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University of Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra University
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Motto yogastha kuru karmāṇi
Type Education and Research
Established 1957 (1957)
Chancellor Governor of Haryana
Vice-Chancellor Kailash Chandra Sharma
Location Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
29°57′28″N 76°48′57″E / 29.957691°N 76.815848°E / 29.957691; 76.815848
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC, NAAC
Website www.kuk.ac.in
University rankings
Law – India
India Today (2017) 15

Kurukshetra University is a university established on 11 January 1957 in Kurukshetra in the Indian state of Haryana, 160 kilometres (99 mi) from the capital, Delhi. It is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities. The university was the idea of the then Punjab governor, Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, a Sanskrit scholar. The Department of Sanskrit was the first and the only department in the university when it was inaugurated by Bharat Ratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the Indian Republic. Its campus is spread over 400 acres (1.6 km2).

The University Institute of Engineering and Technology was started in 2005. The University received Grade 'A' rating in the 2009 National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) grading.

The Department of Electronic Science in 2011, was awarded a 2.96 crore (US$460,000) project on nanoscience by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. In 2012, the Department of philosophy introduced academic course on Gita.

The Department of Geophysics has also received the aid of about 3 crore from D.S.T. This department is running a 3-year M.Tech. Applied Geophysics course since 1985 which is affiliated by A.I.C.T.E and U.G.C. The students from this department have been placed to very well known oil companies i.e. ONGC, Oil India, Schlumberger, Cairn, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. to name a few and other MNC's as well along with being working with the best R & D labs in the field in our country.


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