Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University

Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University
Motto Sanskrit: तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु
tejasvi nāvadhītamastu
(from the Taittiriya āraṇyaka of the Yajurveda, 8.0.0)
Motto in English
"May our knowledge become brilliant."
Type Public
Established 1987
Chancellor Mr Ram Naik (Governor of Uttar Pradesh)
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Peeush Ranjan Agrawal[1]
Location Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University (Hindi: वीर बहादुर सिंह पूर्वांचल युनिवेर्सिटी ), formerly Purvanchal University, is in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1987 as a residential-cum-affiliating university. It is named after Shri Veer Bahadur Singh, the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.

The university is engaged in research through MoU with foreign and local universities, organizations and institutions. Many of its departments are identified by UGC as Centres of Excellence.

Started with 69 affiliated colleges, the university has widened its spectrum of activities with 470+ affiliated graduate and post-graduate colleges and students enrollment of nearly 500,000 Plus as on ( 2013-14 ) in 12 districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The infrastructure development, achievement of academic excellence, quality assurance in the higher education and socio-economic development of this highly backward and rural region are the priority areas for the university.

Research

A committee monitors research activity in the university. Over 60% of the faculty members have doctoral degrees and they are engaged in guiding research scholars. Faculty members are eligible to guide students after five years of teaching and publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Location

The university is about 11 km from the city of Jaunpur on Jaunpur-Shahganj road which divides its 172.5 acres (0.698 km2) campus into two.

Faculties

References

  1. "The Vice Chancellor". vbspu.ac.in. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

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