Punjab University Department of Zoology's PhD student Ghayyour Abbas has made a marvelous discovery of a rare 3.3 million-year-old elephant tusk fossil. Established in 1882 as University of Punjab at Lahore (now in Pakistan). Panjab University has been Accredited with a CGPA of 3.35 on a four point scale at A Grade valid for a period of 5 years from. 1 st among Universities of India and 38 th in Asia, Times Higher Education Asian University.
Motto | {ایمان ، اتحاد ، تنظیم} (Iman, Ittehad, Tanzeem) |
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Motto in English | Faith, Unity, Discipline |
Type | Public |
Established | 14 October 1882; 136 years ago[1] |
Chancellor | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar |
Vice-Chancellor | Dr Niaz Ahmad (SI)[2][3] |
1006 full time and 300 part time faculty members[1] | |
Students | 45,678 on campus students. (27,907 Morning Students, 16,552 Evening Students and 1,219 Diploma Students), 363,416 (off campus)[4] |
Location | Lahore, Gujranwala, Khanspur, Jhelum , , Pakistan |
Campus | Urban |
Colours | Blue, Bronze, Red |
Affiliations | Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Engineering Council, Pharmacy Council of Pakistan, Pakistan Bar Council, Pakistan Council for Architects and Town Planners |
Website | pu.edu.pk |
The University of Punjab (Urdu: جامعہ پنجاب), also referred to as Punjab University, is a publicresearchuniversity located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan.[1] With multiple campuses in Gujranwala, Jhelum, and Khanspur, the university was formally established by the British Government after convening the first meeting for establishing higher education institutions in October 1882 at Simla.[5] Punjab University was the fourth university to be established by the Britishcolonial authorities in the Indian subcontinent; the first three universities were established in other parts of British India.[6][7] There are 45,678 Students (27,907 Morning Students, 16,552 Evening Students and 1,219 Diploma Students) who attend the university, and Punjab University has a total of 13 faculties within which there are 83 academic departments, research centers, and institutes.[1] Punjab University has ranked first among large-sized multiple faculty universities by the HEC in 2012.[8] There are also two Nobel Laureates among the university's alumni and former staff.[1] Additionally, the university is also a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities of the United Kingdom.[9] In the recently issued rankings of Asian universities by QS World Universities Rankings, Punjab University jumped from the 232nd to 193rd position, improving its position by 39 places. Punjab University also ranks 251-300 in the subject of Agriculture and Forestry, 501-550 in the subject of Physics & Astronomy and 501-550 in the subject of Chemistry according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019.
- 3University's Support Services
- 4Academics
History[edit]
The University of Punjab[10] was given its initial impetus in 1854 by Wood's despatch. Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner was the founder of the university. Contrary to the three previously established universities, which were only examining institutions, the University of the Punjab was both a teaching as well as an examining body right from the beginning.
From its formation in 1882 until 1947, the University of the Punjab served the educational needs of the entire region of pre-independencePunjab and northern India. Mohindra College, Patiala was the first college of higher learning to affiliate with University of Punjab in 1882; followed by St. Stephen's College, Delhi. The independence of Pakistan in 1947 reduced the geographical jurisdiction of the university, as it was split into two separate universities in the respective countries. The Indian portion of the university is referred to as Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. The current Institute of Administrative Sciences was created in 1962.
Many major institutions that were previously affiliated to Punjab University have now become independent universities on their own, such as Government College University, Lahore and Medical and Engineering Colleges.[11]
Campus[edit]
Allama Iqbal Campus in Lahore
The University of the Punjab is divided into several campuses across Punjab with one summer campus located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:[5]
- Allama Iqbal Campus: also known as the old campus, located in the center of Lahore, it is named after the great South Asian thinker and mystic poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal. The campus houses the Senate, the Syndicate, the Selection Board and the Advanced Studies & Research Board are generally held there.[12]
Location in Lahore (Quaid-i-Azam Campus)
- Quaid-i-Azam Campus: also known as the new campus, it is named after the founder of Pakistan and is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) to the south of the Allama Iqbal Campus. Spread over an area of 1,800 acres (7 km2) of lush green landscape. This campus is the center of academic and administrative activities of the university. A canal divides the academic blocks from the student lodgings.[13]
- Gujranwala Campus: the faculties of Commerce, Economics and Management Sciences, Law and Science all conduct teaching in the campus.[14]
- Khanspur Campus: the summer campus is located at a height of about 7,000 ft (2,100 m) in the Himalayan range near Ayubia. This campus, in addition to providing research facilities, is also used as a recreational center for the faculty and the students.
