Central University of Punjab


The Central University of Punjab is a Central University located in Bathinda, Punjab, India. It has been established through an Act of Parliament: "The Central Universities Act, 2009" by Govt. of India. The territorial jurisdiction of Central University of Punjab is whole of the State of Punjab. Central University of Punjab has been ranked as number one amongst newly established central universities in India consistently since 2012 as per university rankings of Researchgate and Scopus.
The Central Universities Bill 2009 aims at creating one new central university each in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. It also seeks to convert Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya in Chhattisgarh, Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya in Sagar and Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in Uttarakhand into Central universities.

University Profile

The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda has been established through the Central Universities Act 2009 which received the assent of the President of India on 20 March 2009. Its territorial jurisdiction extends to the whole State of Punjab.
It started its functioning from Camp Office in April, 2009, which happens to be the residence of the Vice Chancellor, and from November 2009 it shifted to its City Campus spread over an area of 35 acres. The main campus is coming up on more than 500 acres of land in Ghuda Village on Bathinda-Badal Road.

Academics

The university offers mainly research oriented master's and doctoral degree programmes: Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Sc., M.A., M.Pharm., M.Tech., LL.M., M.Ed, and post-graduat diploma programmes.

Schools and centres

Rankings

In the young age of seven year of establishment University has proved itself with NAAC 'A' Grade.
Central University of Punjab ranked 87th among universities by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020.

Research contributions

University has best research contribution among all the newly established Central Universities with the
Researchers from this university had contributed in a number of peer-reviewed scientific research. Among these are of new species of marine alga Ulva paschima and Cladophora goensis, of endophytic algae from Indian Ocean, of the geographical origin of Holy Basil as North-Central India, of Hypnea valentiae-a red alga from West and East coast of India and of plant-derived natural compounds against PI3K Pathway.

Notable People

2. Prof. Paramjeet, Department of Botany
3. Prof. V. K. Garg, Environmental Sciences
4. Prof. RamaKrishana Wusirika, Plant Biochemistry
5. Prof. Anjana Munshi, Dean Research
6. Prof. Santosh Kumar Mahapatra, Department of Physics
7. Prof. Pabitra Kumar Misra, Dean of Social Sciences
7. Prof Amandeep Kaur, Dean of Engineering and Technology
8. Prof. Alpana Saini, Deppartment of English
9. Prof Tarun Arora,Dean, School of Law and UNDP Certified Trainer on Biodiversity Law.
10. Prof Rajesh Kumar, Department of Chemistry