Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state collegiate university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh.

Auditorium

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
Former name
Kanpur University
Motto in English
Rise from Darkness to Light
TypeState
Established9 February 1966 (1966-02-09)
ChancellorGovernor of Uttar Pradesh
Vice-ChancellorVinay Kumar Pathak
Location
Kalyanpur, Kanpur
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
India

26.4983°N 80.2658°E / 26.4983; 80.2658
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUGC
Websitecsjmu.ac.in
Aerial view of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Campus

Administration

The administration is the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and the members of the executive council, the court and the academic council of the university.

The Kulpati (Vice-Chancellor) is a whole-time salaried officer of the university and is appointed by the chancellor from amongst the names submitted to him by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions above U.P. Universities Act 1973.[1]

Colleges

The university is affiliating university all non engineering, non medical (including pharmacy), non MBA degree, non MCA degree offering colleges of Auraiya district, Etawah district, Farrukhabad district, Kannauj district, Kanpur Dehat district, Kanpur Nagar district and Unnao district from the year of 2020.[2] Notable affiliated colleges include DAV College, Kanpur, Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College, Christ Church College, Kanpur, Pandit Prithi Nath College , Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College etc.

Formerly affiliated institutions

The list of formerly affiliated notable college who now have university status or now affiliated with another university-

Departments

The university has several departments, including:

University Institute of Engineering and Technology
Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

The University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) is now a department of the university. It was founded in 1996 (earlier known as Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur)The University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), School of Engineering and Technology, and is an engineering and technology institute in Kanpur.

Notable alumni

Government and politics

Academics

Others
  • Mohammad Kaif, cricketer (dropout)[6]
  • Anny Divya, pilot, attended Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Aviation
  • Veena Sahasrabuddhe, vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music
  • Rahul Mishra, won the International Woolmark Prize in 2014 at Milan Fashion Week

References
  1. "Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur". www.kanpuruniversity.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  2. "कानपुर यूनिवर्सिटी से इन 400 कालेजों की संबद्धता खत्म | the association of these 400 colleges with Kanpur University ends". October 2020.
  3. "Ram Nath Kovind". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  4. "Lal Ji Verma(BSP Expels MLA):Constituency- KATEHARI(AMBEDKAR NAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  5. Arts, College of Liberal. "RENU KHATOR // Purdue College of Liberal Arts". Purdue College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  6. "इस ग्लैमरस लड़की का हसबैंड है ये क्रिकेटर, नहीं पूरा कर पाया ग्रैजुएशन". Dainik Bhaskar. 1 December 2017.
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