- Jhelum Campus: having recently opened in 2012,[15] it offers studies relating to the faculties of Commerce, Economics and Management Sciences, Law and Science.[16]
University's Support Services[edit]
Hostels[edit]
At present, Punjab University has 28 hostels 17 for male and 11 for female students. Most of these students are accommodated in the dorms at the Quaid-e-Azam Campus. Total number of hostel residents is 6961.
On-campus housing facilities include 89 houses for teachers and University officers and 249 houses for junior staff of the University. About forty houses and eighty single accommodations are available in the various student hostels that are occupied by Wardens, Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents. The University plans to build more houses for the academic faculty and other employees. A bachelor teacher's hostel provides accommodation to the younger members of the academic staff. A guesthouse within the Residential Colony and the guestrooms in the Student-Teacher Center provide accommodation to the academics visiting the University.[17]
Transport[edit]
There are 58 Buses for students, teachers & staff on 41 routes within the city and a whole day quarter-hourly service between Allama Iqbal Campus and Quaid-i-Azam Campus. To meet the running cost of University buses, a nominal amount is charged from different categories of students and employees.
Medical Facility[edit]
Over Six thousand employees of the University and their families including widows, mothers and children are entitled to free medical treatment. Medical facilities are also available to retired employees and their families. The University has its own Radiology, Biochemistry, Pathology Departments and Dental Clinic with a full-time Dental Surgeon. Day and Night medical services are available to the residents on the Quaid-e-Azam Campus of the University. The clinics are working both at the Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam Campuses. More than 600 patients visit the University clinics daily. Emergency services are also available. The University helps to provide treatment in local Government hospitals for seriously ill patients.
In addition, the University has established a model health service. At present the medical staff consists of one Chief Medical Officer, (Consultant Physician), three Senior Medical Officers, two lady Medical Officers, five Medical Officers, one Dental Surgeon, one Ophthalmologist and one part-time Radiologist.
Sports[edit]
A variety of sports facilities including playing fields for cricket, hockey, football and athletics, a swimming pool for male students, squash courts and indoor game facilities in the hostels are available at the Quaid-e-Azam Campus. Playing fields for various sports and a female swimming pool are provided near the Allama Iqbal Campus. Boat Club provides recreational as well as competitive rowing facilities at the canal of the Quaid-e-Azam Campus as well as the River Ravi, in the north of the city.
The sports facilities for male and female students are managed by the respective sports offices. Each year competitive sports for both male and female students are organized at inter-departmental, inter-collegiate and inter-university levels in a variety of sports like hockey, football, cricket, badminton, athletic, etc. To encourage development of sports, scholarships are awarded to the outstanding players, and winners of the sporting events are awarded prizes, trophies and medals.
Medals | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | Total | ||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
Gold | 9 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 85 |
Silver | 11 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 49 |
Bronze | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 28 | |
Total | 48 | 27 | 35 | 52 | 162 | ||||
•2 Athletes of PU participated in Islamic Games Baku 2017 and won silver medal •2 Athletes represented Pakistan in World University Games 2017 in Taiwan •2 Athletes represented Pakistan in Asian Junior Athletics Championship 2017 in Vietnam |
Academics[edit]
Statue of Alfred Cooper Woolner, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Punjab, outside Old Campus
Faculties[edit]
There are 13 faculties in the University with 10 constituent colleges, 73 departments, centres, and institutes. It has 1006 full time and 300 part time faculty members involved in teaching/research and over 6,000 non-teaching/supporting staff with 45,678 on campus students (27,907 Morning Students, 16,552 Evening Students and 1,219 Diploma Students) :[18]
- Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Commerce
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering & Technology
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Faculty of Islamic Studies
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Life-Sciences
- Faculty of Oriental Learning
- Faculty of Science
Punjab University
Constituent colleges[edit]
- College of Art and Design
- College of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- University Oriental College lahore
Research and collaborations[edit]
The university has collaborated with different universities globally and has articulation agreements with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Cornell University and San José State University in the United States. It also has agreements with the University of Manchester, University of Luton, University of Bedfordshire, University of Birmingham, University of Surrey, University of Bradford, University of Cambridge, University of Derby, and University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. In China, Punjab University has collaborations with Beijing University of Chemical Technology, City University of Hong Kong, Wuhan UniversitySchool of Foreign Languages and Literature, University People's Republic of China, Sichuan University, and Zhengzhou Medical University and in Iran with Markaz Nashr-e-Miras-e-Maktoob, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, University of Tehran, and Tarbiat Modares University.
