Shivaji University

Shivaji University, established in 1962, is a state university located at Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. The university, with a campus spread over , is named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founder of the Maratha Empire. It was inaugurated on 18 November 1962 by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the then president of India. Yashwantrao Chavan and Balasaheb Desai 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 University Grants Commission (India), Department of Science and Technology (India), 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 Bhabha Atomic Research Centre 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, Sangli, 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 INFLIBNET Centre, 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

* Gifu University, Japan
* Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
* Chonnam National University, South Korea
* National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
* University of Brasília, Brasilia- Brazil
* Monash University, Clayton, Australia
* Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
* Khon Kaen University, Thailand
* Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
* National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
* Asian Research Network (ARN) instituted by Hanyang University, South Korea
* Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
* Joint MoU with Savitribai Phule Pune University, University of Mumbai and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, 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
* Infosys BPO
* Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Islampur

Notable alumni

* Dnyaneshwar Mulay
* D. Y. Patil
* Nirmalya Kumar
* Uttam Kamble
* R. Madhavan
* Narendra Dabholkar
* Bharat Patankar
* P. A. Inamdar
* Sushilkumar Shinde
* R. R. Patil
* Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati
* Satej Patil
* Sai Tamhankar
* Tejaswini Sawant
* Sushilkumar Shinde
* Atul Kulkarni
* Vishwas Nangare Patil
* Y V Subba Reddy
* Virdhawal Khade
* Rahi Sarnobat
* Ganesh Bagler

Ranking

Shivaji University has been re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council, (NAAC) with "A++" Grade (CGPA-3.52) (2021).

Vice chancellors

Past and current vice chancellors

References

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Universities in Maharashtra
Education in Kolhapur
Monuments and memorials to Shivaji
Educational institutions established in 1962
1962 establishments in Maharashtra