Jadavpur University

Jadavpur University (abbr. JU) is a public state university with its main campus located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1906 as Bengal Technical Institute and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955.[9][10] As of 2023 NIRF rankings, Jadavpur University has been ranked 4th among universities, 10th among engineering institutes, and 13th overall in India.[11][12][13]

Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University Main gate (Gate no. 4)
Inside Jadavpur University campus
Aurobindo Bhavan
Integrity - a former Fibreglass Sculpture in front of Jadavpur University Central Library which was demolished in a storm
Former names
  • Bengal Technical Institute (1906-1910)
  • Central National Institution (1910-1928)
  • College of Engineering and Technology, Bengal (1928-1955)
MottoTo Know Is To Grow
TypePublic
Established1906 July 25 (25-07-1906)
AccreditationNAAC
Academic affiliations
[1]
Budget446.10 crore (US$56 million)
(FY2022–23 est.)[2]
ChancellorGovernor of West Bengal
Vice-ChancellorDr. Buddhadeb Sau
(Officiating Vice-Chancellor)[3]
Prof. Amitava Datta
(Pro Vice-Chancellor)[4]
RegistrarDr. Snehamanju Basu[5]
Academic staff
902 (2023)[6]
Students13,570 (2023)[6]
Undergraduates8,148 (2023)[6]
Postgraduates3,134 (2023)[6]
2,288 (2023)[6]
Location,
India

22°29′48″N 88°22′21″E
Campus
AcronymJU
Websitejadavpuruniversity.in

History

On 25th July 1906, Bengal Technical Institute was founded by Society for the Promotion of Technical Education at 92, Upper Circular Road. On 7th July 1910, the Society for the Promotion of Technical Education in Bengal was merged with the National Council of Education (NCE).[14] The institute became College of Engineering and Technology, Bengal looked after by NCE.[15][16] After Independence, on 24 December 1955, Jadavpur University was officially established by the Government of West Bengal with the concurrence of the Government of India.[10]

Campuses

Main campus

Jadavpur University has it's main campus located at Jadavpur on 60 Acres area. The campus contains major engineering, arts and science departments.

The main campus have 7 auditoriums: H.L. Roy Auditorium, Triguna Sen Auditorium, K.P. Basu Memorial Hall, Vivekananda Hall, Anita Banerjee Memorial Hall and Gandhi Bhavan. The campus has an Open Air Theatre and an indoor stadium for recreational activities.

The 6 Acres sports complex have badminton Court, tennis Court and playground for other organising sports like cricket and football.

Additionally the university has an six canteens, amenities center, and guest house, cafeteria, health centre, gymnasium, Pwd centre and other facilities like banks, post office, book shops etc.[17]

New Town campus

Jadavpur University Newtown campus is under construction. State-of-the-art facilities along with laboratories and a convention centre are planned on the 5 acre campus.[18]

Organisation and administration

Affiliated institutes

In addition to being a unitary university, it has other institutes like the J D Birla Institute, and the Institute of Business Management affiliated to it, which operate out of independent campuses.[19] While these institutes have their own independent curriculum as well as examination systems, the final degree is offered by Jadavpur University.

Academics

Departments and schools

Departments
Faculty Departments
Faculty of Arts
  • Bengali
  • Comparative Literature
  • Economics
  • Education
  • English
  • Film Studies
  • History
  • International Relations
  • Library & Information Science
  • Philosophy
  • Physical
  • Education
  • Sanskrit
  • Sociology
Faculty of Engineering & Technology
  • Architecture
  • Chemical
  • Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Construction Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
  • Food Technology & Bio-Chemical Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgical & Material Engineering
  • Pharmaceutical Technology
  • Power Engineering
  • Printing Engineering
  • Production Engineering
Faculty of Science
  • Chemistry
  • Geography
  • Geological Sciences
  • Instrumentation Science
  • Life science & Bio-technology
  • Mathematics
  • Physics

To facilitate interdisciplinary learning and research in diverse fields, there are a number of schools.

Schools
Faculty Schools
Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Law & Management
  • School Of Advanced Studies in Industrial Pollution Control
  • School Of Automotive Engineering
  • School Of Bio-Science and Engineering
  • School Of Cognitive Science
  • School of Cultural Texts and Records
  • School Of Education Technology
  • School Of Energy Studies
  • School Of Environmental Radiation and Archaeological Sciences
  • School of Environmental Studies
  • School Of Illumination Science, Engineering and Design
  • School Of International Relations and Strategic Studies (SIRSS)
  • School of Languages and Linguistics
  • School Of Laser Science and Engineering
  • School Of Materials Science and Nanotechnology
  • School Of Media Communication & Culture
  • School Of Mobile Computing and Communication
  • School Of Natural Product Studies
  • School Of Nuclear Studies and Application
  • School of Oceanographic Studies
  • School of Water Resource Engineering
  • School of Women's Studies

In March 2011, Indian American scientist Manick Sorcar assisted in the opening of a laser animation lab under the School of Illumination Science, Engineering and Design.[20]

Centre for Studies

To facilitate interdisciplinary learning and higher research in diverse fields, there are nearly fifty Centre for Studies.[21]

