Universities

	Panjab University, Chandigarh
	Punjabi University, Patiala
	Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
	Punjab Agriculture University

Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Introduction -History
Guru Nanak Dev University was established at Amritsar on November 24, 1969 under an Act to mark the 500th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

The university in its eventful history of 36 years has taken long strides in spreading the message of the Guru and promoting education in such fields as science, art, management, information technology, industrial technology, environment, planning and architecture. Carefully nurtured by illustrious academicians as administrators it has created a place of pride for itself on the academic map of India, and is striving to equip the students to face the challenges of 21st century. The motto of the University as engraved on its emblem (Guru’s wisdom illumines all) speaks of the vision and idealism for which the university stands.

Objectives, Purpose and Character
Guru Nanak Dev University is a residential as well as an affiliating university. Its jurisdiction extends over colleges in the five districts of Punjab, namely of Amritsar, Jalandhar, Nawan Shehar, Kapurthala and Gurdaspur.

The objectives of the university, inter alia, include the following specific activities as envisaged in the Act:

Buildings and Other facilities
Spread over a stretch of 500 acres towards the west of the city, Guru Nanak Dev University presents a picture of modern architecture. Traditional red brick geometrical blocks represent its regard time-honoured values and commitment to scientific advancement. The university today boasts of 39 full-fledged academic departments, two regional campuses at Jalandhar and Gurdaspur, two constituent colleges and a score of support service departments besides several administrative offices.

In addition to its obligatory pursuit of the spread and propagation of Punjabi language and Guru Nanak Studies, the University in its initial years laid an equal emphasis on the development of humanities and basic sciences. In recent years it has diversified in a big way its programmes into applied sciences making it one of the distinguished Centres of industry related and need based job oriented programmes. It is one of the few universities in country, which have attempted to restructure the syllabi in the light of reports submitted by UGC expert committees.

Very early on, it decided to restructure its syllabi on the basis of recommendations made in the reports of the Curriculum Development Centres (1988) and the process is continuing since then. Admission to courses at all levels is made strictly on the basis of National, State and University level entrance tests.
Being an affiliating university, it performs the parenting role of directing and monitoring the academic programmes of 102 colleges located in five districts.

Over the years, the university has built up an excellent academic infrastructure in the form of a well stocked computerised library, state-of-the art laboratories, Academic Staff College, All India Services Training centre, Instrumentation Centre, Physiotherapy Centre, Language Lab., Multimedia Centre, Botanical Garden with Green House, Computer Centre, 24 hours Internet facility, Placement Unit etc. To promote research among its faculty, almost all the departments have been provided with independent computer facilities and department libraries.

In addition to the academics, the University has also created facilities for recreation and all round development of its students and faculty in the form of Department of youth services, National Service Scheme, Public Relations Department, a 900 seat all purpose auditorium, half a dozen seminar and conference halls, a modern hi-tech sports complex, sports hostel, open air theatre, faculty club, health centre, students centre, day care centre, two separate holiday homes at Dalhousie for teachers and students, working women hostel along with on-campus residential facilities for a large number of students, teachers and administrative staff.

Five-Star NAAC Accreditation
The University is the first in North India to get assessed from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and got the highest Five Star Level Status. The UGC has also selected this university for Centre of Excellence in Sports Sciences keeping in view of its commendable achievements in the field of sports.


Facilities Departments

Faculty of Sciences

	Department of Chemistry
	Department of Mathematics
	Department of Physics

Faculty of Applied Sciences

	Department of Applied Physics
	Department of Applied Chemical Sciences & Technology
	Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
	Department of Food Science and Technology
	Department of Applied Chemistry

Faculty of Life Sciences

	Department of Biotechnology
	Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences
	Department of Human Genetics
	Department of Microbiology
	Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
	Department of Zoology

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

	Department Of Computer Science & Engineering
	Department of Electronics Technology

Faculty of Physical Planning & Architecture

	Department of Architecture
	Guru Ram Das School of Planning

Faculty Of Economics & Business

	Department of Commerce and Business Management
	Punjab School of Economics

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

	Department of History
	Department of Library & information Science
	Department of Political Science
	Department of Psychology
	Department of sociology
	School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Languages

	Department of English
	Department of Hindi
	School of Punjabi Studies
	Department of Sanskrit ,Pali and Prakrit
	Department of Foreign Languages

Faculty of Physical Education

Department of Physical Education

Faculty of laws

Department of Laws

Faculty of Music & Fine Arts

Department of music

Department of Guru Nanak Studies

Faculty of sports medicine & Physiotherapy

Department of sports medicine & Physiotherapy

Regional Campuses

Maharaja Ranjit Singh GNDU Regional Campus, Ladhewali, Jalandhar
Department of English
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Department of Electronics Technology
Department of Punjabi
Department of Laws
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
School of Legal Studies

Guru Nanak Dev University Regional Campus, Gurdaspur
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Department of Electronics Technology
Department of Laws

Courses Offered

Distance Education Programme

The University started Distance Education Programme from the academic session 2002-2003. As approved by the Syndicate of the University:

So far about 60 Institutions under this programme have been Associated. From about 1686 students enrolled in 2002-2003, their number under distance education rose to 2959 in 2003-2004 and further to 5895 during 2004-2005. Twenty SAF - Madanjit Scholarships were awarded to students under distance education on means-cum-merit basis during 2003-2004. The number of such scholarships for the session 2005-06 has been raised to fifty.

