Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (KUK) is a university established on 11January 1956 in Kurukshetra, in the Indian state of Haryana, 160 km from the capital, Delhi. It is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities.

History

The university was in 1956 as a unitary residential University. The Department of Sanskrit was the only department in the university when it was inaugurated by Bharat Ratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of the Indian Republic. The idea of establishing the university was conceived by then governor of Punjab, Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, a Sanskrit scholar. In 2012, the Department of philosophy introduced an academic course on Gita.

Campus

Spread over 473 acre, the KUK campus is located on the western bank of Brahma Sarovar in the Hindu holy city of Kurukshetra.

Faculties

Faculty of Arts & Languages Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Life Sciences Faculty of Science Faculty of Education Faculty of Indic Studies Faculty of Engg. & Technology Faculty of Law Faculty of Commerce & Management

Institution

Centre of excellence (CoE)

Departments / Institutes / Centres

The university has 10 faculties and 49 Departments / institutes / Schools:

Affiliated colleges

Its jurisdiction extends over 7 districts -Ambala, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Panipat, Yamunanagar. The university has 290 affiliated colleges and institutes.

Achievements

Academic

The Department of Electronic Science in 2011, was awarded a project on nanoscience by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

Sports

Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra has a number of achievements in sports. In 2015 the Boxing Team of Kurukshetra University won the All India Inter-University Boxing Championship among more than 100 Universities from all over India. All India Inter-University Boxing Championship was held at LPU, Jalandhar. Boxers from KUK won 3 Gold and 3 Bronze Medals under their boxing coach Rajesh Kumar Rajound. The university has been awarded Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy, representing the highest award given for inter-university sports and university sportsperson performance in international and national arena by the Government of India, in the year 1966–1967.