Centre of Studies[22]
  • Centre for African Literatures and Cultures
  • Centre for Ambedkar Studies
  • Centre for Canadian Studies
  • Bio Equivalence Centre
  • Centre for African Literatures and Culture
  • Centre for Counselling Services and Studies in Self-Development
  • Centre for Theatre Studies
  • Centre For Advanced Study
  • Centre for Computer-Aided Design
  • Centre for Knowledge Based Systems
  • Centre for Distributed Computing
  • Centre for European Studies
  • Centre for Experiments in Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Centre for Human Settlement Planning
  • Centre for Marxian Studies
  • Centre for Mathematical Biology and Ecology
  • Centre for Medicinal Food and Applied Nutrition
  • Centre for Microprocessor Applications for Training, Education and Research
  • Centre for Plasma Studies
  • Centre for Quality Construction
  • Centre for Quality Management System
  • Centre for Refugee Studies
  • Centre For Rural & Cryogenic Technologies
  • Centre for Sri Aurobindo Studies
  • Centre for Surface Science
  • Centre for The Study of Religion and Society
  • Centre for Translation of Indian Literatures
  • Centre for Victorian Studies
  • Centre of Indology
  • Condensed Matter Physics Research Centre Embedded System in Instrumentation
  • Hariprasanna Biswas Centre for India-China Cultural Studies
  • IC Design and Fabrication Centre
  • IMPACT Centre
  • Latin American Literature & Culture Language Studies
  • Nuclear and Particle Physics Research Centre
  • Rabindra Studies
  • Relativity and Cosmology Research Centre
  • Sir C V RAMAN Centre for Physics and Music
  • Swami Vivekananda Centre for Technical Manpower Development
  • Transportation Studies
  • V. Ravi Chandran Centre for Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Welding Technology Centre
  • Yoga Centre
  • Centre For Disaster Preparedness & Management
  • Adult and Continuing Education & Extension Centre
  • Centre For Disaster Preparedness & Management

Notable works

Some of the major research ventures undertaken by these schools include the pioneering work done by the School of Environmental Studies in highlighting the presence of arsenic in groundwater in countries like India and Bangladesh and the development of the first alcohol based car by the School of Automobile Engineering.[23][24]

Rankings and Accolades

University and college rankings
General – international
QS (World) (2023)[25]701-750
QS (Asia) (2023)[26]182
Times (World) (2023)[27]1001-1200
Times (Asia) (2022)[28]251–300
Times (Emerging) (2022)[29]251–300
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2023)[13]13
NIRF (Research) (2023)[30]19
NIRF (Universities) (2023)[11]4
Outlook India (Universities) (2020)[31]3
Engineering – India
NIRF (2023)[12]10
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2023)[32]18

Jadavpur University was ranked 47th in the Times Higher Education-Thomson Reuters list of the 100 best universities in the BRICS and Emerging Economies, 2013.

University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) Research Laboratory ranked Jadavpur University 10th in India in its 2012-13 report considering academic indicators.

National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS) of CSIR ranked Jadavpur University 4th among the top 50 Universities of the country based on h-index of publication.[33]

Controversies

2014 Jadavpur University Protests

Students rally against the vice-chancellor during the 2014 Jadavpur University protests

In 2014 a series of protests broke out in response to the alleged molestation of a female student and beating of a male student by 10 other students on 28 August 2014. Her family and ultimately the student body were unsatisfied by the response of the Vice Chancellor to the allegations. Protests began on 10 September.[34] On 16 September students gheraoed several officials in their offices, demanding that the Vice Chancellor make a statement on the status of a fair probe. Police were summoned, and later that night the police allegedly attacked and beat the student demonstrators. 30 to 40 students were injured; some had to be hospitalized. Reaction was nationwide, with supportive protests at multiple other cities including New Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore. On 20 September, Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, who is also the chancellor of the university, met with student representatives and promised to conduct an impartial inquiry.[35] However, students said they will continue to boycott classes until the Vice Chancellor resigns.[34]

On 26 September, a State Government inquiry panel submitted its report, confirming that the female student had indeed been sexually abused on 28 August 2014.[36] On 26 September, police summoned two Jadavpur University students to come to the Lalbazar Police HQ for questioning at 4 pm on Friday. They were arrested at 6 pm. "The arrests were made after evidence was found, prima facie, against the duo. Further investigation is on," said joint CP-crime Pallab Kanti Ghosh.[36] Mr Ghosh also stated, "(Two names) were arrested because we had enough evidence to prove that they were present at the spot and had carried out the crime as alleged in the victim's complaint."[37] The duo were booked under Sections of 354 (assault or use of criminal force on a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty), 342 (wrongful confinement), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 114 (abettor present when offence is committed) of the IPC.[37]

2018 Scrapping Entrance Tests

JU got embroiled in controversy on July 4, 2018, when the executive council announced its decision to scrap entrance tests for six humanities subjects which was met with protests from the Jadavpur University Teacher's Association and the student unions along with other academics and university students due speculations that state education ministry had influenced this decision.[38]

2023 ragging allegations

In August 2023, Swapnadip Kundu, a 17 year old freshman student studying an Honours course in Bengali fell from the balcony of the second floor of the Jadavpur University Hostel - either by suicide or by murder - after intense ragging. The Kolkata Police have arrested several students and alumni who are suspected to have been involved.[39] The incident has left a deep impact on the general public, leading to a high outcry against an internalized ragging culture that thrives within the university. Huge media attention has also been given to the need for strengthening security measures within the university, a suggestion that has been vehemently opposed by certain sections of Jadavpur University's political circles. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who was upset, has directed the Higher Education Committee of West Bengal to form a team to investigate the incident. As the student happened to be a minor, the incident has also been taken up by the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR). Amidst the investigation, Jadavpur University students have begun protests against ragging. The public scrutiny has managed to bring to light some systemic issues with the university, such as the security-free campus, unrestricted access of outsiders and the abuse of narcotics and alcohol within the university campus. Some political circles continue to oppose and stage protests against corrective measures, such as the installation of CCTV cameras on campus. [40]

See also

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