Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University (VBSPU), formerly Purvanchal University, is a

public state university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national university ...

based in

Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Jaunpur () is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located 228 km southeast of state capital Lucknow. Demographically, Jaunpur resembles the rest of the Purvanchal area in which it ...

, India. It was established in 1987 as a residential-cum-affiliating university. It is named after Shri Veer Bahadur Singh, the former chief minister of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

The university is engaged in research through MoU with foreign and local universities, organizations and institutions. Many of its departments are identified by UGC as Centres of Excellence Aditya Banerjee student .

History

Purvanchal University, Jaunpur renamed as Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in the honour of late Shri

Vir Bahadur Singh Vir Bahadur Singh (18 February 1935 – 30 May 1989) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Communications. He was also an author. Personal life Childhood ...

, former

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

of the state, was established on 2 October 1987 as an affiliating university under U.P. state university act 1973. Started with the 68 affiliated colleges, the university now has widened its spectrum of activities with 367 affiliated graduate and post-graduate colleges and student enrollment of nearly three

lakh A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For ex ...

and eighty thousand () in five districts of Eastern

Campus

The university is about 11 km from the historic city of Jaunpur on Jaunpur-Shahganj road which divides its 171.5-acre (0.694 km2) campus into two parts: one with the campus and another with a hostel, teacher's colony, transit hostel, guest house, chancellor suite and vice chancellor residence.

Auditorium

The university auditorium has a capacity of 1000 students. It is fully air conditioned with wooden work on the stage lot of space in front. The auditorium has separate rooms and other basic facilities for conducting special programmes like convocation, national and international level conferences, and many other academic and cultural events.

Organisation and administration

Faculties

Faculty of Engineering and Technology * Departments ** Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) ** Information Technology (IT) ** Electrical Engineering (EE) ** Mechanical Engineering (ME) ** Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) ** Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering (EIE) Faculty of Management Studies * Departments ** Business Management (includes

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

, Agri Business and e-Commerce) ** Finance and Control ** Business Economics ** Human Resource Development (HRD) Faculty of Computer Applications * Departments ** Computer Applications ( BCA and MCA) Faculty of Medicine * Departments ** Pharmacy (D.Pharm. and B.Pharm) Faculty of Commerce * Department **

Bachelor of Commerce A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanmar, ...

(Hon.) Faculty of Science * Departments **

Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

Microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...

Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

Environmental Science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geograp ...

Faculty of Applied Social Sciences * Departments **

Social Science Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ...

** Applied Psychology **

Mass Communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large segments of the population. It is usually understood for relating to various forms of media, as its technologies are used for the dissemination o ...

Faculty of Law * Departments ** Integrated B.A. L.L.B.

Institutes

Prof. Rajendra Singh Institute of Physical Science for Study & Research * Department **

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

** Physics **

Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

** Earth and Planetary Sciences ** Nanoscience and Technology **

Renewable Energy Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...

Academics

Admission

Students are admitted to various courses based on the merit of a qualifying degree. To pursue post-graduation courses at Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, the candidate must have passed graduation with at least 45% marks from a reputable university in the relevant specialisation. Selection of candidates to MCA, MBA, B.Pharma and B.Tech. is done on the basis of marks obtained in the Uttar Pradesh State Entrance Examination (UPSEE), formally known as SEE-UPTU. Following the publication of the SEE-UPTU merit list, candidates need to appear for the counselling on the specified date and time at the allotted venue. The final list of candidates selected for admission is published on the university website thereafter.

Placement

The university has been in ties with the top companies offering various job roles and opportunities to the students at lucrative pay packages, ranging from INR 1.8 lakh () to INR 8 lakh (). Some of the key employers include Infosys, Paytm, Swiggy,

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, Zomato, LG Electronics, ICICI Prudential, Tech Mahindra, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Genpact and others.

Research

A committee is assigned to monitor research activity in the university. Over 60% of the faculty members have doctoral degrees and they are engaged in guiding research scholars. Faculty members are eligible to guide students after five years of teaching and publications in peer-reviewed journals. The Department of Biotechnology is one of the leading departments of the university. It was established in 1999. The department has good research facilities and the research groups, mainly the Human Molecular Genetics Laboratory and Molecular Biology Group, are involved in basic research.

Central Library

The Central Library was established in 1999. It shifted at newly three storied impressive modern library building with the name of Vivekanand Central Library in 2004, which was inaugurated by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, the then- vice-president of India. In 2016, the Central Library was awarded as a "Centre of Excellence" by Government of Uttar Pradesh. The library premises are under CCTV surveillance to control unethical incidents. The library has Wi-Fi connectivity to provide internet as well as facilities to its users even after closing the library. The present library stock comprises 1,12,006 books, 318 professional Indian and foreign journals and magazines, 557 back volumes of journals, 10211 Ph.D. theses, 760 CDs, 12 newspapers, 216 government publications, and press clippings since 2008. The library has a reach collection of reference books including encyclopedias, dictionaries, yearbooks, atlases, directories, and almanacs. It also has a book bank section to provide the complete set of textbooks for each student for all semesters.

Sports

A large open stadium of ground and sitting capacity of 5000 has been witnessing several sports finale of zonal, state and national level. The lush green ground has a well worked out track of meters. The lounge of the stadium includes rooms in first and second floor and other basic facilities useful for conducting sports, NSS, Rovers and Rangers programmes. In the recent years the university has conducted several sports events like All India

Kabbaddi Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of thei ...

, basketball,

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

, Inter-University

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

tournament etc.

References

External links

Official WebsiteVBSPU Time table Updates
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