Banasthali University

Banasthali University
वनस्थली विद्यापीठ
Banasthali Vidyapith
Motto University for Women: University with a difference
Type Private
Established October 1935
President Chitra Purohit
Vice-president Siddharth Shastri
Vice-Chancellor Aditya Shastri
Location Tonk, Rajasthan, India
26°22′48″N 75°51′19″E / 26.38°N 75.855278°E / 26.38; 75.855278Coordinates: 26°22′48″N 75°51′19″E / 26.38°N 75.855278°E / 26.38; 75.855278
Campus Rural, more than 850 acres (3.4 km2)
Pro - Vice Chancellor Ina Shastri
Affiliations UGC[1]
Website www.banasthali.org

Banasthali University (Banasthali Vidyapith Hindi: वनस्थली विद्यापीठ) is a women's university located in the Tonk district in Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a deemed university[2] offering programs at school, undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate level.

Overview

Banasthali Vidyapith is a fully residential women's university which offers an integrated system extending from the primary to the Ph.D. level. It is the largest residential university for women in the world and indeed not just a pride of India but a true nation builder.

Banasthali Vidyapith was founded on October 6, 1935 by eminent freedom fighters and educationists, Pt. Hiralal Shastri the first Chief Minister of state of Rajasthan and Smt. Ratan Shastri awarded with Padma Shri1955, Padma Bhushan1975 by President of India and honoured by Jamnalal Bajaj Award1990 for her service to the cause of women's education. The institution is known world over for its dedication to the noble cause of women education and was declared as an institution 'deemed to be university' in 1983. While NAAC has re-accredited Banasthali Vidyapith at the highest possible ‘Grade A’ level in 2011, the ‘Review Committee (Tandon Committee) of Ministry of HRD’ also appreciated the overall efforts of Vidyapith in areas of Institutional Governance, Academic Achievements, Research, Student Progression, Infrastructure etc. and categorized Banasthali Vidyapith under ‘Category A’ list of ‘Institutions deemed to be university’ in the year 2010.

Furthermore a rigorous All India Universities’ Survey by AC Nielsen-India Today in 2012 ranked Vidyapith at Ist position (Factual Rank). If aspects like exclusive dedication to women education, fully residential character, rural surrounding amidst its own unmatchable campus of 850 acres, range of courses from Nursery to Ph.D., national representation of students, focus on Indian ethos & culture are considered in totality, than there is no institution like Banasthali Vidyapith in the entire country. It is encouraging to note that that the Hon’ble Governor of Gujarat, Smt. Kamla Beniwal, Speaker of Loksabha, Smt. Meira Kumar and Chief People Officer of Reliance Entertainment, Smt. Saagarika Ghosal are among our alumni. Banasthali Vidyapith has been registered under the Indian Societies Registration Act 1860.

CSR at University: The Vidyapith has been able to improve its infrastructure vastly. Much of this was made possible by generous support of Vidyapith’s well-wishers. State Bank of India, Mahindra and Mahindra, Bajaj Foundation, ICICI Bank, Kanoria Group, Bank of Nova Scotia, Artech-Dalmia etc. have already done generous philanthropy under CSR. Banasthali Vidyapith is the first University in India that has started 'Centre for Financial Planning Training and Research for Women' and has started receiving CSR grants from corporate to support financial literacy for women through free workshops, e-learning modules and knowledge creation through research papers, course inclusion in MBA/BBA and doctoral research in financial planning.

It is situated 72 km south west of the capital Jaipur of Rajasthan. Newai is a major town close to the university. Banasthali Vidyapith is a center of learning for girls from nursery to post-graduate stage, offering them modern education together with India's cultural and traditional values.

Management

The main statutory bodies of Banasthali Vidyapith are:

Faculties:

List of Officers

A national institution for women's education

The Vidyapith has had virtual autonomy for its school programmes since the very beginning and was affiliated to an outside agency for its university programmes in 1983. In 1983 the government of India, on the advice of the University Grants Commission, notified the Vidyapith as an institution deemed to be university.

The Vidyapith, after attaining university status in 1983, restructured its undergraduate programme. At the postgraduate level, the Vidyapith introduced courses in Computer Science, Operational Research, Electronics and Biotechnology. Teacher Education and Management have been started. New courses include M.Sc. (Bio-Informatics), M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) and M.Sc. (Applied Microbiology).

Along with professional programmes such as MBA and MCA, all postgraduate courses in the Faculty of Science have a semester system. From 2004 all Social Science, Humanities and Home Science Post-graduate programmes have been run as semester courses.

Accreditation

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited Banasthali University with ‘A’ grade – the highest possible grade. The Ministry of HRD has listed the university under the top category, i.e. 'MHRD A Category'

References

  1. ↑ "Deemed University Directory, University Grants Commission, India". ugc.ac.in. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  2. ↑ "List of Deemed Universities". education.nic.in. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-19.

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