University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

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The University of Hyderabad, a premier institution of post graduate teaching and research in the country, was established by an Act of Parliament (Act No. 39 of 1974) on 2nd October, 1974 as a Central University, Wholly financed by the University Grants Commission.

The "objects of the University" as envisaged in the Act are:" to disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit and by the example of its corporate life, and in particular to make special provisions for integrated courses in humanities and science in the educational programmers of the University and to take appropriate measures for promoting inter-disciplinary studies and research in the University."

University Achievements

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University with Potential for Excellence

To introduce the element of excellence in the University System, the University Grants Commission has identified a few Universities and granted them the status of ‘Universities with Potential for Excellence’, with the help of a high power Committee. The objective of this initiative was to provide these select institutions with augmented inputs, including additional funds, to sustain and enhance quality of education and research. Based on the evaluation and recommendations of this committee, the University Grants Commission declared the University of Hyderabad as a ‘University with Potential for Excellence’. The University was sanctioned a grant of Rs. 30 crore under this scheme for interfacial Studies & Research and Holistic Development for a period of 5 years (2002-2007).

Awarded top grade of A ***** by NAAC

The University opted for a rigorous evaluation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission. The apex Council of NAAC awarded the top grade of A ***** to the University (on a five-point scale A* to A*****).

Rated as High Output–High Impact by NISSAT

The University has also been rated by the NISSAT (National Information System for Science and Technology) of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India, as the only University under the ‘High Output – High Impact’ category among the top 50 institutions in India with publications in citation - index journals.

DST support for augmenting research facilities

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) of the Government of India sanctioned over Rupees four corers under FIST (Fund for Improvement of Science and Technology) to the four Science Schools of the University to augment research facilities.

In addition to this, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in the month of October 2003 accorded approval for setting up of a Super computing Facility at University of Hyderabad under FIST Programme with a total financial support of Rs.24.06 crores and released 1st installment of Rs. 8.058 crores. The period of the programme is for five years (2003-2008). Under this project 3 Nos. of IBM P690, 32 Power 4 + Processors each were installed in January 2004 and an IBM P595, 48 Power Processor was installed in January 2005. Besides this, 6 IBM Intelli-Workstations have also been installed.

Academics

The University has Twelve Schools of Study - Mathematics and Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Management Studies, Sarojini Naidu School of Arts & Communication, Engineering Sciences & Technology, Medical Sciences, Economics and Computer/Information Sciences.While some Schools are single-discipline Schools, others have Departments and Centres attached to them. There has been a special emphasis on promoting inter-school and inter disciplinary teaching and research in the University.

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

http://www.jnu.ac.in

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU ) is a Public Central University in  New Delhi, the capital of India. In 2012 The National Assessment and Accreditation Counsil gave the university a grade of 3.9 out of 4, the highest grade awarded to any educational institution in the country. It is one of the top universities in the country, ranking third according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework.

Young at forty two years, as universities go, what has lent strength and energy to Jawaharlal Nehru University is the vision that ideas are a field for adventure, experimentation and unceasing quest and diversity of opinions its chief premise. In the early 1970s, when JNU opened its doors to teachers and students, frontier disciplines and new perspectives on old disciplines were brought to the Indian university system. The excellent teacher-student ratio at 1:10, a mode of instruction which encouraged students to explore their own creativity instead of reproducing received knowledge, and an exclusively internal evaluation were a new experiment on the Indian academic landscape; these have stood the test of time. The very Nehruvian objectives embedded in the founding of the University, national integration, social justice, secularism, the democratic way of life, international understanding and scientific approach to the problems of society had built into it constant and energetic endeavour to renew knowledge through self-questioning.

The once rugged terrain of the Aravali hill range, where the 1000 -acre campus is housed is now lush green. Parts of it host dense forests, sustaining a birdwatcher's paradise and some forms of wild life.

The JNU campus is a microcosm of the Indian nation, drawing students from every nook and corner of the country and from every group and stratum of society. To make sure that this is so, annual admission tests are simultaneously held at 37 centres spread across the length and breadth of the country, and special care is taken to draw students from the underprivileged castes and ethic groups by reserving 22.5 per cent of seats for them. Overseas students form some 10 percent of the annual intake. Students' hostels and blocks of faculty residences are interspersed with one another, underlining the vision of a large Indian family.

Even as class room teaching and, work in the library and the laboratories have their share in the mode of instruction, personal interaction between students and teachers and among students themselves form an extremely important and lively medium of generation and transmission of knowledge. Sometimes high decibel disputes about the validity of theoretical premises or cultural substructures of a particular scientific or economic thesis do spill over from the class and hostel rooms onto the middle of the campus roads, at times causing traffic bottlenecks. Happily, these have never caused a road accident! The annual Students Union elections are conducted entirely by students. Fierce poster and cartoon wars, verbal duels and competitive yet peaceful group meetings are a viewers' delight during the elections. Violence is the only alien on the campus.

