Shivaji University, established in 1962, is a state university located at

Kolhapur, Maharashtra Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 Common Era, C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolh ...

, India. The university, with a campus spread over , is named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the

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. It was inaugurated on 18 November 1962 by

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, the then president of India.

Yashwantrao Chavan Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: əʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian politician. He served as the last Chief Minister of Bombay State and the first of Maharashtra after ...

and

Balasaheb Desai Balasaheb Desai (born as Daulatrao Shripatrao Desai on 10 March 1910 in Village Vihe, Tal Patan, Satara district) was a leading politician and social worker from Maharashtra, India and held important positions in the Maharashtra State Govern ...

took the lead in establishing this university. One of the major objectives behind its foundation was to cater to the educational needs of South Maharashtra region. The University's efforts towards excellence are being recognised by the substantial grants received from funding agencies such as

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, and DBT. The university is self reliant in water, which is stored on campus during the rainy season. It has a biodiversity-rich campus. Shivaji University has recently signed MoU with

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for research in Material Science. It has also partnered with the Indian Institute of Geo-Magnetism, Mumbai and industries like Phyto-Pharma. Institutes including Maharashtra Police Academy at Nashik and Centre for Social Studies have sought affiliation with the Shivaji University.

Affiliations

In 1962 the University started functioning with 34 affiliated colleges and about 14,000 students with 5 Post-graduate Departments on the campus. Today the number of affiliated colleges has gone up to 293 and the student body has increased to 2,50,000 with 34 Postgraduate Departments on campus. The University imparts education in four major faculties of Humanities, Science and Technology, Commerce and Management and Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies. Educational institutions from

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolhapur is kn ...

Sangli Sangli () is a city and the district headquarters of Sangli District in the state of Maharashtra, in western India. It is known as the Turmeric City of Maharashtra due to its production and trade of the spice. Sangli is situated on the banks ...

, and Satara districts come under its jurisdiction with 279 affiliated colleges and recognised institutes. ''Shiv-Sandesh'' monthly bulletin is published online by Shivaji University, which throws light on various activities, programs organised in the university. ''Madhyamvidya'' and ''Media Spectrum'' are private distribution newspapers published by M.A. Mass communication department students.

Departments

Humanities * Department of English * Department of Foreign Language * Department of Hindi * Department of Marathi * Department of Economics * Department of History * Department of Political Science * Department of Sociology * Department of Music and Dramatics * Yashwantrao Chavan School of Rural Development Commerce and Management * Department of Commerce and Management * Department of Commerce and Management- M.B.A Unit Science and Technology * Department of Agrochemicals and Pest Management * Department of Applied Chemistry * Department of Bio-Chemistry * Department of Biotechnology * Department of Botany * Department of chemistry * Department of Computer Science * Department of Electronics * Department of Environment Science * Department of Food Science & Technology * Department of Geography * Department of Industrial Chemistry * Department of Mathematics * Department of Micro-Biology * Department of Physics * Department of Statistics * Department of Zoology * Department of Technology * School of Nanoscience and Technology Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies * Department of Adult and Continuing Education * Department of Education * Department of Journalism and Communication * Department of Law * Department of Library & Information Science * Department of Sports The department of technology was started in June 2006 with the aim that opportunity for students to learn in technology education and research of global standard for the human resource development. In 2006 first four M. Tech courses were started and in 2008 five B. Tech courses were started.

Barrister Balasaheb Khardekar Library

The Barr. B. Khardekar Library at Shivaji University is one of the leading university libraries in southern Maharashtra. It caters to the academic needs of students, faculty and other users from the university as well as visitors from other universities and institutes. The library has over 3.1 lakhs printed documents and it subscribes to over 298 national and international journals. The library is a member of UGC/INFONET Digital Library consortium of

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, under which it has access to over 6000+ electronic journals and few electronic databases. It has established contacts with universities, national and international organizations libraries for inter-library loans. The library was named after the late Barr. Balasaheb Khardekar on 24 October 1981. Library facilities * OPAC

MoUs of Shivaji University with other universities and institutes

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, Japan *

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, South Korea *

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, South Korea *

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, Taiwan *

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, Brasilia- Brazil *

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, Clayton, Australia *

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, Sri Lanka *

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, Thailand * Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand *

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, Brazil * Asian Research Network (ARN) instituted by

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, South Korea *

, Mumbai * Joint MoU with Savitribai Phule Pune University,

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and

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, Nashik *Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), Mumbai * National Institute of Oceanography, India * Centre for Social Studies, Surat * Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore * Intel Technology Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai *

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* Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Islampur

Notable alumni

Dnyaneshwar Mulay Dnyaneshwar Mulay – ज्ञानेश्वर मुळे (''Jñānēśvar Muḷē''), an Indian Career Diplomat who superannuated after 35 years of service, was appointed by the President of India as the Member, National Human Rights ...

* D. Y. Patil *

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* Uttam Kamble *

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Narendra Dabholkar Narendra Achyut Dabholkar (1 November 1945 – 20 August 2013) was an Indian physician, social activist, rationalist and author from Maharashtra, India. In 1989 he founded and became president of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti ...

* Bharat Patankar * P. A. Inamdar *

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* Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati *

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* Tejaswini Sawant *

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Vishwas Nangare Patil Vishwas Narayan Nangare-Patil is an Indian Police Service officer. He serves as the Additional Director General of Police in the Anti-corruption Bureau, Maharashtra. Previously he was Joint Commissioner of Police (Law & Order), Mumbai. Formerly ...

Y V Subba Reddy Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy is an Indian politician who served as the member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Ongole (Lok Sabha constituency), Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Indian general election being a Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congres ...

Virdhawal Khade Virdhawal Vikram Khade (born 29 August 1991) ( mr, विरधवल खाडे) is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50, 100, and 200 meters Freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, setting an Indian nat ...

Rahi Sarnobat Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat (Marathi: राही सरनोबत) is a female athlete from India who competes in the 25 metre pistol shooting event. She won her first gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India. She is the fi ...

* Ganesh Bagler

Ranking

Shivaji University has been re-accredited by

National Assessment and Accreditation Council The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a government organisation in India that assesses and accredits Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). It is an autonomous body funded by the University Grants Commission and headquarte ...

, (NAAC) with "A++" Grade (CGPA-3.52) (2021).

Vice chancellors

Past and current vice chancellors

References

External links

* {{Authority control Universities in Maharashtra Education in Kolhapur Monuments and memorials to Shivaji Educational institutions established in 1962 1962 establishments in Maharashtra