Charotar University of Science and Technology

Coordinates: 22°35′58″N 72°49′13″E / 22.59944°N 72.82028°E / 22.59944; 72.82028

Charotar University of Science and Technology

ચરોતર યુનિવર્સિ‌ટી ઓફ સાયન્સ એન્ડ ટેકનોલોજી (ચારૂસેટ) Formerly Education Campus Changa till 2009
Motto	Sanskrit: अमृतं तु विधा (Knowledge is eternal)
Type	Deemed university
Established	2009[1]
Endowment	₹ 800 million
President	Surendra M. Patel,[2]
Provost	Dr. B. G. Patel,[3]
Academic staff	158*
Administrative staff	150*
Students	1783
Undergraduates	1000
Postgraduates	783
Location	, Gujarat, India
Campus	Rural, 100 acres (0.40 km2),[4]
Affiliations	UGC, AICTE, AIU
Website	CHARUSAT

Charotar University of Science and Technology – CHARUSAT is established under the Gujarat Act No. 8 of 2009, Government of Gujarat. University Grants Commission (UGC) has empowered CHARUSAT to award Degrees under Section 22 of UGC Act 1956.^[5][6] Earlier campus was known as Education Campus Changa till 2009.

History

It was dream of two philanthropist, Late Mr.Chhotabhai Patel & Late Dr. K.C. Patel to establish a world class university in rural area so that people of that region can get advantage of higher education. Shri Charotar Moti Sattavis Patidar Kelvani Mandal is the college trust. Kelvani Mandal is a non profit organisation that solely focuses on imparting education and spreading knowledge. It is the inception of Kelvani Mandal that, knowledge is a tool that can bring social change in our society. Kelvani Mandal has established Education Campus - Anand to offer secondary school education in science stream named D.Z.Patel Higher Secondary School, Anand

Location

Charotar is the region comprising Anand and Kheda districts of Gujarat. Charotar is widely recognized as the native place of great Indian freedom fighter and first home-minister of India late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The university is situated in a rural area. Accessible from Nadiad and Anand City. CHARUSAT Campus sprawls over 105 acres of land equipped with ultra modern facilities.

Current situation

The official website of CHARUSAT^[7] states that: "The journey started in the year 2000, with only 240 students, 4 programs, 1 institute and an investment of Rs. 3 Crores. Whereas, today, there are 35 different UG and PG Programs with 4500 students enrolled in 7 different Institutes.There is also an R&D Centre conducting research in the emerging sciences like Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, etc. These development activities have an investment of Rs. 80 Crores (800 Million INR). Charusat was started in year 2000 with affiliation with Gujarat University, which continued until year 2007 then continued its affiliation with Gujarat Technological University until year 2009 and now under it is constituted as university under Government of Gujarat - Gujarat Act No. 8 of 2009.

Faculties and constituent institutes

• Faculty of Technology & Engineering
  • Chandubhai S Patel Institute of Technology – Changa
• Faculty of Computer Science & Applications
  • Smt. Chandaben Mohanbhai Patel Institute of Computer Applications
• Faculty of Pharmacy
  • Ramanbhai Patel College of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Management Studies
  • Indukaka Ipcowala Institute of Management
• Faculty of Applied Sciences
  • P D Patel Institute of Applied Sciences
• Faculty of Medical Sciences
  • Charotar Institute of Physiotherapy
  • Manikaka Topawala Institute of Nursing

Undergraduate programmes and intake capacity

Postgraduate programmes and intake capacity

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