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Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Guru Nanak Dev University, or G.N.D.U., was established at Amritsar, India on November 24, 1969 to commemorate Guru Nanak Dev's birth quincentenary celebrations.

Gurunanak Dev University, Amritsar

Introduction
It is a both residential and an affiliating university. In conceiving the future course of the University, the objectives enshrined in the Act 1969 , emphasised that the new university would make provision for imparting education and promoting research in the humanities, learned professions, sciences, especially of applied nature and technology. Studies and research on the life and teachings of Guru Nanak, in addition to working towards the promotion of Punjabi language and spreading education among educationally backward classes and communities were the other commitments.

Campus
Main Library Building; GNDU AmritsarGuru Nanak Dev University campus is spread over 500 acres (2 km²) near village of Kot Khalsa, some eight kilometer west of the Amritsar City on Amritsar - Lahore highway, next to Khalsa College, Amritsar. G.N.D.U. presents a picture of modern architecture. Traditional red brick geometrical blocks represent its regard for time-honoured values and commitment to scientific advancement. Making its humble beginning in an annexe of the adjoining Khalsa College, the University today boasts of thirty seven academic departments, two regional centres, two colleges and a score of support service departments besides several administrative offices.

In addition to the academics, the University has also created necessary facilities for recreation and all round development of students and faculty in the form of Department of Youth Services, National Service Scheme, a 900 seat all purpose auditorium, half a dozen seminar and conference halls, a modern hi-tech sports complex, sports hostel, faculty club, students' centre, health centre, day care centre, two separate holiday homes at Dalhousie for teachers and students, working women hostel, Baba Buddha College Bhawan along with on campus residential facilities for a large number of students, teachers and administrative staff. The Campus with its lush green grounds, swaying fields, blossom laden tree lined lanes provides a most conducive physical environment for work and progress. The University takes pride in the fact that its community over the years has developed a great participative work culture.

Awards
The University has won Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy seventeen times and inter-varsity youth festival championship four times consecutively. UGC has granted the University Centre for Excellence in Sports Sciences.

National Assessment and Accreditation Council accredited the University at the Five Star Level.Being rated at such a high level will inspire its community to make strides ahead still faster and stronger with academic excellence and commitment to social upliftment as the core ideals.

Notable visitors
Dalai Lama Nov 28, 2007.

Faculties in GNDU

Faculty in Applied Sciences
Department of Applied Chemistry
Department of Applied Chemical Sciences & Technology
Department of Applied Physics
Department of Food Science & Technology
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty in Arts & Social Science
Department of History
Department of Political Science
Department of Psychology
School of Social Sciences
Department of Sociology
Department of Library & Information Science

Faculty in Economics & Business
Department of Commerce and Business Management - The Department of Commerce and Business Management (CBM) was initially a constituent unit of the Punjab School of Economics, but in 1984 it started functioning as an independent department. Admission to the MBA program is through a competitive test, MET Punjab.
Punjab School of Economics

Faculty in Engineering & Technology
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Department of Electronics Technology

Faculty in Humanities & Religious Studies
Guru Nanak Studies

Faculty in Languages
Department of English
Department of Foreign Languages
Department of Hindi
Department of Sanskrit, Pali & Prakrit
School of Punjabi Studies
Department of Urdu & Persian

Faculty in Laws
Department of Laws

Faculty in Life Sciences
Centre for Genetic Disorders
Department of Biotechnology
Department of Botanical & Envirn. Sciences
Department of Human Genetics
Department of Microbiology
Department of Molecular Bio. & Bio-Chemistry
Department of Zoology

Faculty in Physical Education
Department of Physical Education

Faculty in Physical Planning & Architecture
Department of Architecture
Guru Ram Das School of Planning

Faculty in Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics

Faculty in Sports Medicines & Physiotherapy
Department of Sports Medicines & Physiotherapy

Faculty in Visual Art & Performing Arts
Department of Music

Regional campuses & constituent colleges
Regional campus, Jalandhar
Regional campus, Gurdaspur
University college, Jalandhar
ASSM college, Mukandpur
SRSPM University college, Niari

Placements
GNDU has a good track record of a large number of placements in the region. Many Multinational corporations visit the GNDU campus annually to select the students from CSE, ECE, MBA and Food Technology departments.

Former Vice Chancellors
Dr.S.P.Singh

External links
Official University website

http://www.gndu.ac.in/

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