Kaziranga University
| ASSAM KAZIRANGA UNIVERSITY | |
| Motto | Knowledge and Beyond |
|---|---|
| Type | State Private - Research University |
| Established | 2012 |
| Affiliation | UGC & AICTE |
| Chairperson | M. D. Khaitan |
| President | P. K. Mishra |
| Vice-Chancellor | Vilas M Salokhe |
| Dean | Biswarup Saikia (School of Engineering & Technology), Jahar Bagchi (School of Business) |
| Director | Arnab Sarma |
| Location | Koraikhowa, Jorhat, Assam, India |
| Campus | Sub urban |
| Nickname | KU |
| Mascot | The Indian One Horn Rhino |
| Affiliations | University Grants Commission |
| Website | Official Website |
The Assam Kaziranga University[1][2][3] [4][5] (known as Kaziranga University) is a Private university established through the Assam Kaziranga University Act, 2012[6] created under Assam Private Universities Act 2007 in the State of Assam, India in the year 2012. The University is located near the city of Jorhat, in the State of Assam, India. The university is one of its kind in the region of North East India offering courses in various fields.
Organisation
The university provides courses in Engineering, Management, Computing Sciences and Basic sciences. It has four constituent institutes:
- KU School of Business: The regular courses offered are MBA, BBA, BBA (Global, BCom and Integrated MBA
- KU School of Engineering and Technology. The Courses offered are M.Tech, B.Tech and Integrated MTech and Integrated MBA (with B.Tech)
- KU School of Basic Sciences. Courses offered are MSc (Physics), MSc (Chemistry), MSc (Mathematics) and Integrated MSc in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics)
- KU School of Computing Sciences. Courses offered are MSc (IT) and Integrated MSc (IT)
Partnerships
It has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK's University of Plymouth,[4][7][8] to facilitate exchange of learning, faculty and students between the two universities and with Cardiff Metropolitan University (CMU)[9][10][11][12][13] of United Kingdom for joint research and student cum faculty exchange programme. Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences was the first Indian university to collaborate with KU when it signed the MoU in 2011.[14] Every Year KU MBA students are taken to Nanyang Technological University for a Global Immersion Program and for one month they go to Great Lakes Institute of Management for a National Immersion Program. The University has collaborated with various Industry partners for delivering domain specific training to their Engineering Students.
References
- ↑ Private Universities - University Grants Commission
- ↑ http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/alluniversity.pdf
- ↑ University
- 1 2 Kaziranga University to open up in Jorhat - Yahoo! News India
- ↑ State to get its third private university - Times Of India
- ↑ Kaziranga University to start session in July - Times Of India
- ↑ Plymouth ties up with Kaziranga University - Hindustan Times
- ↑ University of Plymouth signs MoU with Kaziranga University - Times Of India
- ↑ Kaziranga University ties up with UK institution | Edu-Leaders
- ↑ Kaziranga University ties up with UK institution | Business Standard
- ↑ Kaziranga University ties up with Cardiff Metropolitan University UK - Economic Times
- ↑ Kaziranga University ties up with UK institution for joint research and exchange programme - Times Of India
- ↑ Business Line : News / Education : Kaziranga University ties up with UK varsity
- ↑ http://www.kazirangauniversity.in/notice/2011-12/2011.pdf
External links
Coordinates: 26°45′00″N 94°13′12″E / 26.7500°N 94.2200°E