Central University of Punjab is a Central University located in

Ghudda Ghudda is a large village located in the district of Bathinda in the state of Punjab in India. In the 2011 census it had a population of 5320 persons living in 1023 households. It was founded, in later half of 17th century, by Baba Ghudda, whose ...

village of

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, India. It has been established through an Act of Parliament: "The Central Universities Act, 2009" by

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. The territorial jurisdiction of Central University of Punjab is whole of the

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. Central University of Punjab has been ranked as number one amongst newly established central universities in India consistently since 2012 as per university rankings of Researchgate and Scopus. The Central Universities Bill 2009 aims at creating one new central university each in

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, Jammu and Kashmir,

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and

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. It also seeks to convert

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, Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya in Sagar (

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) and

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into Central universities.

University Profile

The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (Punjab) has been established through the Central Universities Act 2009 which received the assent of the President of India on 20 March 2009. Its territorial jurisdiction extends to the whole State of Punjab. It started its functioning from Camp Office in April 2009, which happens to be the residence of the Vice-Chancellor, and from November 2009 it shifted to its City Campus spread over an area of 35 acres. Recently shifted and fully operational in the main campus at

Village (21.5 km from Bathinda Bus Stand) on Bathinda-Badal Road. It is also 32 km far away from

Mandi Dabwali Mandi Dabwali is a municipal committee town, near Sirsa City in Sirsa district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is located on the border of Haryana and Punjab. It is at a distance of 60 km from district headquarter Sirsa and 40 km f ...

(Haryana). Mandi Dabwali has well connected to New Delhi via NH9.

Academics

The university offers mainly research oriented master's and doctoral degree programmes: Ph.D., M.Sc., M.A., M.Pharm., M.Tech., LL.M., M.Ed. and MBA

Schools and centres

School of Basic Sciences # Department of Applied Agriculture # Department of Biochemistry # Department of Botany # Department of Chemistry # Department of Computational Sciences # Department of Mathematics and Statistics # Department of Microbiology # Department of Physics # Department of Zoology School of Education # Department of Education # Department of Physical Education School of Engineering & Technology # Department of Computer Science and Technology School of Environment and Earth Sciences # Department of Environmental Science and Technology # Department of Geography # Department of Geology School of Health Sciences # Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine # Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products # Department of Pharmacology School of Information and Communication Studies # Department of Library and Information Sciences # Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies School of International Studies # Department of South and Central Asian Studies School of Languages, Literature and Culture # Department of English # Department of Performing & Fine Arts # Department of Punjabi # Department of Hindi School of Legal Studies and Governance # Department of Law School of Management # Department of Financial Administration School of Social Sciences # Department of Economic Studies # Department of Psychology # Department of Sociology # Department of History

Accreditation and ranking

Rankings

In the young age of seven years of establishment, university has proved itself with NAAC 'A' Grade. The Central University of Punjab ranked 84th among universities by ''

National Institutional Ranking Framework The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education (India), Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by the ...

'' (NIRF) in 2021. Keeping up with the pace the university ranked 81st among universities, and secured 26th position in pharmacy catergory in ''

'' (NIRF) ranking 2022.

Research contributions

Researchers from this university had contributed in a number of peer-reviewed scientific research. Among these are discovery of new species of marine alga Ulva paschima and Cladophora goensis, first report of endophytic algae from Indian Ocean, discovery of the geographical origin of

Holy Basil ''Ocimum tenuiflorum'', commonly known as holy basil, ''tulsi'' or ''tulasi'', is an aromatic perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent and widespread as a cultivated plant throughout the Southeast Asian ...

as North-Central India, Molecular assessment of ''Hypnea valentiae''-a red alga from West and East coast of India and multitargetted molecular docking analysis of plant-derived natural compounds against PI3K Pathway.

References

External links

Official Website
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