Courses:

M.Sc. (Computer Science), M.Sc. (Information Technology), M.A. (Mass Communication), Master of Business Economics, L.L.B. (Academic), M.Com (Annual), M.Sc. (Mathematics), M.A. i) Police Administration, ii) Defence Studies, iii) Human Rights and Duty Education, iv) Philosophy, v) Religious studies, vi) Punjabi, vii) English, viii) Economics, ix) Political Science, x) Hindi, xi) History. Duration 2 years. 

B.C.A., B.Sc. (Information Technology), Bachelor in Insurance and Risk Management, B.CAM, B.B.A.., B.Com. (Professional), B.E-Commerce, B.Com, B.A. (Besides English, Punjabi as compulsory subjects, a group of three elective subjects, as per combinations permitted by the University, will be treated as one course). Duration 3 years.

Bachelor of Mass Communication, B. Lib & Information Science: Duration (One Year)

Postgraduate Diploma (One year after graduation) in i) Computer Application, ii) Web designing, iii) Advance Diploma in Medical Transcription, iv) Insurance and Risk Management, v) Information Technology Enabled Services, vi) Computer Application (Teacher Education), vii) Bio-Informatics, viii) Journalism and Mass Communication, ix) Marketing Management, x) Business Management, xi) Export Management, xii) Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, xiii) Com~ercial Art, xiv) Interior Decoration, xv) Textile Designing, xvi) Taxation Procedure, xvii) Guidance and Counseling, xviii) Dress Designing and Tailoring, xix) Gurmat Sangeet.

 Diploma (One year-after +2) in i) Computer Application, ii) Legal Transcription, iii) Business Statistics & Computer Applications, iv) Computer Art & Design, v) Library Science, vi) Business Management, vii) Marketing Management, viii) Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, ix) Cosmetology, x) Commercial Art, xi) Journalism & Mass Communication, xii) Home Management, xiii) Import and Export, xiv) Folk Music, xv) Gurmat Sangeet, xvi) Translation a) Hindi b) Punjabi xvii) Stitching and Tailoring.

 Shastri, Prabhakar, Giani

Certificate Course (one year- after 10th): i) Gurmat Sangeet, ii) Folk Music, iii) Translation a) Hindi, b) Punjab

Administration/ Examination System
The University administration comprises a strong team of 1800 employees, who look after the essential university services, predominantly, belonging to finance management and conduct of examinations. The University budget for the year 2004-05 is over 68.46 crores, out of which nearly 34.29 crores are provided exclusively to the teaching departments.

The University has brought in many innovations in the conduct of examinations. Timely declaration of results in the last decade (the schedule has not been broken or delayed even once), introduction of single answer book, revised pattern of question papers based on UGC-NET and UPSC system, computerization of results, computerized printing of photographs of candidates on the detailed marks cards, names of mother and father on the DMC/Degrees are some of the examples in this context. The University has also taken initiative in affixing holograms and photographs of candidates on various degrees. Results of examinations held in April-May are declared by June 30 every year and the same have also been made available on internet.

The Syllabi, admission forms of various classes/courses and other information about the university are available on University website : www.gnduonline.org.

Student welfare activities

Cultural Activities  

The Department of Youth Welfare was established in 1971, with the objectives of promoting cultural activities among the students and tapping their hidden talent for extra-curricular participation. It channelises the energy of the youth into creative directions and provides opportunities for harmonious and balanced development of their personality.

The Department organizes Youth Clubs in the affiliated colleges, organizes University Youth Festivals, Youth Leadership Training Camps, Hiking Trekking Camps, Inter-State Tours, Coaching Camps and prepares teams for participation in North Zone Inter-University Youth Festivals, Inter-University National Youth Festivals and other Inter-University competitions organized by Punjab Government. D.P.I.(Colleges). Panjabi Academy and the State Universities. The Department a1so holds Seminars. Workshops for the promotion of Art a Cultural Activities for students

The University maintained its supremacy in the cultural field by retaining Overall Championship. in the All India Inter-University National Youth Festival.2004 held at Banaras Hindu University. Varanasi for the Fifth time in succession. The mega event was organized by Association of Indian Universities and the Ministry of Youth Affairs a Sports. Govt. of India. The University also won Music, Theatre a Maharaja Ranjit Singh Trophies in the Festival.

