Chaudhary Charan Singh University

This article is about the general university. For the agricultural university, see Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University.

Chaudhary Charan Singh University

Former names	Meerut University
Motto	यत्र सत्यस्य परमं निधानम्
Motto in English	Where that supreme treasure of Truth resides
Type	Public
Established	1965
Chancellor	Mr Ram Naik (Governor of Uttar Pradesh)
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Narendra Kumar Taneja
Registrar	Deep Chand (Sr. P.C.S officer)
Location	Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
Campus	Urban
Nickname	CCSU
Affiliations	UGC, NAAC, AIU
Website	www.ccsuniversity.ac.in
Location in Uttar Pradesh

Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCS University; Hindi: चौधरी चरण सिंह विश्वविद्यालय), formerly Meerut University, is a public state university located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university was established in 1965.^[1] It was later renamed to its current name after Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime minister of India.^[1] The university celebrated its silver jubilee in 1991.

Professor Narendra Kumar Taneja is the current vice-chancellor of the university.^[2]

History

M.Phil and Ph.D. programmes were started in 1969 taking credit of becoming first University in the country to introduce M.Phil. programme. In 1973, Post Graduate level courses were also introduced with the modernized syllabi.

Academics

There are five faculties with 22 UGC sponsored and 35 self financed/job oriented courses being run in the campus. A distinct feature of the academic program is the semester system.

Libraries

Library was established in 1968 to serve the academic community of the university in particular and this region of the state in general. In 1969, the library was temporarily moved in L.L.R.M Medical College Campus. A few buildings were built in 1970 at the university campus and the library was housed in room No. 106 on the ground floor of the Institute of Advanced Studies. Construction of the library was started in 1970 and it was formally declared open by the first Chancellor, Dr Gopal Reddy on 11th January1972. The shoebox type library building is designed on modular pattern. Its countless louvers, gentle ramps and full-length glass panels on all sides add to its beauty. It provides 2655.38 sq. meters of floor area spread over four floors. The Library is now known as Raja Mahendra Pratap Library.

Affiliated colleges

The University has many degree colleges affiliated to it. They fall in two divisions: Saharanpur and Meerut with nine districts including Saharanpur, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Gautam Budh Nagar, Bagpat, Hapur, Bulandshahr and Ghaziabad.There are 485 colleges in 2014 affiliated to the university.

Notable alumni

Mayawati, Indian Politician
K.C. Tyagi, Indian Politician
Lt Gen Kamal Davar, Indian Army officer, first Director General of the Defence Intelligence Agency
Arun Govil, film actor
Deepti Bhatnagar, actress and model
Yuvika Chaudhary, actress
Jai Verma, Nottingham-based poetess and Hindi language/culture advocate.

References

1 2 "Chaudhary Charan Singh University - About Us". Retrieved 19 March 2011.
↑ "UPTU, Chaudhary Charan Singh University get new VCs". Retrieved 2015-10-29.

External links

Official website

Universities in Uttar Pradesh

Central	Aligarh Muslim University Avadh University Allahabad University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Banaras Hindu University Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University

State	Avadh University Bundelkhand University Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Chaudhary Charan Singh University Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University DSM National Rehabilitation University Gautam Buddha University Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi~Farsi University King George's Medical University Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth M. J. P. Rohilkhand University Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology Purvanchal University Sampurnanand Sanskrit University University of Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Medical Sciences University Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University

Private	Amity University Babu Banarasi Das University Galgotias University GLA University IFTM University Integral University Invertis University Mangalayatan University Mohammad Ali Jauhar University Monad University Rama University Sharda University Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University Shiv Nadar University Shobhit University Shri Venkateshwara University Swami Vivekanand Subharti University Teerthanker Mahaveer University Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University

Deemed	Bhatkhande Music Institute Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies Dayalbagh Educational Institute Indian Veterinary Research Institute Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences(SGPGIMS), Lucknow

Meerut division topics

General	Doab Noida National Capital Region Chaudhary Charan Singh University Shobhit University Okhla Sanctuary

Mythology, history	Meerut Conspiracy Case

Districts	Bagpat Bulandshahr Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Hapur Meerut

Rivers, dams, lakes	Yamuna Ganga Hindon

Languages, people	Hindi Khariboli Standard Hindi Urdu Western Hindi Jat Gujjar

Transport	NH 24 NH 58 Noida Greater Noida Expressway Yamuna Expressway Upper Ganga Canal Expressway NH 91 NH 119

Industries	NTPC Dadri

Lok Sabha constituencies	Baghpat Bulandshahr Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Meerut-Hapur

See also	Cities and towns in Bagpat district Cities and towns in Bulandshahr district Cities and towns in Gautam Buddha Nagar district Cities and towns in Ghaziabad district Cities and towns in Meerut district Cities and towns in Panchsheel Nagar district Villages in Bagpat district Villages in Bulandshahr district Villages in Gautam Buddh Nagar district Villages in Ghaziabad district People from Bagpat district People from Bulandshahr People from Gautam Buddha Nagar People from Ghaziabad People from Meerut

Other Divisions	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Faizabad Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Lucknow Mirzapur Moradabad Saharanpur Varanasi

Coordinates: 28°58′12″N 77°44′29″E / 28.9700°N 77.7415°E / 28.9700; 77.7415

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