Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
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| Motto | Sa vidhya vimukte |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1978 |
| Chancellor | Om Prakash Kohli |
| Vice-Chancellor | S N Zala |
| Students | 225,500 |
| Location | Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | http://www.mkbhavuni.edu.in/ |
Coordinates: 21°45′29″N 72°8′29″E / 21.75806°N 72.14139°E Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, formerly Bhavnagar University is a state university located in Bhavnagar city in the western province of Gujarat, India. The university provides teaching and research programs in Arts, Commerce, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management, Rural Studies and Law Faculties. It has 22 departments, 18 postgraduate centres and four recognized institutes and research centres.
83 colleges affiliated to university belong to Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Education, Engineering, Management, Rural and Medical disciplines. Twenty two post graduate courses are run by some of the colleges which are affiliated to Bhavnagar University.
Bhavnagar was the first princely state to merge with the Union of India at the time of independence in 1947 by Maharaja Krishnakumar Sinhji Raol. Bhavnagar University came into being on 24 May 1979. Its land-estate area is 198 acres.
Academics
Research activities are carried out in the areas of Social Sciences, History, Nano-Technology, Marine Ecology, Intellectual Property Rights and its Management and Entrepreneurship.
The following Centres for Excellence and cells are engaged in research and consultancy services:
- Remedial Coaching Centre for S.T., S.C. and Minority
- Centre for Excellence in Nano-technology
- Gandhian Study Centre
- Ocean Science and Technology Cell for Western Coast
- ICT and ELT
- Entrepreneurship Development Cell
- Industry Linkage Cell
- Corporate Services Academy
Departments
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Astronomy
- Department of Business Administration
- Ph.D.
- M.Phil
- M.B.A.
- P.G.D.B.M.
- P.G.D.D.M.
- P.G.D.S.M.
- Department of Commerce
- M.Com.
- Ph.D.
- Department Computer Science & Application
- M.C.A.
- Ph.D.
- Department of Energy Science
- Department of Envi ronmental Science
- Department of English
- Department of Gujarati
- Department of Hindi
- M.A.
- Ph.D.
- Department of Sanskrit
- M.A. in Sanskrit
- Department of Linguistics
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geology
- Department of History
M.J.Parmar
- M.A.
- Ph.D.
- Department of Economics
- M.A.
- Ph.D.
- Department of Sociology
Dr. H.C. Chavda, Dr. S.A. Bhanat
- M.A.
- Ph.D.
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Psychology
- M.A.
- Ph.D.
- Department of Mathematics
- M.Sc. (Mathematics)
- Ph.D. (Mathematics)
- P.G.D.C.A. (self-financed)
- Department of Chemistry
- M. Sc. specialization is offered in Semester III and IV in Organic, Analytical, Inorganic, and Physical Chemistry.
- Department of Physics
- M.Sc. (Physics), specialization in Electronics
- Ph.D.
- Department of Statistics
- M.Sc. (Statistics)
- Ph.D. (Statistics)
- Department of Life Science
- M.Sc. Botany
- Microbiology, Genetics, and Zoology.
- Ph.D.
The Department of Life Sciences was first headed by HC Dube, Indian scientist.
- Department of Marine Science
- M.Sc.
- Department of Education
- M. Ed.
- Ph.D.
- Department of Bioinformatics
- M.Sc. Bioinformatics
- Department of Library & Information Science
- B.L.I.Sc.
- M.L.I. Co.
- Department of Social Work
- M.S.W. (self financed)
- Department of Theater Arts
Extension services and co-ordinators
- University and Industrial Linkage cell, Prof. A. Kumar
- Women's Study cell, Prof. B.D. Dave
- Gandhian Studies Center, Prof. Mehboob Desai
- Remedial Coaching for SC/ST and Minorities, Prof. Mehboob Desai
- University Publication Board, Prof. Mehboob Desai
- Campus Officer, Kalpeshsinh Zala
- N.S.S., Himal Pandya
- S.T.S.C. Cell, Prof. H.C. Vaghela