Purvanchal University (renamed as Veer Bahadur Singh
Purvanchal University in the honour of late Shri Veer Bahadur Singh,
former Chief Minister of the state) Jaunpur was established on 2nd
October 1987 as an affiliating university under U.P. state university
act 1973. Continuous qualitative and quantitative growth, excellence
in academic and administrative activities and transparent and efficient
academic administration have been some of the distinct characteristics
on the basis of which lthe university emerged as one of the leading
universities of the country. Started with the 68 affiliated colleges,
the university now has widened it’s spectrum of activities with
331 affiliated graduate and post-graduate colleges and students enrollment
of nearly five lack and eighty thousand in 5 Districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.
The university is located at 10 km from the historic
city of Jaunpur on Jaunpur-Shahganj road which divides it’s
171.5 acres campus into two. Jaunpur is well connected by Train, Road
and Air with rest of the country. The infrastructure development,
achievement of academic excellence, quality assurance in the higher
education and socio-economic development of this highly backward &
rural region of Eastern Uttar Pradesh are some of the priority areas
for which the university is putting its best efforts.
The beginning of two-year full-time residential MBA
course in 1990 was one of the first steps towards making change in
the character of the university from affiliating to affiliating-cum-residential
university. The dearth of technical and professional educational facilities
and growing demand for need based courses in the region have been
the guiding factors that have led the university on the path of continuous
academic growth with the beginning of 16 more residential courses
in the various streams including Engineering & Technology (B.Tech.),
Modern and Applied Sciences (MBT), Management ( MFC, MHRD), Pharmacy(B.Pharmacy)
and Applied Social Sciences(MAP, MBE, MMC ) in mere 15 years since
it’s inception. The last three years have witnessed a remarkable
growth in the university with the introduction of new courses like
B. Pharm, B. Tech. in Instrumentation, Mechanical & IT, M. Sc.
(Applied Biochemistry, Applied Microbiology & Environmental Sciences),
MBA (Agri-Business), MBA(E-Commerce). In addition, the university
has introduced a number of need-based PG Diploma programmes in different
subject areas like Financial Management , International Business,
Export Management, Stress Management, Sports Psychology, etc during
the last 3 years.
The university also plans to start courses in Medical
Sciences and Library & Information Sciences in near future, which
would certainly prove to be a mile-stone in the multidirectional academic
expansion of the university. The inclusion of university in the 12(B)
of the UGC and its accreditation by NAAC in the year 2001 and 2004
respectively, have been pivotal in moving the university in list of
prominent centers of higher learning on national higher education
map. These developments proved to be instrumental in the academic
expansion of the university, especially in promoting the quality teaching
and research.
In terms of infrastructure development too, the university
has made a tremendous growth as is quite evident from it's well developed
fully residential campus, consisting of all the modern infrastructural
support system required for an effective higher teaching-learning.
Apart from its’ regular teaching, research and
extension activities, the university has always discharged its’
social responsibilities also. Financial assistance to the relatives
of Kargil Martyrs, regular support to the victims of natural disasters
including the recent financial assistance of Rs. 51 Lakhs to Tsunami
victims are some of the examples that make us a socially responsive
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