Bangalore University, or BU, is a public state university that is located in Bengaluru in the state of Karnataka, India. Established in the year 1886, this university is one among the oldest universities of India. It is also one of the A-class universities of India. The university is a part of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU), the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and affiliated by University Grants Commission (UGC). This university is also fast approaching the prestigious 'Potential for Excellence', which is an honor reserved for the top 10 universities of India. Bangalore University is also accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) under the new grading system with a grade A in 2016.
The university is also involved in research work, for the purpose of which it has entered into MoU (memorandum of agreement) with prestigious foreign and Indian universities, associations and organizations. Many departments of this university, have been ear-marked as `Centers of Excellence' by UGC.
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History
In the year 1886, the British Government started this university under the name of Central College, Bangalore - for the purpose of conferring a university degree. Later, on 10th July 1964, following the directions of the government controlled by the then state of Mysore, UGC which was on the mission of unifying all the higher education organizations, renamed this entity from Central College, Bangalore to Bangalore University.
Currently, the university is operating from two of its large premises. The Central College premises and Jnana Bharathi (JB) premises are those two main premises, from where the various administrative and educational activities are carried out. Both, research and education, are managed, from different departments, of both of these premises.
The two original educational institutions of Bangalore, Central college (est. 1886) and University Visveswaraiah College of Engineering (UVCE) (est. 1917) were brought under the management of this university. When the Karnataka state University Ordinance was passed in 1975, for the express intent of bringing uniformity among all the universities of the state, this university lost its status of an association and turned into an affiliate of the state. In 1973, the university shifted into the JB area, which is a vast area spanning around 1100 acres (4.5 km.).
Bangalore University progressed and expanded continuously during the 20th century. Later, it gave birth to and nurtured many reputed institutions like Visveswaraiah Technological University, Rajiv Gandhi Health Science University and National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience.
Institute of Aerospace Medicine(IAM) , an institute which has been included in the highly ambitious program of landing on the surface of the moon by ISRO, is an institute accredited by Bangalore university. ISRO has included this Institute as a training place for the space travelers who will participate in this program.
ISRO has also honored Bangalore university with `Sir M Visveswaraiah Chair', for its researches in the field of astronomy (space-science).
This university has turned out the highest number of Ph. D. holders among all the Indian universities, and for this reason, it has earned a good reputation among the foreign universities. As a result, there is a steady increase in the influx of foreign students in this university.
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The divisions of the University
Bangalore University has the authority of administering, the following four constituent colleges:
- Central College
- University Visveswaraiah College of Engineering
- University Law College, Bangalore University
- University College of Physical Education (Physical fitness' education)
From an educational perspective, the university is constituted of six faculties: Arts, Science, Commerce & Management, Education, Law and Engineering. Bangalore University consists of 473 affiliated universities (out of which, 83 offer post-graduate courses too) apart from many central, higher education and research directorates. During 1994-95, 41 post graduate departments and 1 post graduation center were opened up, which among themselves, conduct 51 post graduate courses.
The university also conducts some of its academic courses with the assistance of external faculties. These include Medical Treatment, Mental Health Neuro-Sciences, Science and Technology. These courses are conducted through 42 post graduate departments, and through the other centers' medium of research & educational assistance systems.
The university imparts long-distance education through the directorate of `Correspondence Syllabus and Long-distance'. Through the medium of this department, a student can complete graduate, post-graduate(PG), PG diploma and certifiable syllabus.
Bangalore University is one of the largest universities of India, in which around 30000 (thirty thousand) students are enrolled.
Campus
Bangalore University is the largest university in South-Asia. It has two campuses:
- City Campus: Central College,
- Jnana Bharathi (JB) Campus.
The National Law School of India University is located within the Jnana Bharathi (JB) Campus.
