Chaudhary Charan Singh University - Meerut

About Chaudhary Charan Singh University - Meerut

Chaudhary Charan Singh University (formerly, Meerut University) was established in 1966, to cater to the needs of higher education in western Uttar Pradesh. It has been named after the former Prime minister of India. Presently, it is one of the premier educational institutions of the country encompassing a vast, beautiful and pollution-free campus which sprawls over 222 acres of land having vast playgrounds and experimental fields, botanical garden, rose garden with life-size statue of the late Prime Minister Ch. Charan Singh, Administrative Block, Guest House, Community Center, Residential Quarters for faculty members and employees, Bank and Post office. The teaching department belonging to different faculties, are housed in spacious buildings and have well-equipped laboratories and advanced facilities. The University also has a separate engineering college, which is currently offering courses leading to B.Tech. degree in several different branches of engineering.

During the VIII five years plan, introduction of self-financed courses keeping in pace with the changing demands of the society and also for human resources development, were planned. Now, there are five faculties with 22 UGC sponsored and 35 self-financed/job oriented courses being run in the campus. 252 professional colleges/institutions 109 colleges and one constituent college are affiliated to Chaudhary Charan Singh University. The university is offering a large number of new and innovative post-graduate, under-graduate, diploma, advanced diploma and postgraduate diploma courses under self-financed scheme in areas of Agricultural Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Journalism, Mass Communication and Multimedia Techniques, Earth Sciences, Teacher and Physical Education, Fine Arts, Legal Studies, Applied Sciences, Home Science, Business Studies, Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Censoring. A distinct feature of the academic program is the semester system and continuous evolution of the students through quizzes, tests and seminars. The academic program exposes the students to practical aspects through computer labs, seminars, group discussions and lectures of experts invited from other institutions. The research activities in the various departments of the university are supported by grants in the form of research projects sanctioned by UGC, DBT, DST, ICAR, AICTE, UPSTC, CSIR and other funding agencies of the central and state governments.

Faculty

• Faculty of Agriculture
• Faculty of Arts
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Management
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Technology
• Faculty of Law
• Teaching Faculty

Facilities

Hostels - The university has seven hostels (three for boys and two for girls and one for sportsperson), which provide excellent hostel accommodation for a limited number of bonafide full-time students of the university departments who pay the required fees regularly. Three boys hostels have a total accommodation of 200 (114+50+36) rooms while the girls hostel has an accommodation of 186 rooms.

Sports and Games - The university has a gymnasium, wrestling stadium and excellent facilities for a number of indoor and outdoor games. The university is very well known in the country for its achievements in sports and games, and has produced a number of players of national and international levels. It regularly organizes athletic meets and inter-collegiate sports activities like wrestling, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cricket, etc.

DSW - The Dean, Students’ Welfare is responsible for the welfare of the students in respect of scholarships, stipends, educational excursions and railway concessions for travel to home during summer and winter vacations. The DSW may also communicate with the parents/guardian of a student in respect of any matter, whenever necessary. The DSW also performs such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Executive Council or the Vice-Chancellor. The DSW is assisted by Assistant Deans, Students Welfare.

Health Centre - The university has a Medical Dispensary located near the Guest House of the University. It is open from 8 P.M. to 3 P.M. on all days except Mondays, Second Saturdays and University holidays. A medical officer is available for consultation. In addition, a pharmacist is also available during working hours. Plans are afoot to appoint another pharmacist and a part time lady doctor. The health centre also has an ambulance to meet emergencies.

Raja Mahendra Pratap Library - The floor area of the Library is spread over four floors. It has 119881 number of volumes, 76872 number of titles, 26262 bound volumes of journals, 8297 number of Ph.D. Theses etc.

Auditorium - The university has an auditorium with a capacity of more than a 1000 seats. The auditorium is well equipped with light and sound systems for cultural functions, etc.

Canteen - To cater the need of the students, the university has a spacious student’s canteen that has the necessary infrastructure.

Internet Facilities - The university has created a local area network which is connected to INTERNET through a leased line. All the departments are connected through this local area network. The computer laboratories of different department are also having internet browsing facility. All departments of the university can make use of Internet facilities by paying fee prescribed from time to time. It is expected to made available different scientific & academic journals through e-consortium managed by INFLIBHET.

Computer Centre - It offers Computer Science courses to the students of various departments established under the auspices of the University Grants Commission. It has also started rendering services to the university administration like university pre-examination data processing, declaration of results, printing of mark-sheets, preparation of salary statements, preparation of provident fund statements, etc. Presently the centre has two servers, 35 Pentium IV, 37 Pentium III and one 386 computer systems. It has three high speed line printers (600 lpm and 1500 lpm). Proposals are in the pipe-line to have additional 30 Pentium III nodes on net-working.

Placement Cell - The University has established a separate Placement Cell with the purpose of providing essential information and guidance to the students of the Campus for their employment opportunity. The Placement Cell functions as a center for career counselling and employment bureau. The State Government has also established an employment bureau in the University Campus that is situated in the ground floor of the Central Library. Prof. Rakesh Kumar is the Coordinator of Placement Cell.

Women Cell - The University has a full-fledged Women Cell in the Campus that has been performing the role of providing help and guidance to the female students of the Campus besides listening to their complaints. Prof. Suraksha Pal is the Coordinator of the Women’s Cell.

SC / ST Cell - The University Campus has got a substantially large numbers of students belonging to Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Category. Therefore, we have established an Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Cell to guide the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Students for their scholarships, fellowships, govt. schemes and the provisions for their benefit. Prof. J.K. Pundir is the Coordinator of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Cell.

Achievements

Credited with B+ NAAC Certification

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Information compiled from: Chaudhary Charan Singh University - Meerut Website