Guru Kashi College is a constituent college of the
Punjabi University
Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew University of Israel. ...
in
Talwandi Sabo
Talwandi Sabo is a town and Municipal Council in Bathinda district, Punjab, India. It is famous for being one of the five Takhts of Sikhism (Sikh Religious Places), Takht Sri Damdama Sahib. It is also famous for its Baisakhi, which is celebrate ...
,
India
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. Established in 1964, it is one of the oldest college for arts and sciences in
Malwa area of Punjab. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in sciences,
humanities
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,
social sciences
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,
computer science
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and commerce.
History
The college was founded by Sant Fateh Singh in year 1964 and has been named as ''Guru Kashi'', as this land was blessed by 10th
Sikh Guru
The Sikh gurus ( Punjabi: ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰੂ) are the spiritual masters of Sikhism, who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in 1469. The year 1469 marks the birth of Guru Nanak, the found ...
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das or Gobind Rai the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Sing ...
as ''Hamari Kanshi'', a centre of higher learning in those times.
Punjabi University
Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew University of Israel. ...
has taken over management control of this college on 20 December 1995 and later it was declared as a constituent college of university in 2001. A new teaching block has been constructed by Bathinda Development Authority and handed over to college on November, 2016.
See also
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Yadavindra College of Engineering
Punjabi University is a collegiate state public university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language, after Hebrew University of Israel. ...
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Punjabi University Guru Kashi Campus
, mottoeng = Education Empowers
, established = 1988
, type = Public State University
, faculty = 110+
, chancellor = V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor, Punjab
, vice_chancellor= Prof. Arvind
, head_label =
, head =
, city = Talwandi Sab ...
External links
College websiteFacebook channel
References
Punjabi University
Education in Bathinda
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