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Kurukshetra University
कुरुक्षेत्र विश्वविद्यालय
Kurukshetra University; कुरुक्षेत्र विश्वविद्यालय
Established	1956
Type	Education and Research
Location	Kurukshetra, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.kukinfo.com/

Kurukshetra University (कुरुक्षेत्र विश्वविद्यालय) was established in 1956 in Kurukshetra in Haryana, India, situated 160 km from Delhi, and member of Association of Commonwealth Universities^[1]Department of Sanskrit was the first and the only department in university when it was inaugurated by India's first President, Dr.Rajendra Prasad. Its campus is spread over 400 acres.

[edit] Departments

Department of English - Established in 1961.
Department of Foreign Languages - Established in 1961.

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Department of Punjabi.
Department of Hindi.

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Department of Library and Information Science - Established in 1969
Department of Commerce - Established in 1971.
Department of Management.

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Department of Tourism and Hotel Management.
Department of Education.
Department of Physical Education.
Department of Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit.
Department of Philosophy.
Department of Music.
Department of Fine Arts.
Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology,
Department of Law.
Department of Biochemistry.
Department of Botany.
Department of Microbiology.
Department of Biotechnology.
Department of Zoology.
Department of Computer science and Applications.
Department of Electronic Science.
Department of Geography.
Department of Geology.
Department of Geophysics.
Department of Mathematics.
Department of Statistics and OR.
Department of Political Science.
Department of Public Administration.
Department of History.
Department of Economics.
Department of Psychology.
Department of Social Work.

[edit] Colleges and School

University College of Education.
University College Kurukshetra.
University Senior Secondary Model School.
University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kurukshetra University.
Institute of Instrumentation Engineering (Formerly known as University Science Instrumentation Centre)

[edit] Institute of Instrumentation Engineering

University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC) was established in 1976 by UGC initially as a Central Instrumentation facility at Kurukshetra University. Recently the name of the department has been changed as Institute of Instrumentation Engineering with USIC remaining as one of the constituents of the IIE. In 1995 for the first time in Haryana region AICTE approved 4-year B.Tech(Instrumentation) course was started and in the year 2006 M.Tech (Instrumentation) was started. In the Institute there are 2 Readers and 8 Lecturers as a faculty. 3 teachers hold Ph.D. degree, 1 have done M.Phil,6 M.Tech and 3 are NET/SLET qualified. They have long teaching and research experience and have the expertise in their field..

[edit] Affiliated institutions

Shri Atmanand Jain Institute of Management and Technology (AIMT)

[edit] Notable alumni

Adesh Gupta, Founder Liberty Shoes
Naveen Soni, TV journalist.
Jagjit Singh, Singer
Rohit Sardana, TV journalist with Z news
Dr Kumar Rajyavardhan , a notable journalist with Etv news

[edit] References

^ Kurukshetra University Info Association of Commonwealth Universities.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Kurukshetra University Website

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