Rajasthan University

The Motto of Rajasthan University is “Dharmo Vishwasya Jagatah Pratishtha” and this is a public type of university. This was established in the year of 1948 and the chancellor of Rajasthan University is ‘Kalyan Singh’. It was located in Jaipur city, Rajasthan in India and it is an urban campus. This is called as one of the oldest university in India and it was setup on the date 08-01-1947 as Raiputana University.

A.            Introduction

a.            The Pre-independence History

b.            The Post-independence History

B.            The Faculties and Departments

a.            The Faculty of Arts

b.            The Faculty of Science

c.             The Faculty of Commerce

d.            The Faculty of Education

e.            The Faculty of Fine Arts

f.             The Faculty of Law

g.            The Faculty of Management

h.            Faculty of the Social Sciences

i.             The Faculty of Technology

j.             The Faculty of Business Administration

k.            Inter Disciplinary Programs

C.            The Residential Student Halls

D.            The University Libraries and centers

E.            The Constituent Colleges

Introduction to Rajasthan University:

Pre-Independence History:

The consideration for the separate University for the state of Raiputana commenced when the Act for University of Allahabad was passed. The prescribed Act for the separations of the classes of intermediate from degree classes as the condition for the affiliations, which means more expenditure for various colleges in city of Jaipur, Ajmer and the Jodhpur, the only institutions or colleges then the imparting education of the University and also it is affiliated to the University of Allahabad. The locality of the University is became the controversial issue. In the end it was decided that the general sense of conference seems that there are very strong obstacles at present to the University of an Raiputana and the institutions or colleges in the Rajasthan city were then affiliated to the University of Agra after the establishment i.e., in the year of 1927. The various efforts were again initiated in the year of 1942 by respected sir Mirza Ismail, sir J. C. Rollo who was appointed as Special Educational Officer then he was the Prime Minister of Jaipur. Later both Mirza Ismail sir and V. T. Krishnamachari sir will took the initiatives of an holding the various tasks with representatives of various cities like Bikaner, Udaipur, Jaipur, Aiwar and the Jodhpur in December in the year of 1946.  Later they agreed for the University establishment at Jodhpur city.

In the Kesargarh the Office of the University was setup temporarily and the University covers the area about 300 acres and about distance of 2 miles from the center of the city the University campus is placed. The University of Hyderabad was granted the annual grant of Rs. 2.5L by participates of the Raiputana state.

Post-Independence History:

The Motto of an University is that the 'Dharmo Vishwasya Jagatah Pratishtha' and instructed or suggested by vice chancellor (or Director) named G. S. Mahajani and she was accepted by an executive Council at the meeting and it was held on 28th of Jan in the year 1948. Sri V. T. Krishnamachary then he is the Diwan of Jaipur city and the pro Vice chancellor (or director) of Rajasthan University in the year 1949 in a month of Feb, he said that this Rajasthan University over one and half of the years has now been in the existence. For that the overall credit goes to srimati G. S. Mahajani. The bodies of University are settled down to their sincere work and later the University has started to conduct all types of examinations and also received the recognition for the degrees. “We are trying to introduce the college of Engineering in Jodhpur city and also the college of Agriculture in the Bikaner”. The primary or first governor general of state of India named Sri C. Rajagopalachari garu had a clear idea that the importance of Universities and their Dignities. When he speaking to the various students of Loyola institute or college, Madras (now it called as Chennai) in the month of August in the year 1948, then he examined that “we have to follow or proceed the Highest Standards for our Universities”.

On Sunday, Feb 20th by the Sri C. Rajagopalachari, the University foundation stone was laid in the year of 1949. With these words he completed his address or location on the occasion. Over Lecturers and the various students the University Motto calls to spread the Dharma throughout or around the world to make a planet earth a good place to live. The Rajasthan University owes very much to foresight, the sincerity and the ability of first 3 vice chancellors or directors of University and the name of those are Sri Dr. GS Mahajan garu, Dr. GC Chatterji and Sri Dr. Mohan Mehta garu who played very important roles in development of Rajasthan University.

Faculties and the Departments: 

Various Faculties and the departments of the Rajasthan University are given below. 

The Faculty of Arts:

•              The Department of English

•              Department of The European Languages, Literature and The Culture Studies

•              The Department of Hindi

•              The Department of Philosophy

•              The Department of Sanskrit

•              The Department of Urdu and The Persian

Faculty of Science:

•              The Department of Botany

•              The Department of Chemistry

•              The Department of Geography

•              The Department of Geology

•              The Department of Home Science

•              The Department of Mathematics

•              Department of the Physics(Physical Science)

•              Department of the Psychology

•              The Department of Statistics

•              The Department of Zoology

Faculty of Commerce:

•              The Department of Accountancy and Business Statistics

•              The Department of Business Administration

•              The Department of Economic Administration and Financial Management

Faculty of Education:

•              The Department of Education

•              Department of the Library and the Information Science(IS)

•              The Department of Physical Education

Faculty of Fine Arts:

•              The Department of Dramatics

•              The Department of Drawing and Painting

•              The Department of Music

•              The Department of Visual Arts

Faculty of Law:

•              The Department of Law

•              The Department of Criminology & Justice

•              The University Five Year Law College

•              The University law college (morning)

•              The University law college center II (evening)

Faculty of Management:

•              R. A. Poddar Institute of the Management

Faculty of Social Sciences:

•              The Department of Anthropology

•              The Department of Economics

•              The Department of History & Indian Culture

•              The Department of Political Science

•              Department of the Public Administration (Admin)

•              Department of the Sociology

Faculty of Technology:

•              The Department of Computer Science & The Technology

•              The Mechanics

•              The Neuroscience

•              The Nanotechnology

•              The Biotechnology & Bioinformatics

•              The Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

•              The Environmental Technology Management

•              The Food and Nutrition Technology

•              Information and the Communication Technology (ICT)

•              The Transportation Management Engineering

Faculty of Business Administration:

•              The Masters of Commerce in Business Administration

•              The Masters of Human Resource Management

•              The Masters of International Business

•              The Masters of Information Management

•              The Executive MBA & Ph.D.

•              The Post Graduate Diploma in marketing (one year)

Interdisciplinary programs:

•              The Department of Construction Management

•              The Department of Development Studies

•              The Department of Project Management

•              The Department of Public Health Science

•              The Department of Urban & Rural Development Studies

The Residential Student Halls:

This Rajasthan University has 16 student halls, and a complex of modern sports, and a largest modern swimming pool with the professional coaching.

The University Libraries and the Centers:

•              The Centre for European Studies

•              The Centre for Jain Studies

•              The Centre for Jyotirvigyan

•              The University Centre for Computer Science and Information Technology

•              The Centre for Development of Physics Education

•              The Centre for Non Conventional Energy Resources

•              The Centre for Water Management & Research

•              The Centre of Indira Gandhi for the Human Ecology, Environment and the Population Studies

•              The CCT (converging technologies)

•              The Centre for Ambedkar Studies

•              The Centre for Buddhist Studies

•              The Centre for Gandhian Studies

•              The Centre for the Study of Local Self Government

•              The Centre for Mass Communication

•              The Centre for Museology & Conservation

•              The Centre for Nehru Studies

•              The Centre for Rajasthan Studies

•              The Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion & Inclusion Policy

•              The Center For Women Studies

•              The Social Science Research Centre

•              The South Asia Study Centre

The Constituent colleges:

•              The University of Commerce College

•              The University of Maharani College 

•              The University of Maharaja College

•              The University of Five Year Law College

•              The University of Law College

•              The University of Law College Center-II

•              The University of Rajasthan College