University of Mysore

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University of Mysore is a public university in India. It has its main campus in the city of Mysore and extension campuses in the neighbouring districts of Hassan, and Mandya. Currently, nearly 58,000 students study in the university, and it has five constituent colleges, 122 affiliated colleges and 49 recognised research institutions, offering certified, diploma, undergraduate and graduate courses in the faculties of arts, science and technology, law, education and commerce.

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous body of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has accorded the university five-star status. In addition, the Eighth Plan Review Committee of the UGC has recommended to the State and Central governments that it be upgraded to a `National Centre for Excellence'.

Contents 1 History 2 Distinctions 3 Notable faculty and alumni 4 Website 5 List of Vice Chancellors 6

[edit] History

It is the 6th oldest university in India and the oldest in the state of Karnataka. It was established in 1916 by the then King of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, after two of his educational experts Dr C. R. Reddy and Thomas Denham, undertook a five-year study of higher education around the world. The structure of the university was designed after a thorough analysis of the functioning of those universities that had as their chief aim the promotion of original research (University of Chicago), those that laid emphasis on the extension of knowledge among the people (University of Wisconsin), and those that combined intellectualism with an educational system calculated to give training for political and social life (University of Oxford and Cambridge). Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, the Dewan of Mysore at the time, also played a major role in its inception and promotion. It was inaugurated on 27th July 1916. Maharaja's College of Mysore and the Central College of Bangalore, which were previously affiliated to Madras University, became part of the new university. The Act was amended in 1933 and 1939 to make the senate representative of public life and to establish the academic council responsible for the academic affairs of the university.

An act was passed in 1956 which made the university an autonomous body, and in 1960 the university's graduate centre was set up in the picturesque environs of the Kukkarahalli lake. The national poet and the Jnanpith Award winner, K. V. Puttappa (Kuvempu), a former Vice-Chancellor of the University, christened the campus `Manasagangotri', meaning the eternal spring of the mind. The act of 1956 was replaced by Karnataka_State_Universities_Act,_2000 which came into force on 13th Sep 2001. Under the new act the senate has been abolished.

[edit] Distinctions

The university library is one of the largest university libraries in India having a collection of around 800,000 documents. The university has a 5 year Integrated MSc Course in physics. The course is conducted in the department of studies in physics. The course has already attracted young talents from different parts of the country and is expected to get foreign students. The students receive an amount of Rs.1000/- per month as scholarship. This is one of the prestigious course of this University. Following the success of this course the university started a same program in the department of studies in chemistry. Several undergraduate and post graduate schools in Mysore District are affiliated to the university.

[edit] Notable faculty and alumni

The university has had many eminent scholars, musicians and scientists among its faculty and alumni, like, Professor Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (the second President of India), Prof. S. Chandrashekar (Fellow of the Royal Society), Prof. C.N.R. Rao (Retd. Professor and Director of Indian Institute of Science, Prof. H.S. Mukunda, Prof. K. V. Puttappa (Padma Bhushan), Prof. Mysore V. Ramarathnam, (Retd. Professor and First Prinicipal University College of Music and Dance, Mysore),Prof. U. R. Ananthamurthy (Padma Bhushan) Prof. C. D. Narasimhaiah (Padma Bhushan) and R. K. Laxman (Cartoonist, Padma Vibushan, Times of India).

[edit] Website

• Mysore University
• Bangalore University

[edit] List of Vice Chancellors

No	From	To	Name	Position previously held
1	1916	1920	H.V.Nanjundayya	Civil Engineering Lecturer
2	1921	1929	Prof. Brajendranath Seal	Professor of Philosophy, Chair University of Calcutta
3	1930	1937	Prof. E.P.Metcalfe	Professor of Physics, and Principal of Central College Bangalore
4	1937	1942	N.S.Subba Rao	M.A. (Cantab.), Bar-at-Law
5	1942	1944	E.G. Mcalpine	M.A. Director of Public Instruction, Mysore
6	1944	1946	T.Singaravelu Mudaliar
7	1946	1948	M.Sultan Mohiyuddin
8	1948	1950	R.Kasturi Raj Chetty
9	1950	1954	Prof. B.L.Manjunath	Professor of Chemistry, Principal of Central College Bangalore
10	1954	1956	Prof. V.L.D'Souza	Professor of Economics, Maharaja College Mysore
11	1956	1960	Dr. K.V.Puttappa	Literature, well known writer
12	1960	1962	Prof. N.A. Nikam	Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Mysore
13	1963	1964	K.M. Panikar	Distinguished diplomat, author and historian Indian Ambassador to China, France and Egypt
14	1964	1969	Prof. K.L. Shrimali	Professor of Education, M.A., Ph.D., Minister for Education, government of India.
15	1969	1975	Prof. D. Javare Gowda	Professor of Literature Director of the Institute of Kannada Studies at University of Mysore
16	1976	1979	D. Vijaydevraj Urs
17	1979	1985	Prof. K.S. Hegde
18	1988	1988	Dr. Y.P. Rudrappa	Doctor, M.B.B.S, F.R.C.P.(EDIN), D.T.M & H, (ENG) University of Mysore, Health and Family Welfare Service
19	1988	1991	Prof. P. Selvie Das	Professor of Education, Director of Higher Education of Karnataka
20	1991	1997	Prof. M. Madaiah	Professor of Economics, University of Mysore
21	1997	2003	Prof. S.N.Hegde	Professor of Botany, University of Mysore M.Sc., Ph.D., M.I.Biol (U.K)
22	2003	200x	Prof. Shashidhara Prasad J.	Professor of Physics, University of Mysore

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