The Lalit Narayan Mithila University (LNMU), formerly Mithila University, is a

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. Began in 1972, the university initially functioned from the Mohanpur House at Sara Mohanpur village of Darbhanga-Sakri route. In 1975, it was shifted to the campus belonging to

Raj Darbhanga The Darbhanga Raj, also known as Raj Darbhanga and the Khandwala dynasty, was a Maithil Brahmins dynasty and the rulers of territories, not all contiguous, that were part of the Mithila region, now divided between India and Nepal. The rulers ...

. The university is in

Darbhanga Darbhanga is the fifth-largest city and municipal corporation in the Indian state of Bihar situated centrally in Mithila region. Darbhanga is the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. It was the seat of the erstw ...

town, Mithila, an ancient cultural region of

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lies between the lower range of the

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and the

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river. The university imparts education in fields such as humanities, social science, life science, commerce, and medicine, with both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. More than 400 faculties are engaged in teaching and research. The institute has a residential campus of about 230 acres with modern facilities and support services for its students and faculty. The university has the privilege of having major

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as ABVP,

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and Mithila Student Union.

Colleges

Its jurisdiction extends over 4 districts -BEgusarai,Darbhanga,MAdhubani,Samastipur .

Constituent colleges

Affiliated Colleges

Departments

* Department of Ancient Indian History * Department of Bio-technology * Department of Botany * Department of Physics * Department of Chemistry * Department of Commerce & Business Administration * Department of Economics * Department of English * Department of Hindi * Department of Geography * Department of Home Science * Department of Maithili * Department of Political Science * Department of Psychology * Department of Sanskrit * Department of Sociology * Department of Sports & Culture * Department of Urdu * Department of Zoology * Department of Mathematics * Department of Music and Dramatics * Department of Sports * Department of Philosophy

Major Buildings

* Nagendra Jha Stadium * Jubilee Hall * Nargauna Palace * Gandhi Guest House * Muiltipurpose Hall

Notable alumni

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, Former Member of the

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Notable faculty alumni *

Saket Kushwaha Saket Kushwaha is an Indian educationist and agricultural economist. He is the vice chancellor (VC) of Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh and former VC of Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Bihar. He is a professor of agricultural econom ...

Vice Chancellor of

Rajiv Gandhi University Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) (formerly Arunachal University) is the oldest university in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is located at Rono Hills in Doimukh town, about nine miles from the state capital, Itanagar. The foundation ston ...

. Former Vice Chancellor of Lalit Narayan Mithila University

References

External links

* Universities in Bihar Mithila Education in Darbhanga Educational institutions established in 1972 1972 establishments in Bihar {{Bihar-university-stub