Punjab University Library[edit]
Punjab University Library is one of the largest libraries among the universities of Pakistan. The library has more than 500,000 books, magazines and periodicals in its collection. This collection is in nine different national and international languages and different types as print material, CDs, DVDs, Microfilms, Microfiches, Video and Audio Cassettes and Manuscripts.[19]Punjab University Library has two-storey building and total area of the building is 102,000 sq. feet. There are reading halls in both ground and 1st floor with approximately seating capacity of 2500 readers. The library has internet lab for the students to research according to the new technologies of 21st century. In the library there is computerised 'MLIMs' catalogue for searching material.[20]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Har Gobind Khorana (Nobel laureate 1968 - Medicine)
- Abdus Salam (Nobel laureate 1979 - Physics)
- Allama Iqbal (Urdu poet, philosopher, and politician who inspired the Pakistan Movement)
- Choudhry Rahmat Ali (Founder of the Pakistan Movement, creator of the name Pakistan)
- Satish Dhawan (Rocket scientist, Chairman of ISRO, Director of IISc)
- Yash Pal (Educationist and space scientist known for cosmic ray research and popularizing science education in India)
- Ishfaq Ahmad (Theoretical and Nuclear physicist, chairman of PAEC during the first atomic tests in Pakistan in 1998)
- Asma Jahangir (Human rights activist and lawyer, co-founder of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan)
- Omer Tarin (poet, research scholar, social activist and mystic)
- Muhammad Sharif (Relativistic astrophysicist and cosmologist)
- Syed Ali Shah Geelani ( Leader - Kashmiri Hurriyat, Chairman All Party Hurriyat Conference, Chairman Tehreek-e- Hurriyat, Former member Jamat-ul- islami, Jammu&Kashmir)
- Shoaib Mansoor (Pakistani movie director)
- Muhammad Tahir Ul Qadri(Pakistani-Canadian Scholar)
- Yousaf Raza Gillani (Pakistani politician and former Prime Minister during 2008–2012)
- Sartaj Aziz (Pakistani economist, strategist and former NSA)
- Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad (SI) (Vice Chancellor, Punjab University Lahore)
- I. K. Gujral (12th Prime Minister of India)
- Wasiullah Khan (Pakistani-American founder of the East–West University in Chicago)
- M. D. Tahir (1942–2008), prominent Pakistani lawyer
- Liaqat Baloch (Pakistani Islamic Activist) 1975–1979 (Jamaat e Islami)
- Manzoor Mirza (1939-2016), economist
- Muhammad Yousaf Ismail (chemical engineer at RasGas Qatar)
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External links[edit]
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Motto in English | Lead us into the Light from Darkness |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1947 |
Chancellor | The Honourable Vice-President of India |
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Raj Kumar[1] |
Students | 17000 (250,000+ including affiliated colleges)[2] |
Location | |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | UGC, NAAC, AIU |
Website | puchd.ac.in |
Panjab University is a public university located in Chandigarh, India.[3] It originated in 1882 as the University of the Punjab, but was established in 1947 after the partition of India, where the university was split between Pakistan and India.