Administration
The former Vice-Chancellor was Dr. Prabhu Dev. He resigned in 13 October 2012 to accept the Karnataka government's offer of chairmanship of the Karnataka Health System Commission. Dr Prabhu Dev's term was to end in February 2013. His predecessor H A Ranganath, too, resigned in 2008 to assume charge as Director of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council. B Thimme Gowda, professor in Chemistry, Mangalore University has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor who retired on 6 February 2017. The present Vice-Chancellor is Dr. Jagadeesh Prakash, who was incharge of Bangalore University's VC position till the appointment of new Vice-Chancellor. The present Registrar (Administration) is Prof. Dr. K.N. Ningegowda and the present Registrar (Evaluation) is Prof. Dr. M. Shankar Reddy.
With more than 650 affiliated colleges, the Karnataka government has decided to bifurcate, or 'carve out a new university' to ease of management. To this effect, the state government had appointed two study groups. One group was headed by former Gulbarga University Vice-Chancellor N Rudraiah and another was a group formed by the Karnataka State Higher Education Council. The Rudraiah study suggested trifurcation of the university, while the Council suggested bifurcation.
However, the state government has decided to go ahead with trifurcation to create a North Bengaluru University (Chikkaballapur), South Bengaluru University (JB Campus), and Central Bengaluru University(Central college Campus).
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Distinctions
In 2001, the university was accredited by NAAC and received Five Star Status. The university then once again re-accredited under the new grading system with a grade A. However, this expired in 2013 and Bangalore University have not renewed their accreditation since.
This university has the honor of being the first affiliated institution in India. This university is gradually blooming to become one of the trustworthy affiliated institutions of India. Starting from its inception in 1886 till today, many students coming out of this university as well as associated scholars, have decorated significant positions on a global level, and have been active and in some cases, are active, in various universities and institutes world-wide.
The university has prepared many renowned students throughout its history. Central College of Bangalore University has the honor of creating a whole generation of scholars world-wide.
Sir C.V.Raman, Nobel Laureate physicist, was associated with the university while working at the Indian Institute of Science. He had announced his Nobel winning work at the university premises based in Central College, Bangalore in 1927. He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1930.
Professor Leonid Hurwicz who served Bangalore University as a Professor in Economics won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2007. Professor Hurwicz served as a Professor of Economics at Bangalore University from 1965-1968. During his Fulbright year, he taught classes at Bangalore University. He taught in Bangalore university, during the year of his Fulbright scholarship. Professor Hurwicz has credited his Fulbright experience as follows: "An important step in my evolution as well as an important influence on the development of my economic theories."
Bangalore University has prepared the maximum number of research paper holders. Bangalore university graduates have been given top priority and after getting first rank in IIT Kanpur, they go to foreign for the purpose of higher studies.
In a first, the university in 2010 announced admissions for transgender people by reserving one seat in each PG course. Now, the University's admission forms feature a third category of gender, namely 'Others'.
Facilities
A bio-park has been constructed and in the process, the students have acquired experience in land management for social forestry. The university, for the first time in the country, constructed an NSS Bhavan to promote such activities. Faculties of the Civil Engineering, Geology, Geography, Mathematics, Zoology, Botany and Microbiology have been involved in making Bio-park a reality. Rain water harvesting and ground water recharging are a part of Bio park as also aqua culture and ornithology.
The library of the university is located in the JB Campus and City Campus. The JB campus Library has a floor area of about 6500 square metres and has a collection of 325,000 volumes. It subscribes to 250 national and international journals and magazines (110 national journals, 62 international journals, 68 magazines).
Prasaranga is the publication unit of the university and is located at J.B. Campus. It publishes text books, university journals and periodicals. In the last 30 years it has published 800 textbooks and reference books in English as well as articles and Monographs in Kannada. The students of the communication department bring out a news journal. The activities are supported by the printing press of the university.
An inter-library exchange facility is available between the university and the libraries of other institutions located at Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore etc. The library has been computerized since 1992. The library provides reprographic facility, computers, audio, video cassette, internet and INFLIBNET Programme E and inter university loan facilities.
There is a Health Care Centre at J.B. Campus which is manned by two resident doctors; services of visiting specialized doctors are available.