Sports

The Department of Physical Education (Allied Teaching) was set up in 1970 to organize games and sports in the affiliated colleges and to raise the University teams in various disciplines for inter-varsity and other recognized tournaments. In the initial years, the department had to make tremendous efforts to bring up the standard of sports in the university. But within a short span of time, it made rapid progress which is reflected in its glorious achievement in the subsequent years. It organizes special training camps and inter-college tournaments in about 90-95 men and women events and participates in inter-university tournaments in 55-60 games involving more than 8000 students.

The sprawling sports complex houses an international quality Astro-turf Hockey Stadium, an Olympic Standard Swimming Pool Stadium with separate facilities for training, diving and competition, an international standard Indoor Multipurpose Gymnasium and playgrounds for archery, football, cricket, lawn tennis, basketball, ball badminton, netball, volleyball, handball, softball, korfball, kho-kho and kabaddi etc. The department maintains a separate Sports Hostel to lodge nearly 200 players at a time.

The university won the coveted Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy, the highest inter-varsity sports award of the country for 19 times and emerged as the Best Sports University of India. The University has so far produced three Padmashree and 25 Arjuna Awardees in various sports disciplines.

The university also lifted three national level sports trophies - Dr B.L. Gupta General Championship Trophy for thirteen times, Osmania University Platinum Jubilees Trophy for seven times and Kridamaharshi Shri Meghnath Nageskhar Trophy for seven times. 

Centre for Excellence in Sports Science 

Keeping in view the excellent achievements of the university in the field of sports, "Centre for Excellence in Sports Sciences" has been sanctioned to this university by the University Grants Commission to provide meritorious education in line with the new developments and challenges. The UGC has also sanctioned rupees five crores for the development of this prestigious centre.

This would be the only Centre in Asia, which after identifying the children at the age of six and going through the muscle, blood and other anatomy testing would impart them scientific training of international standard.

Extra Curricular Activities

The National Service Scheme (NSS) cell has been functioning in the University since 1970. All the affiliated colleges have NSS Units. The cell organizes special camps covering villages and slum areas in the districts of Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Nawan Shahar and Kapurthala to help in making repairs of old schools, construction of bridges on drains clearing encroachment on Panchayat lands, collecting funds for relief services providing medicines, eatables and clothes to the victims of floods and earthquake, etc. The NSS also organises workshops and seminars to create awareness about the danger of AIDS and to instruct about ‘the preventive measures. It also periodically runs National Integration Camps. The University has enrolled 20,500 NSS volunteers which is the largest number in Punjab for a University.

Adult and Continuing Education

The Department of Adult and Continuing Education and Extension was set up in 1985 to provide appropriate knowledge and skills to the backward and deprived sections of the society. The efforts are made to increase the employability of the unemployed men and women.

The following One Year Courses are being conducted at the University Campus :­

1.          Certificate Course in Dress Designing, Cutting and Tailoring.

2.          Diploma in Textile Designing.

3.          Diploma in Electronics & T.V. Maintenance & Servicing.

4.          Certificate Course in Computer.

In addition to the above courses at the University Campus, Amritsar,One Year Certificate Course in Dress Designing,Cutting & Tailoring is also being run at G.N.D.U. Regional Centre Gurdaspur. A special programme is planned at Shaheed Ram Singh Pathania Memorial College, Niari which is otherwise a backward area to educate the educationally backward women of the region and make them self dependent through various courses of short duration.

The Department also adopts villages for out-reach activities like Literacy Programmes and training of functionaries. Discussions and talks are organized related to family welfare, health and hygiene, nutrition, child care, curative and preventive medical camps, population education, awareness programmes on environment protection, AIDS, drugs, Women empowerment, Legal literacy etc. The specially designed programme like AIDS, Food Preservation & Canning, Nutrition, House Craft, Oil painting, Computer Hard ware, Skin & hairs care, Dyeing & printing, Traditional embroidery, Cutting & tailoring, and short term computer awareness courses for 7 days to 15 days duration are also being planned.

University-Industry Linkage/Consultancy

University adopted the University Industry Linkage Programme of the UGC in the year 1993 and AICTE sanctioned a grant of Rs. 8.0 lacs for strengthening of the industry-institute partnership cell. The University under this programme held meetings with the renowned industrialists of the region. During this period about 20 seminars//workshops/awareness programmes including awareness in ISO 9000 ISO 14000, patent regime, conservation of petroleum energy, eco-friendly dyes vis-à-vis German ban on some carcinogenic amines etc. were arranged for the benefit of industry and the scientists working in various departments of the. university. The university has also organized seminars in the areas of contemporary interests like Textile-India in perspective after 2004 and Identification and Remedial Measures for Future Problems of Sugar and Textile Industries.

The Department of Applied Chemical Sciences & Technology has established Textile Industrial Service Centre (TISC) and Sugar Industrial Service Centre (SISC). These two centers  effectively contribute toward the upliftment of the textile and sugar industries. The Department of Food Science and Technology is catering to the needs of Food Industry. Under the programme a Pollution Testing Laboratory approved by the Punjab Pollution Control Board has been established in the Department of Chemistry.