The university has 78 teaching and research departments and 15 centres/chairs for teaching and research at the main campus located at Chandigarh. It has 188 affiliated colleges spread over the eight districts of Punjab state and union-territory of Chandigarh, with Regional Centres at Muktsar, Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur cities in Punjab state.[4][5] It is one of the most highly ranked universities in India.[6]
The campus is residential, spread over 550 acres (2.2 km2) in sector 14 and 25 of the city of Chandigarh. The main administrative and academic buildings are located in sector 14, beside a health centre, a sports complex, hostels and residential housing.[7]
- 2Campus
- 2.6Museums
- 4Regional Centres
- 9Faculties
- 9.1Faculty of Engineering and Technology
- 9.3Faculty of Business Management and Commerce
- 10Culture
- 11Research facilities
History[edit]
Panjab University featured on a 1989 stamp of India.
The present-day Panjab University traces its roots to the University of the Punjab established on 14 October 1882 at Lahore (now in Punjab, Pakistan). Most of the colleges affiliated to University of the Punjab were in the present Indian part of British India.
After the partition of India in 1947, the university was split into two for Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab. A new university was then established/relocated in the Punjab, India in 1947. To distinguish the two, the name of the university on the Indian side, the spelling for 'Punjab' was changed to Panjab. After 1947[8] the university had no campus of its own for nearly a decade. The administrative office was in Solan and the teaching departments functioned from Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Delhi, and Amritsar.
In 1956 the university was relocated to Chandigarh, on a red sandstone campus designed by Pierre Jeanneret under the guidance of Le Corbusier. Until the re-organisation of Punjab in 1966, the university had its regional centres at Rohtak, Shimla, Jalandhar and its affiliated colleges were in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and U.T. of Chandigarh. With the re-organisation of Punjab, the university became an Inter-State Body Corporate catering to the newly organised state of Punjab and union-territory of Chandigarh.
Campus[edit]
The University's chequerboard layout, devised by Swiss French Architect Pierre Jeanneret, was a role model for campus design in India.
The main campus at Chandigarh is spread over 550 acres in sectors 14 and 25, the teaching area is in the north-east, with the Central Library, Fine Arts Museum, and three-winged structure of the Gandhi Bhawan forming its core; the sports complex, the health centre, student centre and the shopping centre in the middle; 16 university hostel and residential area in the south-east, stretching into the adjacent sector 25 which also houses the University Institute of Engineering and Technology and Dr. Harvansh Singh Judge Institute of dental Sciences and Hospital, UIAMS, Institute of Biological sciences etc.
The campus has amenities like a State bank of India branch, Post and Sampark, public transport system, open-air theatre, guest and faculty houses, seminar complexes, staff club, several spacious lawns, botanical and medicinal herbs gardens, a newly laid rose garden, a school and a day-care centre for the employees' children. The campus is adjacent to a medical institution known as the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.
Halls of residence[edit]
There are eighteen hostels on the campus including eight hostels for men and eleven women hostels including a Working Women Hostel. A Sports Hostel has been built for visiting sports teams. Two more hostels are under construction, one each for boys and girls.
All the hostels have Wi-Fi internet and multiple messes for students. There are also shopping centres and ATMs for students and faculty on campus. The Dean, Student Welfare and the Dean Student Welfare (Women) look after the functioning of the university hostels, conduct of election to the student bodies, planning and organising of cultural and extra-curricular activities on the Campus. They disburse cultural scholarships and financial assistance to campus students.
Health services[edit]
The University Health Centre offers consultancy, clinical and emergency services. There are five full-time doctors, including one medical specialist, one surgical specialist and one dental specialist. Part-time consultants include a gynaecologist, a paediatrician, a radiologist, an eye specialist, an Ayurvedic doctor and two general physicians. They are supported by a large paramedical staff.[citation needed]
Beside regular consultancy, medicines and emergency attention, employees and students have access to facilities like the clinical tests, ECG, X-Ray, ultrasonic treatment, diathermy and Yoga. The centre runs a Family Welfare Clinic with facilities of family planning, vaccination and immunisation of children (DPT, Polio and BCG). From time to time the Health Centre launches health awareness drives through lectures, film shows and workshops.[citation needed]
Sports[edit]
The University has playgrounds, a gymnasium and a swimming pool for its sports activities. The Directorate of Sports organises about 70 Inter-College and four to five Inter-University Competitions every year. The Directorate of Sports participates in 62 games both for men and women in the Inter-University Competitions and arranges training camps in these games under the supervision of expert coaches. The University was awarded Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) trophy for the year 2004–2005.