Vision

The bill for the establishment of Jawaharlal Nehru University was placed in the Rajya Sabha on September 1, 1965 by the then Education Minister, Mr M.C. Chagla. During the discussion that followed, Hon. M.P. Mr. Bhushan Gupta voiced the opinion that this should not be yet another university. New faculties should be created, including scientific socialism, and one thing that this university should ensure was to keep noble ideas in mind and provide accessibility to students from weaker sections of society. The JNU Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on 16th November 1966 and the JNU Act came into force on 22nd April, 1969.

The University is located, since 1976, on a campus that is spread over approximately 1000 acres of land on the Aravali range in New Delhi, which has now been turned into a green and open area though many academic buildings, hostels, and residences for faculty and staff have come up during the last forty years. Presently the University has over 7300 students, who come from all parts of the country and abroad, and from all sections of society. There are over 500 faculty members in addition to administrative staff who, along with students, live on campus, and they interact and mingle with each other irrespective of social or professional status.

The living ambience and social milieu of the campus is also reflected in an integrated, interdisciplinary approach in teaching and research. There is freedom to define and design course content or start new courses. Research themes evolve with new developments in the area and the interface between different areas of study. Everyone at the university competes with himself/herself to excel in their own field of research. JNU is academically and socially a vibrant place where all have space to express their views.

The ten Schools and four special centres of the university produce high quality research publications, books, working papers and M.Phil and Ph,D theses. The JNU alumni occupy important positions, in academics, government, private sector, and in fact in all walks of life. Recently JNU has been ranked by the NAAC as the top University in the country.

Young at forty two years, as universities go, what has lent strength and energy to Jawaharlal Nehru University is the vision that ideas are a field for adventure, experimentation and unceasing quest and diversity of opinions its chief premise. In the early 1970s, when JNU opened its doors to teachers and students, frontier disciplines and new perspectives on old disciplines were brought to the Indian university system. The excellent teacher-student ratio at 1:10, a mode of instruction which encouraged students to explore their own creativity instead of reproducing received knowledge, and an exclusively internal evaluation were a new experiment on the Indian academic landscape; these have stood the test of time. The very Nehruvian objectives embedded in the founding of the University, national integration, social justice, secularism, the democratic way of life, international understanding and scientific approach to the problems of society had built into it constant and energetic endeavour to renew knowledge through self-questioning.

The once rugged terrain of the Aravali hill range, where the 1000 -acre campus is housed is now lush green. Parts of it host dense forests, sustaining a birdwatcher's paradise and some forms of wild life.

The JNU campus is a microcosm of the Indian nation, drawing students from every nook and corner of the country and from every group and stratum of society. To make sure that this is so, annual admission tests are simultaneously held at 37 centres spread across the length and breadth of the country, and special care is taken to draw students from the underprivileged castes and ethic groups by reserving 22.5 per cent of seats for them. Overseas students form some 10 percent of the annual intake. Students' hostels and blocks of faculty residences are interspersed with one another, underlining the vision of a large Indian family.

Even as class room teaching and, work in the library and the laboratories have their share in the mode of instruction, personal interaction between students and teachers and among students themselves form an extremely important and lively medium of generation and transmission of knowledge. Sometimes high decibel disputes about the validity of theoretical premises or cultural substructures of a particular scientific or economic thesis do spill over from the class and hostel rooms onto the middle of the campus roads, at times causing traffic bottlenecks. Happily, these have never caused a road accident! The annual Students Union elections are conducted entirely by students. Fierce poster and cartoon wars, verbal duels and competitive yet peaceful group meetings are a viewers' delight during the elections. Violence is the only alien on the campus.

Vision

The bill for the establishment of Jawaharlal Nehru University was placed in the Rajya Sabha on September 1, 1965 by the then Education Minister, Mr M.C. Chagla. During the discussion that followed, Hon. M.P. Mr. Bhushan Gupta voiced the opinion that this should not be yet another university. New faculties should be created, including scientific socialism, and one thing that this university should ensure was to keep noble ideas in mind and provide accessibility to students from weaker sections of society. The JNU Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on 16th November 1966 and the JNU Act came into force on 22nd April, 1969.

The University is located, since 1976, on a campus that is spread over approximately 1000 acres of land on the Aravali range in New Delhi, which has now been turned into a green and open area though many academic buildings, hostels, and residences for faculty and staff have come up during the last forty years. Presently the University has over 7300 students, who come from all parts of the country and abroad, and from all sections of society. There are over 500 faculty members in addition to administrative staff who, along with students, live on campus, and they interact and mingle with each other irrespective of social or professional status.

The living ambience and social milieu of the campus is also reflected in an integrated, interdisciplinary approach in teaching and research. There is freedom to define and design course content or start new courses. Research themes evolve with new developments in the area and the interface between different areas of study. Everyone at the university competes with himself/herself to excel in their own field of research. JNU is academically and socially a vibrant place where all have space to express their views.

