Kurukshetra University

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.

Kurukshetra University implemented the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in its undergraduate programmes from the 2022–23 session, becoming the first university in Haryana to do so.{{cite web |title=Kurukshetra University first in Haryana to implement NEP, admissions as per NEP 2020 begins in varsity |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/kurukshetra-university-first-in-haryana-to-implement-nep-admissions-as-per-nep-2020-begins-in-varsity/articleshow/93305087.cms

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.

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 Commerce & Management
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Engg. & Technology
• Faculty of Indic Studies
• Faculty of Law

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 Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. The idea of establishing the university was conceived by then governor of Punjab, Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, a Sanskrit scholar.{{cite news | access-date = 8 November 2008

In 2012, the Department of Philosophy introduced an academic course on Gita.

Institution

Centre of excellence (CoE)

COE

• Centre of excellence for research on Saraswati river: Geoscientific research on palaeochannels and drainage basin
• Centre for advance research in earthquake studies: Seismic hazard map and 24x7 seismic monitoring of Haryana
• Centre for applied biology in environment sciences: Research on climate change and pollution
• Centre for information technology and automation: Research on big data and business analytics
• Centre for advanced material research: Ion beam centre to research on functional molecules, optical materials and nanostructures

Departments / Institutes / Centres

The university has 10 faculties and 49 departments / institutes / schools:

• Centre for Distance & Online Education
• Department of Arts and Languages
• Department of Foreign Languages
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Geology
• Department of Geophysics
• Department of Life Sciences
• Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Department of Physics
• Department of Statistics
• Department of Law
• Institute of Indic Studies
• Institute of Integrated and Honors Studies (Formerly University College)
• Institute of Teachers Training & Research
• Institute of Environmental studies
• Institute of Management Studies
• Institute of Mass Communication & Media Technology
• University Institute of Engineering and Technology
• University School of Management
• University Senior Secondary Model School

Affiliated colleges

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

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked the university between 201-300 in the engineering rankings in 2024.

In the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025, Kurukshetra University was ranked 35th among State Public Universities. It had previously been ranked 41st in 2024 in the same category.

Notable alumni

• K. K. Aggarwal

• Vishva Nath Attri

• Satish Babu

• Suraj Bhan

• Ajay Singh Chautala

• Sunil Dabas

• Bhim S. Dahiya

• Pema Dhondup

• Ramakant Goswami

• Rajendra Gupta

• Zakir Hussain (Haryana politician)

• Sunil Jaglan

• Virender Singh Kadian

• Naresh Kamboj

• Surya Kant (judge)

• Rattan Lal Kataria

• Amolak Rattan Kohli

• Nand Lal (academic)

• Anu Singh Lather

• Ishan Kumar Patro

• Dalel Singh Ror

• Jagjit Singh

• Rajbir Singh

• Mamta Sodha

• Naveen Soni

• Tankeshwar Kumar

References

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