Kuvempu University

Kuvempu University is a public state university located in Shimoga, Karnataka, India. It was established in 1987 by the act of the Karnataka state legislature through an amendment No.28/1976 dated 29 January 1989 under the Karnataka State University Act 1976.[1] The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in wide range of disciplines. It occupies 230 acres (0.93 km2) of land. The university was recognized by the UGC in 1994 and is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).[2][3][4] The university has its headquarters at Jnana Sahyadri Campus, Shimoga. Its campus is called Jnana Sahyadri, which means The Sahyadri of knowledge. It has as university jurisdiction over malnad districts of Shimoga and Chikmagalur, through which the Sahyadri mountain ranges pass. It also covers districts of Davangere and Chitradurga. The campus sprawls across an area of 230 acres
Established on 29th June, 1987, Kuvempu University is the youngest of the affiliating Universities in Karnataka State. It has been named after the great Kannada writer, Kuvempu, Jnanpith laureate, doyen of Kannada literature. He was native of Shimoga district and also vice-chancellor of University of Mysore. Kuvempu also hailed from the Malenadu region of this area. Kuvempu University, comprising the Shivamogga and Chikkamagalur districts, has been the epicenter of a majority of religious, cultural and social movements of Karnataka. The farmers, the dalit and the socialist movements of Karnataka in the twentieth century were also born here. The education jurisdiction of Kuvempu University spreads over four districts of Shimoga, Chitradurga, Chikmagalur and Davangere. It also has outlying regional Post-Graduate centres at Davangere and Kadur. The university offers conventional and non-conventional courses. Main campus of the university Jnana Sahayadri is at Shankaraghatta, 28 km from Shimoga town. The campus, spread over an area of 230 acres (0.93 km2), is built on a hillock, seamlessly blending with the surrounding area. Shivagangotri campus, sprawling over 73 acres (300,000 m2), is located at Tholahunase, 8 km from Davangere. The logo of the university has a mythical animal with the trunk of an elephant and the body of a bird (supposed that of a swan). This mythical animal, called Gajahamsa (Gaja+Hamsa), is commonly found in the Vijayanagara and the Keladi sculpture and temple art. Symbolically it is supposed to be combination of knowledge and wealth. Lakshmi, the devi (goddess) of wealth, has an elephant as her vehicle. Saraswati, the devi of knowledge or education, uses a swan as her vehicle. Gajahamsa is a combination of these two animals. Kuvempu's son-in-law K. Chidananda Gowda was the vice-chancellor from 2001 to 2006. The current vice-chancellor is Syed A. Bar
The university has 59 post-graduate departments of studies in the faculties of Arts, Science, Commerce, Education and Law offering 45 post-graduate (PG) programmes, four PG diplomas and one undergraduate programme. There are many colleges affiliated to this university offering undergraduate courses in the above-mentioned faculties. The academic wedge on the main campus houses the post-graduate departments of studies in English, Political Science, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, MSW, Economics, Sociology, English Language Teaching, Journalism and Mass Communication. Library & Information Science is in the Library departments and in Computer Science Departments Mathematics, MCA and Electronics. Pharmaceutical Chemistry has started on the premises of Govt. Junior College. A new Post-Graduate Centre at Kadur started from the academic year 2007-08 with three courses: Master of Business Economics (MBE), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and M.Sc. To establish the PG Centre at Kadur, the State Government allotted 65 acres (260,000 m2) of land adjacent to Kadur town and released Rs.2 crore for the development of the P.G. Centre

School of Languages, Literature and Fine Arts

Department of Kannada Department of English Department of Hindi Department of Urdu Department of Sanskrit Department of Fine Arts School of Social Sciences[edit] Department of Sociology Department of Political Science Department of History and Archaeology Department of Social Work (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus) Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Department of Adult Continuing Education and Field Outreach

School of Economics and Business Studies

Department of Economics (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus) Department of Business Economics (MBE) (P.G. Centre, Kadur) Department of Commerce (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus) Department of Accounting and Finance Department of Business Administration (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus)(P.G. Centre, Kadur) Department of Tourism Administration Department of Master of Banking, Finance and Insurance

School of Physical Science

Department of Mathematics Department of Computer Sciences Department of Computer Applications (MCA) Department of Industrial Mathematics and Computer Applications Department of Physics Department of Electronics Department of Library and Information Science

School of Chemical Sciences

Department of Chemistry Department of Industrial Chemistry Department of Biochemistry (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus) Department of Organic Chemistry Department of Analytical Chemistry Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

School of Bio Sciences

Department of Applied Zoology Department of Wild Life Management Department of Applied Botany Department of Biotechnology Department of Bioinformatics Department of Microbiology (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus) Department of Clinical Psychology

School of Earth Science and Environmental Sciences

Department of Applied Geology Department of Remote Sensing Application Department of Water Management and water harvesting Department of Environmental Science Department of Law Department of LL.M (Business Law) Department of Education[edit] Department of Education (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus) Department of Physical Education

Research centre

Centre for the Study of Local Cultures (CSLC)

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