Kurukshetra University : Haryana's Pride

The Kurukshetra University (KU) was established in 1956, in Kurukshetra, Haryana, situated about 160 kms
away from delhi. It was inaugurated by India's first President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. The KU campus is situated
on the western bank of the Brahm Sarover, and extends over an area of over 400 acres.

The KU was established with a vision of being widely acknowledged as a unique source of higher learning,
always striving to become a leading centre of academic excellence by expanding the boundaries of knowledge in
global arena, with due emphasis on societal concerns and our rich cultural heritage. Its mission is to prepare a
class of scholars and professionals with deep-rooted human values adequately equipped with enviable
competencies dedicated to the advancement of society through preservation, creation and application of
knowledge. It is a one of the famous Universities in India.

KU's campus has a fully equipped and modernized library. It has 8 different reading areas - 3 on the ground
floor, 2 on the first floor and 3 on the second floor. The reading capacity of the library is 470 readers. Bar-coded
ID-cum library cards are used for check-out and check-in of the reading material. All these systems are fully
computerized. The campus also provides internet surfing facilities to its students, faulty and staff members.
There are about 200 internet nodes in the library. These are located in a separate internet lab and at different
floors in the library. This service is free of cost for all the bonafied library patterns. This facility is used by about
700 users daily. Apart from this there are 43 departmental libraries which contain books and journals related to
respective departments.

With a belief in the overall development of individuals, the University organizes different sports and extra-
curricular activities in its campus. Every year, different competitions and quizzes like- Talent show hunt,
Sanskrit day, Poetical Symposium, Elocution competition, Haryana day, Fine arts workshop and quiz
competition, Science Day, Geeta Jayanti, Folk Festival, Lok rang Utsav, are celebrated and best performers are
awarded.

Kurukshetra University offers different Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Masters' , Doctoral and fellowship
programmes. It has separate department of faculties for Arts and language, Commerce & Management,
Education, Engineering and Technology, Indic Studies, Law, Life Sciences and Social Sciences. It is one of the
reputed Universities In Haryana.

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