In addition, the departments of Chemistry/Applied Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Human Genetic have qualified scientists and laboratories equipped with sophisticated equipments for providing consultancy in the areas of their respective specialization.

The University has also established a Directorate of Consultancy to provide consultancy in the area of Town Planning, Architecture, Textile and Sociology.

Centre for Genetic Disorders

Centre for Genetic Disorders (CGD) is one of the leading centres of North-India providing diagnostic services to patients and families suffering from various genetic disorders and bringing about awareness among people regarding genetic diseases and their management. Set up in 1990 with a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Centre has acquired some of the most sophisticated equipments like automatic karyotyping system, automatic metaphase finder, automatic DNA sequencer, etc. It has all the required facilities for advanced cytogenetic and molecular genetic work. This Centre is actively involved in the research related to identification of genes causing different genetic diseases especially various type of eye disorders. By positional cloning scientists at CGD have successfully mapped the genes for some novel phenotypes of congenital cataract on chromosomes; 15, 16, 19, 21, and 22. Of these, gene mapping report on chromosome 15 for novel central pouch like cataract with sutural opacities, is the first report in the world. In addition, the underlying mutations in cataract families mapped on chromosomes 16, 19, 21 and 22 have been identified. The work carried out at CGD is well recognised internationally, and several national and international collaborative programs are underway at this Centre. It has organized widely attended four international conferences and twelve internationally collaborative hands-on-training workshops. The patients who need genetic counselling or help in genetic diagnostics can contact: Prof. Dr. Jai Rup Singh, Co-ordinator, Centre for Genetic Disorders, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India, Ph:+91-183-2258802-09, Extn.3277 & 3446; E-mail:jairup@vsnl.com

Centre for Immigrant Studies

The University has established a Centre for Immigrant Studies which is primarily research oriented. Study of literature and Social Sciences are the main areas of concern at the Centre. The Centre is promoting interaction among the immigrant literati and the indigenous ones.

Centre for Studies of Punjab Politics

Centre for Studies of Punjab Politics has been established to undertake studies of different aspects of Punjab Politics particularly elections and migrant labour.

Physiotherapy Centre
The university has a full fledged Physiotherapy Centre equipped with a Body Composition Analyser, Ultrasonic machines, motorised Tread Mill and Body Massager and other necessary equipment for Microwave diathermy and Infra red rays therapy besides all kinds of baths (Sauna, Turkish etc.) facilities and exercise equipment. The Centre opens six days a week and has well trained attendants working under qualified Orthopaedic Surgeon (Head of the Department of Sports Medicine and Physiotherapy). The Centre is providing special physiotherapy services to the sportsmen.

Computer Centre
The Centre set up with an initial grant from the UGC has been substantially upgraded. At present there are three labs out of which one lab is for research purposes. Each lab is equipped with 25 computers with latest softwares. 

Apart from its training programmes the centre is providing computing facilities to students and teacher community for work involving statistical analysis and scientific calculations. Students from various departments are coming for the practical classes.

Media Centre

This university is the only university in northern region which has established a media centre. Keeping in view the fact that world has become a global village because of the meteoric pace of information technology, well equipped Media Centre would go a long way in accessing useful information about the developments occurring in any part of the world. The faculty and the students alike would be greatly benefited by this enterprise. 

AIS Centre
All India Services Pre-Examination Training Centre for SC/STs was set up in the University under the scheme of Government of India (now under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) in 1982. Another centre, known as Centre for the Preparation of Competitive Examinations (CPCE), financed by the University itself, was set up in 1984 for the candidates of general category alongwith the other centre.

            The Centres offer coaching for IAS Preliminary and Main Examination, Banking and other Subordinate Services Examinations,  UGC (NET) Examination, PCS (Executive) and PCS (Judicial) Examinations.

Since the inception of the Centre, 35 students have been selected for Indian Administrative Service and Allied Services. In 2003, out of 91 candidates selected by the Punjab Public Service Commission for PCS and Allied Services, 21 were the students of the Centre. Many students of the Centre have been selected in banks and subordinate services, Central Excise & Customs, Public sector units, Border Security Force, Central & State Education Departments and LIC etc.

Those students who could not make for higher jobs get selected as Inspectors in various departments and equivalent jobs. Thus the success rate of the centre is quite high.

Folklore Museum

To popularise Punjabi folklore and to ward it off against the lecherous distortions, the university has started building up Punjabi Folklore Museum. The Museum provides a fairly desirable knowledge of the rich diversity of the Punjabi folklore which form the true spirit of the rural Punjab, but which is at discount in the face of materialistic onslaughts.

Heritage Village

To preserve the rich heritage of Punjabi culture, the university has setup a heritage village on its campus so as to resurrect consciousness among the younger generations of Punjab which are gradually becoming oblivious of the richness of Punjabi culture. The heritage village attracts the future generations as well towards the catholic culture of Punjab. Domestic appliances and the ones used for agriculture purposes like Hult, Khras, Gadda, Khuhi, Velna, Sath etc. had been procured. A number of articrafts are also being procured from different sources.

