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Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya

Summary

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya is a central university in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of Chhattisgarh's largest and oldest institutions of higher education. Established under Central Universities Act 2009, No. 25 of 2009.

Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
Mottogyan panth kripan kae dhara (Sanskrit)
TypePublic
Established16 June 1983; 40 years ago (1983-06-16)
AccreditationNAAC
Academic affiliations
ChancellorAshok Gajanan Modak
Vice-ChancellorAlok Kumar Chakrawal[1]
VisitorPresident of India
Academic staff
365[2]
Students8,256[2]
Undergraduates5,839[2]
Postgraduates2,100[2]
317[2]
Location
Bilaspur
,
Chhattisgarh
,
India

22°07′45″N 82°08′10″E / 22.1293°N 82.1360°E / 22.1293; 82.1360
CampusUrban
655 acres (265 ha)
Websitewww.ggu.ac.in

Formerly known as Guru Ghasidas University (GGU), established by an Act of the State Legislative Assembly, it was formally inaugurated on 16 June 1983. GGV is an active member of the Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities. The National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited the university as 'A++'.[3] The university is named after the Satnami Guru Ghasidas.

Campus edit

Guru Ghasidas University campus spread over an area of 700 acres (2.8 km2), five kilometres from the main Bilaspur town. The Arpa river runs parallel to the university campus.

Library edit

 
Central Library of GGV

The Central Library of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya comprises more than 105,000 books, 3,950 back volumes of journals and 1,100 Ph.D. theses.[4] The library also provides access to online databases, e-journals and e-books. This library has a well Wi-Fi system along with a sufficient number computers for free access. Along with Central library, departments of GGV have their separate Departmental libraries. The library has been recently named as Nalanda Central Library.[4]

Auditorium edit

The University Auditorium near the administrative block can accommodate about 800 people.[5]

Residential student halls edit

GGV is a residential institution.[6] There are six hostels at GGV, three for boys, namely Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Hostel, Swami Vivekananda Hostel and Shaheed Veer Narayan Hostel[7] and three for girls namely Raj Mohini Devi Girls Hostel, Minimata Girls Hostel, Bilasa Devi Girls Hostel. Every hostel has a common room, a TV room, a reading room and an attached mess that serves vegetarian food. There is Internet Facility in Hostels, availed by MHRD. They have a good academic environment for students. Faculty members of university act as wardens for supervision of them.[8][9]

  • Swami Vivekanand Boys Hostel: This hostel has 436 seats and is located near the main gate of the campus. The hostel has four blocks with double occupancy rooms. The residents of this hostel are second, third and fourth year students from all the different branches of engineering.[8][9]
  • Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Boys Hostel: This hostel has 200 seats and is located near the School of Studies of Engineering and Technology of the campus. The hostel has two blocks with double occupancy rooms. The residents of this hostel are first year students from all the different branches of engineering.[8][9]
  • Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Boys Hostel: This hostel has 200 seats and is located near the School of Studies of Engineering and Technology of the campus. The hostel has two blocks with double occupancy rooms. The residents of this hostel are students from all the other departments except engineering.[8][9]
  • Raj Mohini Devi Girls Hostel: This hostel has 436 seats and is located near the School of Studies of Arts of the campus. The hostel has four blocks with double occupancy rooms.[8][9]

Health Centre edit

The University Health Centre, near the University Computer Centre, has one Medical Officer, supporting staff and visiting specialists from CIMS.[10]

Sports complex edit

The university has a sports complex with facilities for various indoor and outdoor games such as Badminton, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Cricket, and Athletics etc. The university also organizes inter-college and inter-University sports competitions and encourages students to participate in national and international events.[11]

Cafeteria edit

The university has a cafeteria near the Administrative Building that provides snacks, tea, coffee, cold drinks, etc. during office hours from 09 a.m. to 06 p.m. on all working days. Canteen committee appointed by the university monitors the quality, rates & standard.[12]

Bank edit

There is a branch of Punjab National Bank on campus with ATM.[13]

