Bhavnagar University
| Motto | Sa vidhya vimukte |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1978 |
| Chancellor | Om Prakash Kohli |
| Students | 225,500 |
| Location | Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | http://www.mkbhavuni.edu.in/ |
Coordinates: 21°45′29″N 72°8′29″E / 21.75806°N 72.14139°E The new name of Bhavnagar University is Maharaja Krishnakumar Sinhji Bhavnagar University. It is located in Bhavnagar city in the western province of Gujarat, India. The university provides teaching and research programs in Arts, Commerce, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management, Rural Studies and Law Faculties. It has 22 departments, 18 postgraduate centres and four recognized institutes and research centres.
83 colleges affiliated to university belong to Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Education, Engineering, Management, Rural and Medical disciplines. Twenty two post graduate courses are run by some of the colleges which are affiliated to Bhavnagar University.
Bhavnagar was the first princely state to merge with the Union of India at the time of independence in 1947 by Maharaja Krishnakumar Sinhji Raol. Bhavnagar University came into being on 24 May 1979. Its land-estate area is 198 acres.
Research activities are carried out in the areas of Social Sciences, History, Nano-Technology, Marine Ecology, Intellectual Property Rights and its Management and Entrepreneurship.
The following Centres for Excellence and cells are engaged in research and consultancy services:
The Department of English offers M.A. & Ph.D. programmes. It runs DELL-SCOPE programme for enhancement of proficienty in English language and digital literacy. This courses are certified Cambridge ESOL and BULATS.
Prof. Vinod Joshi, contact: Dr. M.T. Parmar, I.B. Gohil, Dr. V.N. Purohit
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