for Emerging Technologies; Centre for Disaster Mitigation; Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Education; Centre for Ancient History & Culture; Centre for Indian Psychology; Centre for Advanced Studies in Biosciences, Center for Post Graduate Studies and Centre for Pure & Applied Sciences.
The university offers over 185 programmes at the undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels spanning elective courses and interdisciplinary certificate programmes ranging from Languages, Social Sciences & Humanities, Physical & Life Sciences, Engineering Science & Technology, Management and Commerce, etc. Ph.D. and M.Phil.
Constituent colleges and centres: The university includes the following colleges and centers, all in Bangalore, unless otherwise noted:[4]
- Center for Management Studies
- CMS Business school
- School of Engineering and Technology
- Center for Post Graduate Studies
- Centre for Research in Social Science and Education
- Centre for Emerging Technologies
- Centre for Nano and Material Sciences
- Centre for Research in Pure and Applied Sciences
- Centre for Disaster Mitigation
- Centre for Ancient Indian History & Culture
- Centre for Indian Psychology
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Biosciences
- Chenraj Roychand Centre for Entrepreneurship
- International Institute for Aerospace Engineering and Management
Student life
Jain University campus housing system can accommodate nearly 85 percent of the total student population at the university.The residential system has a number of "living-learning communities" where academic activities and residential life are combined.
Alumni
- Ambi Subramaniam - Violinist
- Anup Sridhar - Indian Badminton player
- Bindu Subramaniam - Indian/American singer-songwriter and pianist
- Diganth – Actor
- Gagan Ullalmath - Indian Swimmer
- H. S. Sharath - Indian Crickter
- Manish Pandey -Indian Crickter
- Niranjan Mukundan - Indian para-swimmer
- Pankaj Advani - Arjuna Award for Billiards & Snooker
- Prajwal Devaraj - Film actor
- Rakesh Manpat - Indian Shooter
- Ravikumar Samarth - Indian Crickter
- Robin Uthappa - Indian Crickter
- Rohan Bopanna - Indian professional tennis player
- Rohit Havaldar - Indian swimmer
- Sharath Gayakwad - Arjuna Award for Para-Swimming
- Shreyas Gopal - Indian Crickter
- Varun Aaron - Indian Crickter
References
- ^ http://www.jirs.ac.in/
- ^ http://www.jaincollege.ac.in/
- ^ http://mhrd.gov.in/
- ^ "Schools: Jain University". jainuniversity.ac.in. Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
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