www.hpuniv.nic.in Himacha Pradesh University Shima - INDIA
Himacha Pradesh University T he Himacha Pradesh University was founded on Juy 22, 1970. It is ocated at Summer Hi which is at a distance of 5 kms from the main town, Shima. The University is nested amidst ta and ush green trees of deodars, oats, pines and rhododendrons. The ocation of the University presents a panoramic natura view among the woods, setted around Summer Hi. The camps where one haf bathes in the fresh sun towards the east and another haf in the grandeur of unique sunset on the West. Overooking snow peaked majestic mountain ranges add to the ofty ideas and vision of the university. Its saubrious cimate and camness presents congenia atmosphere to pursue higher studies. The University campus occupies an area of 200 acres and has been designed to possess a distinctive architectura stye. Himacha Pradesh University is the ony muti-facuty and affiiating University in the state. It firmy beieves in what India's first Prime Minister Jawahar La Nehru said in his oft. Cited convocation address at the University of Aahabad, A University stands for humanism, for toerance, for region, for progress, for the adventure of ideas and for the search for truth. It stands for the onward march of the human race towards even higher Mission & Objectives To cutivate the spirit of free enquiry, to foster independent and critica thinking, to be a repository of knowedge, to be an instrument of dissemination of knowedge and to promote the traditions, vaues enshrined in Indian heritage and tradition. To be specific, its purpose is to empower, in particuar, the peope of Himaha Pradesh, most of whom ives in difficut, remote and triba areas, through educationa processes by undertaking teaching, research and outreach programmes. Further, it strives to have a system of higher education rigorousy inteectua and sociay reevant. It is to incucate in students vaues of reason, discipine, democracy, patriotism, respect for differences, rigor, objectivity, professionaism, socia responsibiity, cooperation, non-vioence and perfectionism. The University aims at providing opportunity, both through the forma and distance mode, for tota quaity education to everyone irrespective of gender, race, creed, caste, or cass. It is engaged in equipping students with reevant and appropriate skis, attitudes and experiences for meeting the chaenges of ife. Hence broady speaking, the mission of the University is to usher Himacha Pradesh and India into the new miennium as a eading contributor in the fied of education and research both in the socia sciences, anguages, behaviouria sciences and in science & technoogy.
Major Thrust-Research Areas Integrated Himaayan Studies Appication of Biotechnoogy in Forestry, Agricuture and Horticuture Mycorrhiza Technoogy, Ecoogy, Taxonomy, Ethno Botany, Biodiversity, Wood Science, Honeybees, Cytogenetics, Pant and Anima Physioogy, etc. Poymer Chemistry, Anaytica Chemistry. Computer Appications in Software Deveopment. Computationa Physics, Nucear Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Soar Neutrino Physics. Hydro-dynamic and Hydro-magnetic Stabiity, Pasma Physics, Fuzzy Agebra, Motion of Non-newtonian Fuids. Sustainabe Deveopment, Poverty, Triba Studies, Human Resource Deveopment. Human Geography, Remote Sensing, Popuation Studies, Environment. Trade and Commerce, Tourism, Export Marketing, Banking, Rura Deveopment, Agricutura and Horticutura Studies. Cutura Studies, Fok Literature, Handicrafts. Cinica Psychoogy, Post-coonia and Subatern Perspectives on History, Art, Cuture and Media. Women Studies, Canadian Studies, Teacher Education, Adut Education and Extension. Administrative Set Up CHANCELLOR (Governor) Vice Chanceor Registrar, Dean of Studies, Dean of Students Wefare, Dean of Facuties, Finance Officer, Controer of Examinations, Panning and Deveopment Officer, Directors of Constituent units and speciaized centers, Chief Warden, Chairpersons of Departments, Wardens, Librarian, Deputy Registrars, Assistant Registrars and Assistant Directors. Facuties Ayurveda Commerce and Business Administration Denta Sciences Education Engineering Languages Law Life Sciences Medica Sciences Performing and Visua Arts Physica Sciences Socia Sciences A above are H.P. University Campus based except Ayurveda, Medica & Denta Facuties.
