Central University of Kashmir

Central University of Kashmir which is often abbreviated as the Kashmir, formerly Central University of Jammu and Kashmir, is an central university situated in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir. It was 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.

Central University of Kashmir which is formerly known as the Central University of Jammu and Kashmir was established in March 2009 with the appointment and joining of Prof. Abdul Wahid Qureshi , a noted academician and the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir, as the First Vice-Chancellor.

The administrative office setup at 101, Baghi-Hyder, Hyderpora in May 2009 started functioning with a skeleton staff engaged on deputation or contract basis

Milestones:

Central University of Kashmir also formerly known as the Central University of Jammu and Kashmir was established in March, 2009 with the appointment and joining of Prof. Abdul Wahid Qureshi , a noted academician and the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Kashmir, as the First Vice Chancellor.

The administrative office setup at the 101, Baghi-Hyder, Hyderpora in May, 2009 started functioning with a skeleton staff engaged on deputation or contract basis.

Substantive appointments to the various administrative posts including the First Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar were made in June, 2010.

Common Entrance Exam for admission to tha courses like MBA, M.Sc I.T and M.A.English programmes was conducted on 19 and 20 June at 30 centres across India in collaboration with 6 other Central Universities.

The Transit Campus of the University was set up at the Sonwar in August, 2010.

A boys hostel was set up at the Sonwar to facilitate the candidates coming from the different parts of the State or Country.

Transport facility was put up in place to facilitate the communication of the students to and from the University in February, 2011.

The work related to the demarcation of the land for University Campus at the Ganderbal and preparation of Contour maps was allotted to the CPWD.

Three more Masters programmes Economics, Mathematics, Convergent Journalism and one Integrated BA LLB programme were offered from the Academic Session 2011.

An Academic block of the Institute along with a boys and a girls hostel were established at the Magarmal Bagh.

Substantive appointments to the various teaching positions in the Management Studies, English, Information Technology, Law, Convergent Journalism and Mathematics were made in February, 2012.

3 more Masters programmes Urdu, Education and Tourism Management were launched for the Academic Session 2012.

Two Integrated M.Phil or Ph.D in Management and in English programmes and LLM programme were also offered from the Academic Session 2012.

One more Masters's programme Politics was launched for the Academic Session 2013.

B.Ed study Programme was launched in the Academic Session 2014.

Three more Integrated BSc and Msc programmes in Physics, Zoology and Biotechnology were launched for the Academic Session 2015.

Two more Masters programmes M.Ed and Comparative Religions were launched for the Academic Session of the year 2015.

The Institute will offer innovative courses for complimenting the efforts of the already existing Universities in the State. Recruitment of the faculty and the admission of the candidates will be on an all-India basis, adhering to reservation policy of the Central Government. National-level entrance examinations for the admission will be held by the University at many centres across the country. The Institute will be having following essential features that have been conceived befitting the international standards

School system to encompass related Centres with the appropriate structures for administration to facilitate the Choice Based Credit System(CBCS) in letter and spirit. To enlarge the curricular space and to encourage accelerated learning opportunities, all the programmes will be Semester based.

With a focus on the holistic personality development of the candidates, all the academic programmes will be having Core, Elective, Skill-based and Social-orientation courses.

Regular updation and revision of the curriculum will be carried out in terms of the Current knowledge, national and international developments, and relevance of thr new ideas, concepts and knowledge to the concerned discipline.

Aiming to assess the values, skills and knowledge imbibed by the candidates, Continuous Internal Assessment will be ensured.

University level Centres like the University-Industry-Community-Interaction Centre (UICIC), Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Student's Guidance and Counseling Centre, ICT Facilitation Centre for teaching technology tools and website maintenance and networking of the campus and departments, E-governance Facilitation Centre to coordinate electronic administration as end-to-end solution and the Candidate Placement Cell to be part of the University set up.

Candidates to be offered 'A' Grade facilities of the library, internet, cafeteria, health club and transport services. Assured scholarship to all the admitted research scholars.

Campus to be developed on the modern design with features of the green campus and energy-efficient buildings. Provision for the future expansion and space economy to be integral components of the plan.

Campuses are well equipped with an Integrated Security or Surveillance System using latest technological tools like Smart Cards (biometric), Electronic Intrusion Detection Systems, CCTV etc.

The university consist of 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 and 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

Centre for Public Interest Litigation and Legal Aid

School of Life Sciences

Department of Animal Sciences (Zoology)

Department of Botany

Department of Biotechnology

School of Media Studies

Department of Convergent Journalism

School of Physical and 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

Mission

The mission of the University is to contribute to the educational, cultural, economic and social advancement of people by providing high-quality educational programmes leading to Bachelor, Masters, Professional and the Doctorate Degrees as well as to address the cultural, economic, educational, environmental, health and social needs of the region and nation at large.

Objectives

As per the Central Universities (Amendment) Act of 2009, the objectives of the Central University of Kashmir are:

To disseminate and advance the Knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as the Institute may deem fit;

To make special provisions for the integrated courses in Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Technology in its educational programmes;

To take appropriate measures for promoting innovations in teaching - learning process and interdisciplinary studies and research.

To educate and train the manpower for the development of the country;

To establish the linkages with industries for the promotion of science and technology, and

To pay special attention to the improvement of the social and economic conditions and welfare of the people, their intellectual, academic and cultural development.

Campus

The Central University of Kashmir earlier started its operation from the rented accommodations in Hyderpora, Nowgam, Sonwar areas of the Srinagar district. It started shifting to its originally allotted district Ganderbal in the year 2018 and was completely shifted to Ganderbal in the year 2019.

The university currently operates from its 4 campuses in the district Ganderbal: Green Campus at Duderhama, Science Campus at Nunar, Science and Arts Campus at Old Hospital Building, Ganderbal, and Main Campus at Tulmulla.