Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (KUK) is a university established on 11January 1956 in
Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra () is a city and administrative headquarters of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita".
Legends
According to the Puranas ...
, in the Indian state of
Haryana
Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
, from the capital,
Delhi
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. It is a member of
Association of Commonwealth Universities
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The university was in 1956 as a unitary residential University. The Department of Sanskrit was the only department in the university when it was inaugurated by
Bharat Ratna
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Rajendra Prasad
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, the first
President of India
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. The idea of establishing the university was conceived by then governor of
Punjab
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,
Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh
Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (18 April 190129 November 1994) was an Indian freedom fighter, diplomat and administrator.
Early life
Singh was born in Parsagarh in Saran district of Bihar. He obtained an M.A. from Calcutta University, f ...
, a
Sanskrit
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scholar.
In 2012, the Department of philosophy introduced an academic course on
Gita
The Bhagavad Gita (; ), often referred to as the Gita (), is a Hindu scripture, dated to the second or first century BCE, which forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata. The Gita is a synthesis of various strands of Indian religious thought, ...
.
Campus
Spread over , the KUK campus is located on the western bank of
Brahma Sarovar
Brahma Sarovar () is a man-made tank in Kurukshetra, in the state of Haryana, India. It is 3600 feet long, 1500 feet wide, and 45 feet deep. Hinduism lays emphasis on taking bath for internal and external purity. Most religious sites hav ...
in the Hindu holy city of Kurukshetra.
Faculties
Faculty of Arts & Languages
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Life Sciences
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Indic Studies
Faculty of Engg. & Technology
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Commerce & Management
Institution
Centre of excellence (CoE)
* Centre of excellence for research on
Saraswati river
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As a phys ...
palaeochannel
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s and
drainage basin
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Seismic hazard
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map and 24x7
seismic monitoring
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biology
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climate change
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and
pollution
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* Centre for information technology and automation: Research on
big data
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and
business analytics
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nanostructures
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The university has 10 faculties and 49 Departments / institutes / Schools:
* Institute of Integrated and Honors Studies (Formerly University College)
* Institute of Teachers Training & Research
* Department of Chemistry
* Institute of Indic Studies
* Department of Life Sciences
* Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Department of Arts and Languages
* Department of Foreign Languages
* Department of Physics
* Department of Statistics
* Department of Geology
* Institute of Environmental studies
* Department of Law
* Department of Geophysics
* University School of Management
* University Institute of Engineering and Technology
* Institute of Management Studies
* Institute of Mass Communication & Media Technology
* Centre for Distance & Online Education
* University Senior Secondary Model School
Affiliated colleges
Its jurisdiction extends over 7 districts -Ambala, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Panipat, Yamunanagar.
The university has 290 affiliated colleges and institutes.
The Department of Electronic Science in 2011, was awarded a project on nanoscience by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.
Sports
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra has a number of achievements in sports. In 2015 the Boxing Team of Kurukshetra University won the All India Inter-University Boxing Championship among more than 100 Universities from all over India. All India Inter-University Boxing Championship was held at LPU, Jalandhar. Boxers from KUK won 3 Gold and 3 Bronze Medals under their boxing coach Rajesh Kumar Rajound. The university has been awarded Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy, representing the highest award given for inter-university sports and university sportsperson performance in international and national arena by the
Government of India
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Suraj Bhan
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Ajay Singh Chautala
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Pema Dhondup
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Ramakant Goswami
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Zakir Hussain (Haryana politician)
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Virender Singh Kadian
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Naresh Kamboj
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Rattan Lal Kataria
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Anu Singh Lather
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Dalel Singh Ror
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Jagjit Singh
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List of institutions of higher education in Haryana
Universities
Haryana, India has at least 61 functional universities, including 08 central university (06 Institutes of National Importance (INI) , 22 state universities, 02 public universities, 07 deemed universities (three public and four pr ...
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State University of Performing And Visual Arts
Dada Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing and Visual Arts, located in Rohtak, Haryana, was established on 5 August 2014, through Haryana Act No. 24 of 2014. The university was formed by integrating four government technical institutions, ...
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State Institute of Film and Television
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