Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
Coordinates: 26°29′54″N 80°15′57″E / 26.4983°N 80.2658°E
 Aerial view of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University | |
Former names | Kanpur University |
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| Motto | आरोह तमसो ज्योति: (Sanskrit) |
Motto in English | "Rise from darkness to light" |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1966 |
| Chancellor | Ram Naik |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Jayant Vinayak Vaishampayan |
| Location | Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Campus | Urban, 264 acres |
| Nickname | CSJMU, CSJM, KU |
| Affiliations | UGC, AIU, NAAC |
| Website | www.kanpuruniversity.org |
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Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the largest universities of Asia catering to urban and rural students offering professional and academic courses in disciplines of Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Engineering, Biotechnology, Computer Applications, Management and Medicine.
History
The Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Kanpur was established in 1966 as Kanpur University when Agra University split into Agra and Kanpur universities. Mayawati, as chief minister, changed the name from Kanpur University to the current name, after the Maharaja of the Indian princely state of Kolhapur between 1884 and 1922, Shahu IV of Kolhapur, also known as Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj.
Facilities
Spreading over 264 acres, the university is booming with academic activities. While the undergraduate and post-graduate programmes in Art, Science, Commerce, Law, Engineering and Medicine are offered in affiliated colleges and institutions, the residential wing of the campus includes faculties of Life Sciences, Business Management, Education and English. It has a computer centre, a department of Adult and Continuing Education, Communication and a College Development Council. For catering to the needs of young engineering aspirants, the university has an Institute of Engineering and Technology in the campus offering courses in engineering: Chemical, Computer Science and Information, Mechanical Engineering.
There are separate hostel, academic and administrative blocks.
Location
Kanpur is the industrial capital of UP and commonly known as the Manchester of Northern India.[1] The main university campus is situated on Grand Trunk Road, 11 km from Kanpur Central
Administration
The administration is the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and the members of the executive council, the court and the academic council of the university.
The Kulpati (Vice-Chancellor) is a whole-time salaried officer of the university and is appointed by the chancellor from amongst the names submitted to him by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions above U.P. Universities Act 1973.[2]
The individual departments are under the direct supervision of their appointed directors, and each sub-department has its head.
Departments and institutes
- Deen Dayal Shodh Sansthan
- Department of Adult and Continuing Education and Extension
- Department of Education
- Department of English
- Department of Fine Arts and Painting
- Department of Library and Information Science
- Department of Master of Social Work (MSW)
- Department of Music
- Department of Physical Education
- Institute of Business Management
- Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology
- Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Institute of Life Sciences
- institute of Pharmacy
- University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur University ; formerly known as Institute of Engineering and Technology
- University Institute of Health Sciences
- Institute of Hotel Management
- University Placement Cell
Rankings
It is ranked 4 in Uttar Pradesh,32 in India according to 4icu top Colleges and Universities in India by University Web Ranking.
Notable alumni
- Former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an alumnus of D.A.V. College, Kanpur University.
- Abhijeet Bhattacharya, singer
- Ajay Kumar Mishra
- Animesh Mukharjee,Indian documentary film-maker,writer and Hindi poet
- Bal Govind Dwivedi
- Bharat Jhunjhunwala,Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
- Ghanshyam Swarup, Molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Gopaldas Neeraj, Poet & lyricist.
- Gopal Khanna
- Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician) attended Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, where he graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.
- Harvindar Kumar Sahani
- Manohar Lal
- Premdas Katheria
- Renu Khator, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston
- Rahul Mishra,won the International Woolmark Prize in 2014 at Milan Fashion Week
- Sarvagya Singh Katiyar former vice chancellor.
- Sheikh Anwarul Haq,Chief Justice of Pakistan from 23 September 1977 until 25 March 1981.
- Shivpal Singh Yadav, politician, Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government
- Sone Lal Patel
- Sushila Saroj
- Uma Shankar Dikshit, politician
- Veena Sahasrabuddhe,Indian vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music