Punjabi University
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Punjabi University, in Patiala, is one of the premier institutions of higher education in Punjab, India.
It was established on the 30 April, 1962, and is only the second University in the world to be named after a language, the first being Hebrew University of Israel. Originally the university was conceived as a unitary multi-faculty teaching and research university, and primarily meant for the development and enrichment of Punjabi language and culture, but alive to the social and educational requirements of the state. It grew into an affiliating university in 1969, and has since developed significantly, and acquired a distinctive character among the centres of education and research in the country.
The university campus is situated on 316 acres, on the Patiala Chandigarh road, 7 km from the main city. The University also has three regional centres, namely The Guru Kashi Regional Centre at Bathinda, The Guru Kashi Campus at Talwandi Sabo and The Nawab Sher Mohammad Khan Institute of Advanced Studies in Urdu, Persian and Arabic at Malerkotla.
The institution has over fifty five teaching and research departments, covering disciplines in Humanities and Sciences, as diverse as Fine Arts, Computer Science and Space Physics. The Department of Computer Science, in particular, has evolved into a centre of excellence, with graduates all over the globe.
External links
- [Punjabi University,Patiala]
- [Punjabi University, Guru Kashi Campus, Talwandi Sabo]
- [Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi language, Literature and Culture, Punjabi University, Patiala]
- [Yadavindra College of Engineering, Punjabi University, Guru Kashi Campus, Talwandi Sabo]
- [List of Colleges under Punjabi University, Patiala]
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