Sikkim University

Sikkim University
सिक्किम विश्वविद्यालय

Type	Central
Established	2006
Chancellor	Justice Ruma Pal
Vice-Chancellor	Tanka Bahadur Subba
Location	Gangtok, Sikkim, India
Campus	Urban, 753 acres (3 km²)
Website	Official website

Sikkim University (Nepali : सिक्किम विश्वविद्यालय) is a central university established under an Act of Parliament of India [THE SIKKIM UNIVERSITY ACT, 2006 (No. 10 of 2007)]. It is located at Gangtok. The university campus is expected to be built at Yangang in South Sikkim district, about 56 kilometres (35 mi) away from Gangtok.^[1] The university's first chancellor was M. S. Swaminathan and Mahendra P. Lama was the first vice chancellor. The university offers traditional courses in humanities, physical and life sciences and forestry along with non-traditional courses that would be unique and related to the state including subjects like ethnic history, mountain studies, border studies and hill music and culture.^[2] All the colleges in the state of Sikkim are affiliated to this university.

References

↑ "Sikkim VC swipe at government on land". The Telegraph. December 29, 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
↑ "Prof Tanka Bahadur Subba, New VC of Sikkim University". Northeast Today. September 26, 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

External links

Official website

Colleges affiliated with Sikkim University

Sikkim Government College, Tadong Sikkim Government College, Geyzing West Sikkim Namchi Government College Pakim Palatine College, Pakyong

Central universities of India

Consolidated list of Central Universities

Central universities	Aligarh Muslim University Assam University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Banaras Hindu University Central Agricultural University Dr. Hari Singh Gour University English and Foreign Languages University Indian Maritime University Indira Gandhi National Open University Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Jamia Millia Islamia Jawaharlal Nehru University Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Manipur University Maulana Azad National Urdu University Mizoram University Nagaland University North Eastern Hill University Pondicherry University Rajiv Gandhi University Sikkim University Tezpur University Tripura University University of Allahabad University of Delhi University of Hyderabad Visva-Bharati University

New central universities^† (19)	Central University of South Bihar Central University of Gujarat Central University of Himachal Pradesh Central University of Haryana Central University of Jammu Central University of Jharkhand Central University of Karnataka Central University of Kashmir Central University of Kerala Central University of Orissa Central University of Punjab Central University of Rajasthan Central University of Tamil Nadu Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Mahatma Gandhi Central University Nalanda University Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University South Asian University

^† Established or granted central university status in 2009 or afterwards.

Universities in smaller states and territories of India

Arunachal Pradesh	Rajiv Gandhi University Himalayan University

Chandigarh	Panjab University

Goa	Goa University

Manipur	Manipur University Central Agricultural University

Meghalaya	North Eastern Hill University

Mizoram	Mizoram University

Nagaland	Nagaland University

Puducherry	Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Pondicherry University

Sikkim	Sikkim University Sikkim Manipal University SRM University, Sikkim

Tripura	Tripura University

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