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Central University of Kashmir (often abbreviated as CUKmr), formerly Central University of Jammu and Kashmir, is a central university located in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It has been established in March 2009 through an Act of Parliament, "The Central Universities Act, 2009" by Govt. of India. The university started functioning from May 2009. The Indian Institute of Ranking Framework (IIRF) placed it in 33rd rank among Central Universities category in 2024.




Academics


The Central University of Kashmir offers a three-year bachelor's degree programme in vocational studies (BVoc), a five-year integrated bachelor's degree programme in arts and laws (BA-LLB), five-year integrated bachelor's and master's degree programmes (BSc-MSc) in biotechnology, mathematics, physics and zoology, a three-year integrated bachelor's and master's degree programme in Education (BEd-MEd) and postgraduate programmes, including LLM, MA, MBA, MCom, MSc, MTech and MTTM. These programmes are offered through different academic departments. At present, the available disciplines are Biotechnology, Business Administration, Commerce, Comparative Religion, Computer Science, Convergent Journalism, Economics, Education, English, Information Technology, Islamic Studies, Law, Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics, Political Science, Teacher Education, Travel and Tourism Management, Urdu, Vocational Studies (in two branches: 1. Retail and Logistic Management & 2. Tourism and Hospitality Management), and Zoology. In addition, research programmes like integrated MPhil-PhD programme in Biotechnology, Economics, Education, English, Journalism, Management Studies, Mathematics, Political Science, Religious Studies, Tourism Studies, and Urdu and direct PhD programme in Law along with few PG diploma programmes (in Guidance and Counselling, Peace and Conflict Studies, and Alternate Banking) are also offered by the university.




Campus


The Central University of Kashmir earlier started its operation from rented accommodations in Hyderpora, Nowgam, Sonwar areas of Srinagar district. It started shifting to its originally allotted district Ganderbal in 2018 and was completely shifted to Ganderbal in 2019.
The university currently operates from four campuses in district Ganderbal: Green Campus at Duderhama, Science Campus at Nunar, Science and Arts Campus at Old Hospital Building, Ganderbal, and Main Campus at Tulmulla.
The main campus at Tulmulla is distributed over a large area of more than 500 acres of land. However, many of its buildings are under construction.




Organisation and administration






= Governance

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The President of India is the Visitor of the University. The Chancellor is the ceremonial head of the university while the executive powers rest with the Vice-chancellor. The Court, the Executive Council, the Academic Council, the Board of studies and the Finance Committee are the administrative authorities of the university.
The University Court is the supreme authority of the university and has the power to review, the broad policies and programmes of the university and to suggest measures for the improvement and development of the university; The Executive Council is the highest executive body of the university. The Academic Council is the highest academic body of the university and is responsible for the co-ordination and exercising general supervision over the academic policies of the university. It has the right to advise the Executive Council on all academic matters. The Finance Committee is responsible for recommending financial policies, goals, and budgets.




= Chancellors of the University

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Dr. Srikumar Banerjee (2012-2017)
Lt. General Syed Ata Hasnain (Incumbent)




= Vice-Chancellors of the University

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Prof. Abdul Wahid Qureshi (2009-2014)
Prof. Mehraj-ud-Din Mir (2014-2021)
Prof. Farooq Ahmad Shah (2021-2023)
Prof. A Ravinder Nath (Incumbent)




Schools and Centres


The university comprises the following schools and centres:

School of Business Studies
Department of Commerce
Department of Management Studies
Department of Tourism Studies
School of Education
Department of Education
Department of Physical Education
School of Engineering & Technology
Department of Information Technology
School of Languages
Department of English
Department of Kashmiri
Department of Urdu
School of Legal Studies
Department of Law
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Multidisciplinary Research Centre for Law, Public Policy and Social Action
School of Life Sciences
Department of Animal Sciences (Zoology)
Department of Botany
Department of Biotechnology
School of Media Studies
Department of Communication & Journalism
School of Physical & Chemical Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
School of Social Sciences
Department of Economics
Department of Politics and Governance
Department of Religious Studies
Mahatma Gandhi Centre For Interdisciplinary Research




Notable Alumni


Sanna Irshad Mattoo - Pulitzer prize winner
Masrat Zahra - Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism award winner
MC Kash - Rapper




Other people


Shahnaz Bashir - Novelist




See also


University of Kashmir
University of Jammu
Central University of Jammu
Cluster University of Srinagar
Cluster University of Jammu
SKUAST, Jammu




References






External links


Official website

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