The ten Schools and four special centres of the university produce high quality research publications, books, working papers and M.Phil and Ph,D theses. The JNU alumni occupy important positions, in academics, government, private sector, and in fact in all walks of life. Recently JNU has been ranked by the NAAC as the top University in the country.

 Institute Of Chemical Technology,Mumbai

                                                                                                        http://www.ictmumbai.edu.in/

 

The Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai was established as the Department of Chemical Technology on 1st October, 1933 by the University of Mumbai, through active support of industries and philanthropists. The Institute was most popularly known as UDCT, Mumbai. Research has been an integral part of ICT since its inception and it has created over 500 first generation entrepreneurs. The UDCT grew significantly in stature and was granted autonomy under UGC regulations by the University of Mumbai and further converted in to an Institute on 26th January, 2002. Under the World Bank TEQIP programme, the Maharashtra government granted it full autonomy in June 2004. Due to the recommendations of the Government of Maharashtra and University of Mumbai, the ICT was granted Deemed University Status by the MHRD on 12th September, 2008, with all provisions of the UGC for funding and support as the state owned deemed university.

The illustrious alumni of the department include Prof. Gulrajani of IIT Delhi and Mr. Edward Menzes, founder of Rossari Chemicals. ICT has specialization and runs several courses in the following ares:

·                    Technology of Fibres and Textiles Processing

·                    Technology of Dyes and Intermediates

·                    Technology of Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals

·                    Food Engineering and Technology

·                    Paints Technology

·                    Polymer Technology

·                    Technology of Oils and Surfactants

·                    Fibers and Textiles Processing Technology

·                    Surface Coating Technology

·                    Perfumery and Flavour Technology

·                    Bioprocess Technology (with special emphasis on Downstream              processing)

·                    Food Biotechnology

·                    Drug Delivery Technology

·                    Medicinal Chemistry

·                    Medicinal Natural Products

Research

ICT has a very strong research culture. The first ever Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in India in  Engineering was awarded by the ICT in 1941. ICT has strong relationships with the industry and many government as well as industry sponsored projects take shape in ICT. In 2011 the Central Ministry of Textiles sanctioned ICT's National Centre of Excellence in Sportech a grant of ₨ 24.5 crore for researching sports-related apparel and goods. With this, ICT has become the first institute in the country to conduct research on sports fabrics.

Some of the technological breakthroughs from ICT have been mentioned below:

·         Dyes department of ICT has developed laser dyestuff which costs few crore rupees for one Kg of dye. ICT manufactures the entire requirement of laser dyes of the nation.

·          Chemical Engineering Department designed a heavy water reactor which has resulted in 50% in reduction in the energy requirement and 7% increase in productivity of heavy water requirement.

·          Prof. J B Joshi, former director, ICT, designed an eco-cooker (US Patent US6668707) which has thermal efficiency of 60-70% compared to 10-20% thermal efficiency of conventional cooker. The cooker has been commercialized at several places resulting considerable energy saving.

ICT graduates 100 PhDs annually (10 percent of India’s engineering PhDs) and plans to expand its capacity by 150 percent in the next two years with little public funding. ICT pioneered the practice of topping off its director’s salary with private funds.

Current research in UDCT is focused on

·                    Biotechnology & biomedicine

·                    Nanotechnology and materials science

·                    Energy science and engineering

·                    Process systems engineering

·                    Green chemistry and engineering

·                    Environmental protection and Hazardous waste management

·                    Product Engineering

Plans for future expansion have been made for creation of centres of excellence::

1. Entrepreneurship resource centre

2. Interactive student services portal

3. Centre for Undergraduate Research In Engineering (CURIE)

4. Centre for Process Intensification and Innovation

5. Centre for Product Engineering

6. Centre for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention

7. Technology Incubation Centre

8. Technology Transfer Cell

9. Creation of Visiting Professorships endowments

10. Distinguished Adjunct Professors

11. Group consultations: Adoption of sick industries.

12. Increasing international collaborations (Joint projects with leading institutes (Joint degrees, UG exchange, PG exchange)

13. Creation of institute professorships

 Hostels

Several on-campus hostels provide accommodation to students from all educational streams.

There are 5 hostel buildings which cater to the students' need of accommodation.

·                    Hostel No. 1 Boys hostel

·                    Hostel No. 2 Girls hostel

·                    Hostel No. 3 Girls Hostel

·                    Hostel No. 4 Boys hostel

·                    Hostel No. 5 Boys hostel

Old Boys Hostel

The Hostel No. 1, better known as old hostel, was established in 1952. It has accommodations for 160 students and four faculty members. It has 48 single rooms and 48 double rooms.

New Boys Hostel No. 5"'

This hostel was built and inaugurated in 2005. The money for this Rs. 70 million building was raised by the alumni of the college. It has 7 floors, about 190 double rooms, 3 large guest rooms, 4 faculty flats, a dining hall, and a health clinic and a gym.