PDM University

PDM University
Former name
 PDM Group of Institutions
Type Private
Established 1995
Founder PDMREA
Officer in charge
 Chitresh Lather (CEO)
Chancellor Smt. Bimla Singh Prabhu
Vice-Chancellor Prof.(Dr.) A. K. Bakhshi
Academic staff
 612
Administrative staff
 890
Students 12000+
Address Sector 3A, Bahadurgarh (Delhi NCR), Haryana, 124507, India
28°41′15″N 76°53′24″E / 28.687595°N 76.889981°E / 28.687595; 76.889981Coordinates: 28°41′15″N 76°53′24″E / 28.687595°N 76.889981°E / 28.687595; 76.889981
Campus 95 acres (Approx)
Nickname PDM
Affiliations UGC
Website pdm.ac.in

PDM University is a co-educational private university from the state of Haryana, India. The university has its campus in Bahadurgarh, Delhi NCR.The University has been established by the Haryana State Legislature under the Haryana Private Universities Act No. 32 of 2006,[1] as amended by the Haryana Private Universities (Amendment), Act, 2015 (Haryana Act No.1 of 2016) and notified in the Haryana Govt. Gazette (Extra) Notification No. Leg.2/2016, dated 14 January 2016. The University has also been recognised by UGC[2] under section 2(f) of the UGC Act 1956.[3] The University is established and managed by Prabhu Dayal Memorial Religious & Educational Association (PDMREA).

Campus

The university campus is in Sector-3A, Sarai Aurangabad, Bahadurgarh located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of the New Delhi-Haryana (Tikri) border.[4]

History

Prabhu Dayal Memorial Religious & Educational Association (sponsoring body of the university) was established in 1995. The association commonly referred as PDMREA was established in the fond memory of Late Sh. Prabhu Dayal. The group started its education venture with a diploma college in 1996 namely PDM Polytechnic. The association later added PDM College of Engineering in 1999. Since then PDMREA has established and supported a number of educational institutions.[5]

Until 2016, all these educational institutions were collectively known as PDM Group of Institutions. After the establishment of PDM University in 2016,[1] these colleges merged into the university as its constituent faculties.

Faculties and Courses [6]

The University has over 120 programs in various discipline of Engineering & Technology, Dental Sciences, Pharmacy, Computer Applications, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Agriculture, Commerce and Management Studies.[6]

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Faculty of Dental Sciences

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Faculty of Physical Sciences

Faculty of Life Sciences

Faculty of Commerce & Management Studies

Recognition

All the educational institutes under PDMREA are approved by the UGC/AICTE/ NCTE/ DCI/ Govt. of India/ Govt. of Haryana/ CBSE.[5]

In 2013, PDM was declared as the first Microsoft Ed-Vantage Platinum Campus in Haryana by Microsoft.[7][8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Haryana Private Universities Act 2006" (PDF). Higher Education Department, Haryana. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "List of UGC Recognised Private Universities in Haryana".
  3. ↑ "UGC Act-1956" (PDF). mhrd.gov.in/. Secretary, University Grants Commission. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Contact - PDM University, Bahadurgarh (Delhi NCR), India". PDM University, Bahadurgarh (Delhi NCR), India. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  5. 1 2 "About Us - PDM University, Bahadurgarh (Delhi NCR), India". PDM University, Bahadurgarh (Delhi NCR), India. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  6. 1 2 "Courses Offered".
  7. ↑ "Microsoft Edvantage". microsoftedvantage.com. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Ravinder Saini "PDM Group becomes Platinum Campus of Microsoft", The Tribune (Chandigarh), Jhajjar, 7 October 2013. Retrieved on 8 October 2013
  9. ↑ "Delhi, 09 October, 2013 : readwhere". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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