Placement Unit

The University has created a separate Placement Unit with a full time Placement Officer. This unit looks after academic and career counseling of students and organizes workshops relating job openings in various sectors. For this purpose, it establishes advance communication with prospective employers and arranges their visit to the Campus for direct recruitment of our fresh graduates of all 3 campuses i.e. Main Campus Amritsar, R.C. Jalandhar and R.C. Gurdaspur. Since 1998 after it's establishment, 80% students of all professional courses have been placed with various national and multinational companies by this department.

In Batch 2006 of IT courses like M.Tech. MCA, B.Tech. Computer Science, B.Tech. Electronics 187 students have been selected by September, 2005 through campus interviews by multinational companies much before the completion of their courses: Cognizant, Pune (59), Satyam (52), Wipro Tech., Bangalore (24), Perot Systems (19), HCL (09), Amdocs, Pune (06), Newgen (6), CSC (6), Cellent (4) L & T (3), Avaya Global Connect (3) Siemens (2), DCM (1) and MBT (1) AMDOCS has offered highest pay package of Rs. 3.80 lacs to our B.Tech. (CSEIECE),MCA students & CSC has offered Rs. 3.21 lacs. Satyam, Hyderabad has offered direct jobs to top 10 students from each stream of B.Tech. (Computer Science), B.Tech. (Electronics) & MCA (Total 30) of Guru Nanak Dev University without any test/interview.

Just like LT. courses, the students of other engineering courses are also getting good placements. All 13 students of B.Tech. Textile Chemistry have been placed in Raymonds (3), Vardhman (4), Arwind Mills (2), Oriental Craft (2), Nahar Fabrics (1), Malwa Industries (1). Similarly students of B.Tech. (Food Technology) have also been placed in companies like Pepsi, Cremica, Amrit Banaspati etc. The average salary of these students have been Rs. 1.20 Lacs per annum.

64 Students of MBA have been placed through campus placements in companies like HDFC Bank (5), ICICI Prudential (12), India Bulls (7), JCT (4), Nestle (3), Kotak Mahindra (5), Cipla (1), CAPART (6), Citi Group (8), Standard Chartered Bank (2), IDBI (1), Khanna Paper Mills (2), Dhanwantri Pharmacy (1), Malwa Industries (3), Eli-Lilly (4). All other interested students are being placed through off campus recruitments. The highest pay Rs. 2.00 Lacs has been offered by India Bulls. The average salary of our MBA students was Rs. 1.50 Lacs per annum.

Not only Engineering and Management courses, the students of M.Sc. (Chemistry) and B.Pharmacy have also been placed through campus placements in multinational companies. 32 students of Chemistry (18), Applied Chemistry (8) and B.Pharmacy (6) have been placed in Ranbaxy (5), Panacea Biotec (10), Jubliant (8), Ind Swift (3), Baxter (10) and Cipla (2). Panacea offered highest pay package of Rs. 1.68 Lacs per annum to M.Sc. students. The average pay for these students has been 1.30 Lacs / annum.

With the initiatives of the students, now companies are also approaching for recruitment of students for courses like L.L.B., M.A. (Sociology), MBE (Economics) etc.

Due to best placements in the region, G.N.D. University, Amritsar is able to attract best students in its Engineering, Management and Science courses.

Bhai Gurdas Library

The University library is well endowed in terms of specialized journals, back sets, Sikh reference books and rare manuscripts. Started in 1970 with a nucleus of 10,000 books, it has steadily built its collection to more than 3.92 lacs, which include 1510 manuscripts, 5119 rare books and 7790 theses and dissertations. The library subscribes to 630 current research journals: Indian 238; Foreign 192; Gifts 200 and has 80,388 back volumes.

The Library remains open on all the days of the year except on two national holidays i.e. 26th January and 15th August. Library timings are from 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. on the working days and 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays. It has open shelf system and a seating capacity for 450 readers. The library also has an air-conditioned reading hall which remains open 24 hours for reading personal and library issued books. It has created special sections for manuscripts, rare books, dissertations, textbooks, history and culture of Punjab. A separate floor has been allocated for the display and reading of research journals, back sets and newspapers. It has an in-house book/journal-binding section.

All the operations related to Acquisition, Cataloguing and Circulation Sections are computerized. Complete data bases of members, books, manuscripts and periodicals are available on OPAC. The library also provides Internet service and is a member of INFLIBNET which is providing access to 4000 e-journals and some databases. Faculty and students can secure information and get reprint of any specific information.

The Library also provides reprographic and micro-film reading facilities. It has already microfilmed more than 400 manuscripts.

Besides the Central library, 20 departmental libraries have also been set up, out of which 6 are multi-departmental and cater to more than one discipline.

Open Air Theatre

The university has established Open Air Theatre in the Botanical Garden to promote culture and art. The open air theatre built at a cost of rupees seventy thousand in an eco-friendly environment is a unique one. This theatre has a sitting capacity of 125 spectators. One act plays , Kavi Darbars, Mushiaras, Fine Art Competitions, Seminars and lectures are arranged in this theatre.