Affiiated & Constituent Institutes Affiiated & Constituent Coeges = 300 The University has both conventiona and professiona coeges affiiated to it. These incude sixty four Government UG and PG Coeges & five Govt. Sanskrit Coeges, fifty four Governmentaided/private coeges running UG /PG Courses, two Research Institutes, 74 Coeges of Education, six Law Coeges, two Medica Coeges, one Ayurveda Coege, five Denta Coeges, one Homeopathic Coege, twenty seven Engineering & Management Coeges, thirteen Pharmacy Coege, six aw Coeges, University Coege of Business Studies, Univ.Schoo of Lega Studies, Himacha Pradesh University Center for Evening Studies and Regiona Centre. H P U Centre for Evening Studies (HPUCES) The H.P. University Evening Coege was estabished in Juy1962 to cater the needs of economicay weaker sections. Admission to the coege is restricted to empoyed men foowing the principe of earning whie earning the women are exempted from this condition. Internationa Centre for Distance Education and Open Learning (ICDEOL). The Himacha Pradesh University set up a Directorate of Correspondence Courses immediatey after its estabishment in 1970. The University has payed a pioneering roe in aunching the programme of distance education at under graduate and post graduate eve. It was the first University in India to impart instruction at under graduate and post graduate eve in sociasciences, humanities, commerce and teacher training through the mode of distance education. The Directorate of Correspondence Courses graduay adopted the muti-media approach to impart instructions and has been renamed as the Internationa Centre for Distance Education and Open Learning (ICDEOL). It is ocated with in the campus of the University. H.P. University Regiona Centre at Dharamsaa The Regiona Centre of the University was set up in Juy 1992 at Dharamsaa in Kangra district which is aso the abode of the Daai Lama and the exied Tibetans. The Centre has a schoo of ega studies and offers post graduate courses in discipines of science, arts and humanities.
University Campus Teaching Departments Department of Chemistry Department of Computer Sciences Department of Mathematics & Statistics Department of Physics Department of Bio Sciences Department of Biotechnoogy Department of Economics Department of Geography Department of History Department of Journaism and Mass Communication Department of Poitica Science Department of Psychoogy Department of Pubic Administration Department of Socioogy Department of Yoga Studies Department of Commerce HP University Business Schoo (MBA) Department of Tourism & Vocationa Studies (MTA) Department of Education Department of Physica Education Department of Law Department of Engish Department of Hindi Department of Modern European and Foreign Languages Department of Sanskrit Department of Performing Arts Department of Visua Arts Department of Buddhist Studies Department of Eectronics (non-functiona) The university has we estabished admission poicy governed by the University rues and reguations in case of a undergraduates, postgraduates, M. Phi and Ph.D courses. The admission to most of the courses (both PG and Dipoma/certificate eve) in the University is reguated on the basis of merit in Entrance Test. The criteria and procedure for admission to a specific course is avaiabe on the web-site of the University, i.e. www.hpuniv.nic.in Speciaised Centres UGC-Academic Staff Coege (ASC) Agro Economic Research Centre (AERC) Bio-Informatics Centre Canadian Study and Deveopment Programme (CSDP) Centre for Adut, Continuing Education and Extension, Himacha Pradesh University. Centre for Austraian and Newzeaand Studies Computer Centre Directorate of Physica Education and Youth Wefare Nehru Study Centre Popuation Research Centre Pre Examination Coaching Centre Science and Technoogica Entrepreneuria Park (STEP) Triba Studies Centre University Institute of I n f o r m a t i o n Te c h n o o g y (UIIT) Vivekanand Centre Women's Deveopment Centre Deen Dayaa Upadhayaya Chair Regiona fied unit of NTS India
Institute of Integrated Himaayan Studies (UGC-Centre of Exceence) The Institute of Integrated Himaayan Studies is the UGC Centre of Exceence which has been estabished in Apri 2002 in Himacha Pradesh University. The aim of the institute is to create an integrated knowedge base and to evove strategies for the deveopment of Himaayan region through research, academic courses and service with a goba perspective. The main objectives of the institute are to compie status reports of a information avaiabe on Himacha Himaayas, to buid a Database and a bibiography of Literature in reevant areas and to undertake research in order to generate primary data and to pubish the resuts of the research. Library Impre rich Six-storey Library 2,11,685 books 345 periodicas and journas 600 seating capacity Faciities Physica Infrastructure Teaching Department Bocks: 12 muti-story buidings We equipped aboratories, seminar rooms/has, Cyber Café, computer abs. EPABX, etc. Administrative Bocks-2 Hoste Bocks-16 Facuty House-1 Auditorium -1 Residentia faciity for teaching and non-teaching empoyees Distinct Features of University Accredited by Nationa Assessment & Accreditation Counci UGC recognized Centre for Exceence in Himaayan Studies Pioneered NRI (Sef Financing) Scheme First to start Distance Education in the country Inteectuay and Professionay enriched facuty HPU Aumni Exceed in A Spheres Fair and creditabe semester system of examinations Specia assistance departments of History, Physics, Bio-Technoogy, Chemistry, Bio-Sciences Academic Staff Coege one of the best in India Commendabe performance in sports and cutura activities at nationa eve. Congenia environment for higher studies Substantia number of students quaify NET, GATE and other competitive examinations every year Linkages with nationa and internationa institutions The cuture of hoding seminars, workshops, conferences, symposia, etc. Nationa eve achievements in NCC, NSS, youth wefare programmes. Free education to gir students One seat reserved in each department for singe gir chid