Fine Arts museum, Chandigarh
Gandhi Bhawan[edit]
The Gandhi Bhawan is a major landmark of the city of Chandigarh. Designed by the architect Pierre Jeanneret, a cousin of Le Corbusier, it is an auditorium hall that sits in the middle of a pond of water. Today it also houses a collection of books on Gandhi.[citation needed]
The Student Centre[edit]
The Student Centre,popularly known as StuCi a major landmark of the city of Chandigarh was inaugurated in 1975. It houses the office of the university students' council. There is a cafeteria with a panoramic view on the top floor of the centre. Besides this various events and plays are performed in the Student Centre.
Museums[edit]
The university has four museums, and the Department of Indian theatre has its own theatre lab. The university has a botanical garden and a garden of medicinal plants on the campus.
The Museum of Fine Arts[edit]
The museum of Fine Arts houses the early works of almost all of the major artists of modern India. The collection was created through the initiative of the art historian B. N. Goswamy. Originally, the building was supposed to house the collection of archaeological artefacts that had been discovered by the department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. Today the museum of AIHC&A is housed in a modern annex adjacent to the Fine Arts Museum.
Key Officers, faculties, departments and centres[edit]
The day-to-day functioning of the University is headed by Vice Chancellor Raj Kumar.[9] The office of Dean of University Instruction (DUI) is the academic head of Panjab University and its Regional Centres. 78 departments, 15 centres/chairs on the campus and six Constituent Colleges located at Sikhwala (Sri Muktsar Sahib), Balachaur (SBS Nagar), Nihalsingh Wala (Moga), Dharamkot (Moga), Mokham Khan Wala (Ferozepur) and Guru Harsahai (Ferozepur) and one rural regional centre. Three regional centres are grouped under the faculties of Arts, Science, Languages, Law, Education, Design and Fine Arts, Business Management and Commerce, Engineering and Technology, Hotel Management and Tourism, Medical Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Sciences.[10] There are also departments of Evening Studies and Distance Learning. Most departments have their own libraries.[11] The Faculty of Languages also has courses in foreign languages. The Department of Chinese and Tibetan languages runs 7 courses. One in Buddhist Studies and three each in Tibetan and Chin. beside providing research guidance in Buddhist Studies.
Regional Centres[edit]
- P.U. Regional Centre – Ludhiana
- P.U. Regional Centre – Muktsar
Rural Regional Centres[edit]
- Panjab University Rural Centre Kauni
Constituent Colleges[edit]
- Baba Balraj Panjab University Constituent College, Balachaur (SBS Nagar)
- Panjab University Constituent College, Mokham Khan Wala (Ferozepur)
- Panjab University Constituent College, Nihalsingh Wala (Moga)
- Panjab University Constituent College, Dharamkot (Moga)
- Panjab University Constituent College, Sikhwala (Sri Muktsar Sahib)
- Saheed Udham Singh Panjab University Constituent College, Guru Har Sahai (Ferozpur)
Library[edit]
The current structure was inaugurated in 1963 by the first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru.[12] It was designed by Swiss architect Pierre Jeanneret.
ICSSR[edit]
The Indian Council of Social Science Research has set up its North-Western Regional Centre on the campus. The centre runs a library, a seminar complex and a guest house for visiting scholars under its study-grants programme.
Institute of Social Science Education and Research[edit]
Institute of Social Science Education and Research (commonly known as ISSER or PU-ISSER) is a liberal arts institution and a constituent department of the Panjab University.[13] The Institute offers a five-year integrated, honour-school Masters of Arts degree in the Social Sciences.
Faculties[edit]
Faculty of Engineering and Technology[edit]
University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET)[edit]
UIET Building
University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) is an on campus engineering institute. It offers undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering (BE), postgraduate Master of Technology (MTech) and doctoral courses.[14]
Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET)[edit]
CCET Building
Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET) is an off campus engineering institute. It offers undergraduate (BE)courses. Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology (CCET) is under the administrative control of the Chandigarh Administration.Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Chandigarh(CCET), formerly known as Central Polytechnic Chandigarh (CPC), was established in 1959 (which offered Diploma Courses in Engineering).