Academic Staff College

The Academic Staff College at this University was established in June 1988 and is currently one of the 51 Academic Staff Colleges operating in the country. Linked to the professional and career development of College and University teachers, it runs various programmes to cover different categories of teachers. On an average 15-20 programmes are conducted in an year in which nearly 600 teachers are given training. 

The ASC has over the years built up a reasonable infrastructure to provide residential and messing facilities to its outstation participants. It has also developed fully furnished conference halls with all modem audio-visual aids. It has an in-house library with a holding of approximately 3500 books and a dozen periodicals along with a fully furnished computer lab.

Press and Publications

 The department was set up in 1972 to cater to the publication needs of the University in terms of highlighting its academic achievements  and providing quality text books to its students. 

Till date the department has published 140 general books in Punjabi, 123 in English, 27 in Hindi and 63Text Books. Some of these books have also run into subsequent editions. The department at present is publishing 14 journals. Some of these journals have achieved international recognition. 

The department has also set up a retail outlet for the sale of its publications. To promote sales, it takes part in Book Exhibitions and runs a book club.  The members can purchase University Publications at 50% discount plus 10% bonus in the form of books.

Hostels

The University has separate hostel accommodation for boys and girls which is equipped with all modern facilities of Computer Centre, Internet, PCO, Stationery Shop, Canteen services. Geysers and Water Coolers & Bank Counter. Both these hostel complexes have the capacity to accommodate approximately 1200 girls students and 1050 boys students.

Health Services

The University has engaged regular male and female doctors and a dental surgeon who look after the routine check up of the students, employees and retired persons. Facilities available include OPD, Clinical laboratory, ECG, Ultrasound scanning, minor operations, family planning, well equipped physiotherapy unit, indoor and ambulance services. To manage any causality among girls students, the Health Centre has set up a medical room in the girls hostel itself and a staff nurse is available in the hostel from 8.00 PM to 8.00 AM daily, even on Sunday & Holidays. Space has been provided to Govt. Ayurvedic Dispensary in the Health Centre complex (as ayurvedic system of medicine is getting popular and is becoming almost an alternate way of life). University has planned to install an X-ray unit in the health center and such facility would be available to university patients shortly.

Health Centre has audio visual aids ( like OHP, slide projector, projection screen, slide viewers) to impart the class room/laboratory instructions to students in more effective manner.

National Institute of Studies in Sri Guru Granth Sahib

It is in recognition of the University's commitment to its motto, that the Central Government has sanctioned Rs. 24.80 crores for the establishment of a prestigious National Institute of Studies in Guru Granth Sahib. The Institute will further strengthen the zeal for serving the disadvantaged on the one hand, and conducting dedicated and focussed research into the ecclesiastical aspect of Sikh Religion on the other. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India and Capt. Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab took personal interest in making the Institute a reality.

Principals' Workshops
Principals Workshops are organised so as to make the Principals conversant with the number of development schemes for the colleges and developments in the field of academics. One such Workshop was organised by the College Development Council of the University which was addressed by Dr. C.S.Meena, Joint Secretary, UGC. He said that UGC has formulated a number of Development Schemes for the Colleges to enable them to achieve threshold level. Financial Assistance is given for modernizing teaching, research and administration. It is also given for the purpose of buildings, equipments, campus development, health centres, staff, books and journals, and student amenities. Special development grants are provided for backward areas, adult and continuing education, promotion of Yoga education and positive health. Value based education and human rights are also covered under these grants.
Another Workshop was organised by Academic Staff College of the University. It was addressed by Dr. N.K.Jain, Joint Secretary, UGC and Mr. Ganesh Hagde, Assistant Adviser, NAAC, Bangalore. The Principals of the affiliated Colleges participated in these Workshops. Focus of this Workshop was as to how the NAAC accredited institutions could avail themselves of MoUs with foreign Universities and other institutions.

Innovative and Healthy Practices
During the last few years, the University has evolved a good number of innovative and healthy practices to create still more congenial atmosphere for study and research. As there are countless challenges emerging in the fast changing world and there is a lot of pressure of globalisation and modernisation, there is a dire need to equip the students and the faculty with whatever is the latest and the best in the world of knowledge. Equally important is the need to be visionary and perceptive. The innovative practices take care of both the needs. If strong concern has been about strengthening research by encouraging the teachers with a number of facilities, reserved seats for the poor but meritorious students stand testimony to a visionary concern for the society. Earn while learn, extension services at doorsteps, adoption of backward rural areas for overall development by committing the faculty to the cause, transparency in admission to every course realised through entrance tests at the National, State and University level, complete democratisation in administrative and University functioning, University Website, faculty convocations addressed by top academic and administrative luminaries of the country, making the education system as open as possible and a number of credibility building measures speak of a judicious blend of vision and action.