Post office edit

The post office on campus is a branch of Koni, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, 495009.[13]

Transport edit

The university has a fleet of buses that ply between the campus and the city (Nehru Chowk) for students and employees of this university at regular intervals. The buses are also available for educational tours and excursions.[14]

Organisation and administration edit

The university is structured into the following academic divisions:

  1. Anthropology & Tribal Development
  2. Biotechnology
  3. Botany
  4. Chemistry
  5. Commerce
  6. Computer Science & Information Technology
  7. Economics
  8. Education
  9. English and Foreign Language
  10. Forensic Science
  11. Forestry, Wild Life & Environment Sc.
  12. Hindi
  13. History
  14. Institute of Technology
  15. Journalism & Mass Communication
  16. Law
  17. Library & Information Science
  18. Management
  19. Pharmacy
  20. Physical Education
  21. Pure & Applied Mathematics
  22. Pure & Applied Physics
  23. Political Sc. & Public Administration
  24. Rural Technology
  25. Social Work
  26. Zoology

School of Studies in Engineering and Technology edit

 
Institute of Technology

Institute of Technology, Guru Ghasidas University (IT-GGV) is a Constituent institution of Guru Ghasidas University. It was established in 1997. Currently, institute offers Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology and Ph.D in various engineering disciplines. Admissions to B.Tech. is done on the basis of merit obtained by the candidate in JEE-main.[citation needed]

National Centre for Accelerator Based Research edit

GGV is going to establish a 3.0 MV pelletron accelerator(9SDH-4, NEC).[15][16][17] This is accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Board of Research in Nuclear Science, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India and the university, which is for setting a Special Scientific Centre in the campus with the name "National Centre for Accelerator-based Research"(in short NCAR).[18] This inter-disciplinary research facility is related to atomic energy, it would help to create skilled manpower required for nuclear plants. NCAR will be the first of its kind in entire Central India.[18] The machine have already reached from National Electrostatics Corporation, United States.[19] The process of developing necessary infrastructure is going on. NCAR organized two days national workshop on particle accelerator under the aegis of Indian Society of Particle Accelerator(ISPA) on 18–19 February 2014.[20][21]

Academic profile edit

Ranking edit

University and college rankings
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2022)[22]43


Guru Ghasidas University was ranked 43 in the pharmacy ranking in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022.[23]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "President Ram Nath Kovind approves appointments of vice chancellors of 12 central universities: Ministry of education". The Times of India 13:29 IST. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Data for NIRF'2022'" (PDF). Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya.
  3. ^ "JoSSA Institute of Technology Report". Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2023. JoSAA. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Central Library | Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.)".
  5. ^ "University Auditorium (RAJAT JAYANTI SABHAGAR)". Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ^ "GGV :: Online Registration System". Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Hostels | Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.)".
  8. ^ a b c d e "Hostels". Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya - [GGU], Bilaspur - Hostel Details". Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Health Center". Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  11. ^ "GURU GHASIDAS VISWAVIDYALYA FITNESS CLUB - ggu.ac.in" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Cafeteria". Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Bank / ATM / Post Office Facility". Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Bus Service". Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.). Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  15. ^ "DAE-BRNS Indian Particle Accelerator Conference, 2013 (InPAC-2013)". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  16. ^ "GURU GHASIDAS VISHWAVIDYALAYA BILASPUR (CG)". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  17. ^ "Guru Ghasidas Central University vice-chancellor to head research chair after retirement". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  18. ^ a b "Schools in Chhattisgarh : Schools in Bhilai, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Korba CG". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  19. ^ "Ghasidas varsity gets rare pelletron accelerator". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  20. ^ http://ispa.org.in/index.php/2-uncategorised/45-2014-01-23-17-09-00 [bare URL]
  21. ^ "NCAR". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  22. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Pharmacy)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
  23. ^ "NIRF Ranking 2022". Retrieved 21 May 2023.

External links edit

  • Official website www.ggu.ac.in

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