University Institute for Chemical Engineering and Technology (UICET)[edit]
Originally called the department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, UICET came out of a demand to make the sciences of direct use to society. The department was disrupted during the partition of India when most of the faculty and students chose to come to India. For a few years it was housed in Delhi. Then in 1958, it shifted to its present premises in Chandigarh. In collaboration with Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Professor R. E. Peck from IIT Chicago joined as the first Head. Over the years the department evolved into the University Institute for Chemical Engineering and Technology. In 1983, an Energy Research Institute was added within the UICET building to promote R&D in the field of renewable energy.
UICET is one of the regional centres of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. 2008 was the Golden Jubilee year of the institute. As part of the celebrations, the institute hosted CHEMCON-2008, the 61st annual session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, which also included a joint US-India Conference on Energy.
Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre[edit]
PUSSGRC is an integral part of Panjab University acting as Regional Centre located at Hoshiarpur, started in 2006.
Faculty of Law[edit]
The university has two departments for teaching law.
- Department of Laws offers two courses:
- Degree of LL.B, a three-year course, the eligibility for admission is graduation degree in any stream, with a minimum 45% marks.
- Degree in LL.M, a two-year course, which is offered after completion of LL.B.
The department conducts a separate admission test, for both the courses, on the pattern of the Union Public Service Commission.
- The University Institute of Legal Studies was established as a separate department in 2004.
The institute offers B.A. LL.B (Hons.) and B.Com. LL.B (Hons.) five-years integrated courses, and has three hundred and sixty seats. This institute has been a partner institute for Surana & Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot Court Competition.
Faculty of Business Management and Commerce[edit]
University Institute of Applied Management Sciences (UIAMS)[edit]
University Institute of Applied Management Sciences was started in 2008 by the Faculty of Business Management & Commerce, PU, Chandigarh. It is housed in Panjab University-South Campus, Sector 25. UIAMS offers offers MBA course in industry ready sectoral areas and streams with specialization in functional areas like Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Operations.[15] MBA at UIAMS Chandigarh is a two-year course.[16] Students are given training offers with stipend by various leading companies during the course.[17] UIAMS graduates tend to benefit from good job placements in major companies.[18][19][20][21]
University Business School (UBS)[edit]
The University Business School imparts management education to develop managers, researchers and teachers. The Department of Commerce and Business Management was renamed University Business School (UBS) in 1995. UBS offers various courses such as Master of Commerce (Honours), Master of Business Administration (General),Master of Business Administration (in Entrepreneurship), Master of Business Administration (in Human Resource, International Business and Executive).[22]
University Institute of Hotel and Tourism Management (UIHTM)[edit]
An institute of the Panjab University, offers education, training, research and consultancy in the field of hospitality, tourism, travel and allied sectors. This institute was established in the year 2009 under the faculty of Business Management and Commerce.
Culture[edit]
'Cyanide' the annual festival of DCET/UICET, was one of the first student festivals started in Chandigarh and has a long tradition. The festival is often host to star performers, DJ nights and other events. Tatva is the student magazine of DCET/UICET. There is an annual debate competition called the Polemic.Goonj is the annual cultural fest and Aavishkar is the tech-fest of UIET. Both the events are marked by a lot of enthusiasm and are also two of the most awaited events in India, especially for undergraduate students of engineering and technology.
Panjab University is active on social media websites such as Facebook,[23]Twitter[24] and Instagram.[25]
Student council[edit]
Student Centre, Panjab University
The office of the Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) is located in the student centre. The student centre is the hub of students' activities – academic, cultural, social and political – besides being a favourite eating and hanging out zone for students. The Students' Council consists of the departmental representatives and other office bearers i.e. President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint-Secretary directly elected by the students from the various teaching departments on the campus. The Dean Student Welfare is ex officio Chairman of the Council.