EDUSAT Network at the University Campus
Guru Nanak Dev University is the first University of India to have EDUSAT Network at the University campus with 120 Interactive Terminals (SITs) at receiving stations to be set up at different institutions. The special feature of EDUSAT being installed at this University would have two-way communication. Both video and audio would make virtual class-room a real life situation. The initial cost of the hub and other equipment for setting up of the Earth Station at the campus and for installation of interactive terminals at remote locations would be about rupees two crores. The Director, Development and Educational Communicational Unit of India Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad had already given his approval for this prestigious and mega project of the University. The University plans to set up Connectivity Via EDUSAT with all of its affiliated colleges and the Associated Institutes under Distance Education Programme from the current academic session 2005-06. The University in pursuance of the objectives enshrined in its Act is the first in the northern region which has taken up the initiative with ISRO for securing uplinking facility with EDUSAT. The Prime Minister of India as well as the Chief Minister of Punjab has evinced special interest in setting up this facility in the University with the approval of ISRO. The University submitted a project to ISRO for setting up of an Earth Station, including hub at the University campus with downlinking (interactive) facility at 120 receiving locations including its regional campuses at Jalandhar and Gurdaspur and also at the constituent colleges at Jalandhar and Niari (District Gurdaspur). The University had already chalked out ambitious plans by using the proposed e-connectivity for telecasting lectures by experts in different fields, sharing valuable information about higher education, providing information regarding funding schemes of the national and international bodies, projecting activities of all kinds of the University as well as of the institutions. In addition to Online Live Lectures, the University has also plans to have connectivity with other higher education channels and bodies like AICTE, Consortium of Educational Communication (CEC) etc. for realizing full benefits of the project. The full potential of EDUSAT is restricted not to on-line lectures alone. Its full potential could be envisioned in terms of E-connectivity for information sharing relating to all aspects of education i.e. access to lectures of world class experts, sharing of information relating to schemes of the UGC, AICTE, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and Technology (DST) and other national and world level bodies and institutions, sports activities, cultural activities, seminars, e-conferences and workshops, on-line examinations and much more. This has been made possible by the interactive nature of the KU band at which the EDUSAT operates. At present, several institutions in India are telecasting their lectures on higher education channels like 'Gyan Darshan', 'DD Bharti' etc. but they are not interactive. Indeed, he said, the students on these channels have to contact the experts delivering lectures online via telephone for any queries. Thus, these systems are Tele-conferencing based systems. But, videoconferencing i.e. two way communication, both video and audio, is a special feature of the EDUSAT which would make virtual class-room a real life situation. EDUSAT would play an important role by way of convergence of higher education at the national and global levels, but its success would depend upon what percentage of students and at what cost, this facility would be made available. Nevertheless, the challenges are wide open and University is prepared to meet them.

Colleges affiliated to the University
At present 134 Colleges (Government 12; Government Aided 60; Unaided 60; Constituent Colleges 2) are affiliated to the University. These include graduate, post-graduate colleges, education, fine arts and design institutions. Around one lac students are enrolled in undergraduate and diploma courses. At the post-graduate level, nineteen courses are offered in Arts and Social Sciences. Seven courses are offered in basic sciences. At the under-graduate level eleven courses are offered. Honours Courses at three levels i.e. B.A. (Hons.), B.Com (Hons.) and B.Sc. Agri (Hons.) are provided for. New courses like Information Technology, Dress Design, Bachelor of Textile have been introduced in addition to Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) and Master of Education (M.Ed.). At the Diploma level there are two courses. Emphasis is laid upon Job-oriented courses both at the under-graduate and post-graduate level in the colleges. Seven courses at the post-graduate level, nine at the under-graduate level, nineteen diploma courses, two certificate courses and twenty-one UGC funded vocational subjects are being taught in the colleges. The new schemes introduced are college Development Fund and Self Assessment Scheme based on NAAC under which a proforma has been printed which is to be filled in by the college teachers; workshop organised for the Principals and teachers of vocational colleges; Periodic Principals' Conferences; E-mail Service provided to the colleges for internet programming; An eight room College Bhawan has been constructed for the teachers to stay during their visit to the University for participation in Seminars, Conferences etc. College Branch at the University has been duly computerised with 12 computers; Colleges have been granted to permission to run the classes in afternoon so as to make the optimum use of educational facilities. For the working classes college development committees are in the offing. Women harassment prevention committees have been organised to check the sexual assaults on women teachers and female students. On the publication side, booklets containing academic information and telephone charts are periodically published and despatched to the colleges. The exhaustive list of courses and the innovating schemes have earned many firsts for the college development council and the University. Courses like Management, Information Technology, Physiotherapy, Design and Fashion are widely spread at the post-graduate, under-graduate and diploma level. These courses aim at equipping the students professionally thereby enabling them to meet the global needs.
Total number of students in the session 2005-06 us 77,667.

Special Convocation
A special convocation was held in honour of Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi and Capt. Amarinder Singh. They were awarded honorary degrees for their splendid contributions in their respective fields. Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi's visit to Indian Punjab has gone a long way in strengthening the bonds of friendship and understanding between the communities of both India and Pakistan.