At J.B. Campus there is a gymnasium with facilities for indoor games, basketball Courts, Kho Kho ground and swimming pool. At the Central College campus a cricket stadium consisting of turf wicket, basketball court, volleyball court and lawn tennis is available to students. Every year around 45 inter-collegiate sports competitions are held for men and women section. Nearly 100,000 students from 398 affiliated colleges participate in these sports events.
For inter university tournaments, committees of experts select the Bangalore University teams. The students are given incentives through scholarships, fellowships and fee concessions. They are also provided with placement assistance on the completion of their programmes. B.P.Ed. and M.P.Ed. students get stipend. Sportsmen of the University have competed at the State, Regional, National and International tournament.
The University Science Instrumentation Centre located at Sneha Bhavan at the J.B. campus looks after the maintenance and servicing of the instruments of the user departments in the University. USIC also conducts refresher courses for college teachers and training for interested students.
There are welfare programmes initiated by the institutes like subsidized transport facility for the university staff and students, subsidized canteen facility, free medical aid and reimbursement of medical expenses including on hospitalization, loan facilities from GPF. The university stands guarantee for house building loans sanctioned by the HDFC and also all other nationalized banks and co-operative societies.
There are seven hostels on the J.B. Campus and three on the City campus. There are two men's hostels at Tumkur and Kolar and one Ladies hostels at Kolar. Hostel canteens are managed by student prefects.
In the City Campus a Grievance Cell is attached to the Examination Wing of the University. Through the university's web-site redressal of grievance and clarification of queries pertaining to examinations, can be obtained.
The Bio-Park is a novel idea proposed on the 600 acres (2.4 km2) of land in the J.B.Campus. Rain Water harvesting and Watershed Management are initiated by the university on the J.B.Campus. The university has also a Robotics and cyber centre, a Yoga centre, and a Gandhian Studies centre.
Academics
The university is structured into six faculties- Arts, Science, Commerce & Management, Education, Law and Engineering. It has 43 Post Graduate Departments, a Postgraduate Centre at Kolar, (Started during 1994-95), three constituent colleges, 665 affiliated colleges (of which 115 have PG Courses) and several other Centres and Directorates of higher learning and research under its purview. At present, the university offers 50 Post Graduate Courses and Employment Oriented Diploma and Certificate Courses. The university has launched the five-year Integrated Courses in Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Business Studies and four-year B.S. programme.
Bangalore University conducts examination on semester basis twice a year. The Odd Semester Examination for all courses conducted in November and December and Even Semester exams in May-June. The Bangalore University Results for Odd semester announced in the February month and for the Even semester, it is announced in July.
Department of Physics
The present chairperson of the department is (Prof) Dr. N. Nagaiah (M.Sc.,Ph.D).
Field Of Research
- Advanced Materials
- Astrophysics and Astronomy
- Atmospheric Physics and Space Science
- Nuclear and Radiation physics
- Physics Education Research
- Quantum Information
- Soft and Living Matter
- Solid State Spectroscopy
Library
The Bangalore University Library has two wings, one in the Central College Campus which came into existence in 1858, and one at Jnana Bharathi Campus in 1966 with about 35,000 books.
Bangalore University has evolved a project called BALNET (Bangalore University Library Network program). The project has connected all the libraries in the university within the campus and in the affiliated colleges libraries within the digitalised system.
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Affiliated colleges
Bangalore University lists 70 government colleges, 52 aided colleges and 11 unaided colleges. Notable affiliated colleges include:
- Acharya Institute of Management and Sciences
- St. Hopkins College, Bangalore
- Bangalore Management Academy
- Garden City College, Bangalore
- International Institute of Business Studies, Bangalore, Karnataka
- Kristu Jayanti College
- Millennium School Of Business
- Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
- National College, Bangalore
- Oxford College of Sciences
- Presidency College, Bangalore
- University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
- St. Joseph's College, Bangalore
- Surana College, Bangalore
- ISME (International School Of Management Excellence), Bangalore
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