The Students' Council organises youth festivals, both national and international, academic debates, literary and cultural events and educational tours, besides looking after the interests of the students in general. In 2015, in a referendum by University, students voted for vehicle free campus in academic areas.[26][27]
Research facilities[edit]
The university has been recognised by the UGC as the 'University with Potential for Excellence in Bio-Medical Sciences' with facilities for Stem Cell Research and Drug Development.
The university is one of six centres in the country for super-computing facilities to serve the north-western region in Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), DST. The government of India has identified the university as a Special Centre. The university provides internet connection for more than 1800 terminals for the use of faculty members and students. All the buildings of the University including hostels are connected through ATM and Gigabit technology.
The university has a DST supported Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre along with a Central Instrumentation Laboratory (CIL) and a University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC) to serve the scientific community on the campus and in the region. The Centre for Industry Institute Partnership Programme (CIIPP) promotes the academic-industry interface.
Energy Research Centre[edit]
The Energy Research Centre was established in 1983 at Panjab University to promote R&D and Extension activities in Renewable Energy. The Energy Research Centre is the only R&D centre in the country designated as a Nodal Agency for the implementation of the programmes of MNES.
The centre has been designated as a regional test centre for testing solar thermal equipment by MNES. The Bureau of Indian Standard has approved the centre for testing wood-burning stoves. The centre has provided consultancy to countries in the Asia-Pacific region such as the Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Kiribati and Tuvalu, in the area of renewable energy sources, energy management and environmental protection. The centre has helped the states of Haryana, Panjab and Himachal Pradesh in solving problems associated with energy planning, management and environmental protection.[citation needed]
The centre has done work on solar thermal energy storage, solar detoxification, biomethanation of agricultural/industrial/forest wastes, biomass combustion and gasification, indoor air quality, energy and environmental conservation and management, and hydrodynamics of polymeric solutions. The Energy Research Centre has professional contacts with universities such as the University of Florida, the University of Cincinnati, SRI International USA, and Lakehead University in Canada. The centre has helped the states of Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, U.T. Chandigarh, J&K State, and the North Eastern states in solving problems associated with energy planning and management and Environmental protection.
LHC project[edit]
The university has participated in the project called International Collaboration for Research for Elementary Particles and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) CERN, Geneva CMS Experiment with a Government of India grant of Rs. 24.9 million.
Ranking[edit]
University rankings | |
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General – international | |
QS (World) (2018)[28] | 801-1000 |
QS (BRICS) (2018)[29] | 201-250 |
QS (Asia) (2018)[30] | 301-350 |
Times (World) (2018)[31] | 601-800 |
Times (BRICS) (2017)[32] | 135 |
Times (Asia) (2018)[33] | 114 |
General – India | |
NIRF (Overall) (2018)[34] | 33 |
NIRF (Universities) (2018)[35] | 20 |
Engineering – India | |
NIRF(2018)[36] | 59 |
Business/Management – India | |
NIRF(2018)[37] | 42 |
Pharmacy – India | |
NIRF(2018)[38] | 3 |
Internationally, Panjab University was ranked 801-1000 in the QS World University Rankings of 2018.[28] The same rankings ranked it 301-350 in Asia[30] and 201-250 among BRICS nations.[29] It was ranked 601-800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2018,[31] 114 in Asia[33] and 135 among BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings in 2017.[32]
In India, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has ranked Panjab University 3 overall in 2018,[34] 20 among universities,[35] 59 in the engineering ranking,[36] 42 in the management ranking[37] and third in India in the pharmacy ranking.[38]
Notable people[edit]
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- ^ ab'QS World University Rankings 2018'. QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ ab'QS BRICS University Rankings 2018'. QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ ab'QS Asian University Rankings 2018'. QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- ^ ab'Top 1000 World University Rankings 2018'. The Times Higher Education. 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ ab'Top 400 - Times Higher Education BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings (2017)'. The Times Higher Education. 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ ab'Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings (2018)'. The Times Higher Education. 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ ab'National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Overall)'. National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018.
- ^ ab'National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Universities)'. National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018.
- ^ ab'National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Engineering)'. National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018.
- ^ ab'National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Management)'. National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
- ^ ab'National Institutional Ranking Framework 2018 (Pharmacy)'. National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Human Resource Development. 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
External links[edit]
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