Annual Convocation
31st Annual Convocation of the University was held on May 1, 2005. It was addressed by Mr. Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan. His memorable remarks were: "Sink our differences before they sink us all". Guru Nanak was the great re-conciliator of conflicting beliefs and the legendary champion of INTER-FAITH harmony. But we refused to oblige. We cut each other's throats. We shed innocent blood. We separated the loved ones from their dear ones. We rendered thousands of blossoms – orphans and we turned hundreds of smiling and sparkling wives into lifeless widows. 'Guru Ji, our heads hang in shame, but all is not lost. We seem to have learnt footsteps to rediscover the path that you showed to us.' University honoured Mr. Justice Ramday, Marshal of the Indian Air Force, Mr. Arjan Singh and Dr. Manohar Singh Gill, former Chief Election Commissioner of India and presently Member Rajya Sabha with Honorary Degrees in recognition of their commendable contribution in their respective fields. The University on this occasion also honoured a renowned playwright and Director, Dr. Atamjit and a former Hockey Olympian Ajit Pal Singh with Gold Medals for their valuable contribution in their respective areas.

Innovative Measures for Strengthening of Research
The University has adopted a good number of innovative measures for strengthening of research like –a) There is a provision for Foreign Travel Grant worth Rs. 2.5 lacs. This amount is doubled under the provision of Matching Grant, made available by the University ( b) Rs. 15 lacs have been provided for research incentives and research projects (c) Rs. 2000 is reimbursed to each teacher who has purchased books and journals worth Rs. 4000/- or has spent the same amount for becoming member of the professional bodies (d) Every teacher is provided travelling allowance of Rs. 5000/- once a year for participating in seminars/conferences in the country (e) There exists provision of good number of University Fellowships alongwith those of the UGC, CSIR, DST, DBT, etc. (f) 20% royalty in advance is given to University teachers for every publication by the University (g) USIC facility to all Departments (h) Young Scientist Award, Literary Award, position of Professor Emeritus and University Fellowships for distinguished scholars have been created (i) Encouragement to teachers for undertaking projects funded by the University. Rs. 10.00 lacs have been provided in this regard (j) Regular upgradation of syllabi as per UGC norms and other central professional bodies undertaken by the statutory academic bodies like Board of Control, Boards of Studies, and Academic Council.

School of Legal Studies
The university from the academic session 2002 has started a School of Legal Studies, an institution of its own kind in the whole Northern India at its new Regional Campus, Ladhewali, Jalandhar to impart quality based and socially relevant instruction in the BA, LLB (Hons.) Course. The duration of this course is five years, consisting of 10 semesters. The object of this School is to meet the new challenges in legal education by adopting latest teaching and research methodology, so as to compete with other national level Law Schools/Institutes in the country.

School of Social Sciences
New courses in BA (Hons School) in Social Sciences at the newly established School of Social Sciences have been specifically designed and meant for outstanding students, who after completing 10+2 wish to excel in social sciences for higher teaching and research or to prepare for competitive examinations. The existing under-graduate courses have been designed for exceptionally brilliant students whose talents remained under-utilized during their graduation in arts and social sciences.

Punjabi Folklore Museum
To popularise Punjabi folklore and to ward it off lecherous distortions, the university has started building up Punjabi Folklore Museum. The Museum provides a fairly desirable knowledge of the rich diversity of the Punjabi folklore which forms the true spirit of the rural Punjab, but which is at discount in the face of materialistic onslaughts. To preserve the rich heritage of Punjabi culture, the university has setup Heritage Village on its campus so as to resurrect consciousness among the younger generations of Punjab which are gradually becoming oblivious of the richness of Punjabi culture. The Heritage Village attracts the future generations as well towards the catholic culture of Punjab. Domestic appliances and the ones used for agriculture purposes like Hult, Khras, Gidda, Khuhi, Velna, Sath etc. have been procured. A number of items of art craft are also being procured from different sources.

Research Projects

So far 55 research projects in different departments have been completed and 22 Research Projects are being worked upon. Some of these are funded by foreign agencies and others by Indian agencies like DST, CSIR, UGC, ICSSR, DBT, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, ICAR, Ministry of Social Justice and Environment, INSA, AICTE, Punjab Government, Forest Department etc.
The all round excellent performance has paid rich dividends as the University has become the first in North India to get assessed from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and got the highest Five Star Level status.

Important Functionary and Contact Information
Addresses Telephone Numbers
Vice Chancellor
Dr. S.P. Singh O-(0183)2258811 R-(0183)2258822
Registrar
Dr.R.S.Bawa O-(0183)2258855 R-(0183)2258866
Dean Academic Affairs
Dr. Gurnam Singh O-(0183)2558237 R-(0183)2450159
Dean Students Welfare
Dr. M.D.Singh O-(0183)2258802-09[Extn. 3155] R-(0183) 2256205