Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

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The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Vice-Chancellor
Vijay Kumar Srivastava
Location
Vadodara
,
Gujarat
,
India
CampusUrban
Websitemsubaroda.ac.in

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, formerly Baroda College, is a public university in the city of

Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the former ruler of Baroda State
.

The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs. It houses 89 departments spread over 6 campuses (2 rural and 4 urban) covering 275 acres of land.

History

See also: Baroda Group
Statue of Sayajirao Gaekwad III in the university campus.

The university has its origins in the Baroda College, established in 1881 by

Bijapur
.

Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, and settled the Sir Sayajirao Diamond Jubilee and Memorial Trust, which caters to the education and other needs of people of the former Baroda State.[1]

Faculty of Education and Psychology

This faculty is established for the development of teachers of child psychology. Its departments include:

  • Department of Education (CASE)
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Educational Administration

The Department of Education was established in 1935, having formerly been a teacher training college. The department was originally named the Center of Advance Study in Education Baroda.

Faculty of Science

The old Baroda College founded in 1881 consisted of Arts and Science faculties. The Faculty of Science started its independent existence in March 1951 with Dr C.S. Patel as its first dean. The Old Building which houses the Faculty of Science was completed in about 1934 in the reign of Sayajirao Gaekwad III. It is conspicuous by its small copper dome and is flanked on the west by the building of the Faculty of Education and Psychology and on the east by the majestic building of the Old Baroda College, now the Faculty of Arts.[2]

Department of Mathematics

Department of Physics

The department, established in 1949, offers U.G., P.G., and PhD programme and is a sponsored department of Science and Technology, Government of India under FIST programme. In MSc, students are offered Solid State Physics, Electronics and Communication, Nuclear Physics, and Molecular Spectroscopy as specialization. The department is also equipped by two of the oldest and famous observatories: (i) Astronomical Observatory and (ii) Meteorological observatory.

Researchers are provided with advanced technologies including FTIR-4100 Spectrometer, Thermal Analyser (DSC), AFM, Workstations-4, Cluster Computing facility (Supercomputer), etc. which help them in researching on Condensed Matter Physics, Material Science, Experimental Nuclear Physics, Spectroscopy, Theoretical Particle Physics, and Astrophysics.[3]

It is one of the oldest Physics departments in India, which adopted advanced curricula based on Courses viz, Berkeley Physics Course, Feynman Lecture Series, etc. under the leadership of S.K. Shah and H.S. Desai. Department has an active society, notably 'The Physical Society MSU Baroda'.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
.

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology

Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology

Established in 2012, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology is an interdisciplinary research institute that integrates several departments of the Faculty of Science. The centre was established with the financial support of the Government of Gujarat. The institute started a 5-year Integrated MSc programme in Cell and Molecular Biology in 2012. The course offers 30 seats each year, which are filled through a common entrance exam.[5]

Department of Computer Applications

Formally established in 2013, the department offers three programmes,

MSc in Software Technologies.[6]

Department of Biochemistry

The Department of Biochemistry was established in 1955, under the Chemistry Department, and was headed by Prof. C.V. Ramakrishnan, father of 2009 Chemistry Nobel Laureate

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan).[citation needed] The department was awarded an Excellent status in 2006 by FIST, a Government of India accreditation agency. It imparts master's degree courses in Biochemistry & Medical Biotechnology with a force of around 50 research students. The department was funded[when?] under the DST-FIST I programme under which it has the most worst equipment that has been purchased and infrastructure facilities strengthened. The department has received support from UGC-DRS, UGC-DSA, and COSIST programs.[citation needed
]

The Biochemistry Department offers courses in

endophytes, magnetoliposomes, protein folding, and vitiligo.[citation needed
]

The areas of research in which the department is engaged are Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Microbiology, Bioprocess Engineering,and Immunology, Biophysics. Courses offered: include doctoral programs, and Master of Science in biochemistry, medical biotechnology and Postgraduate diploma in applied biochemistry.[7]

Faculty of Performing Arts

Faculty of Performing Arts building

Classical music

Maharaja Sayajirao Rao Gaekwad was a patron of Indian classical music. ustad Moula Bux founded the Academy of Indian Music under the patronage of Sayajirao, on 26 February 1886. This academy later became the Music College and is now the Faculty of Performing Arts of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of

Baroda. Apart from Moula Bux, Sayajirao's Court boasted of artists like Ustad Inayat Khan
and legendary Agra Gharana Aftaab e Mousiqui (Sun of Music) Ustad Faiyyaz Khansaheb

After educationist Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande's music curriculum was introduced at the college, Gayanacharya Madhusudan Joshi became the first recipient of a diploma in Music (1932) in the history of music education in India.

Dance

The MSU started the first dance programme in India in 1950.

In 1880, the Maharani Chimnabai I of Tanjore was married to Baroda's Maharaja Sayajirao III Gopalrao Gaekwad, a prince who established the Baroda College as one of his first public acts. It was later absorbed into the university that bears his name. Chimnabai I was knowledgeable in Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music and brought a troupe with her: two dancers, two nattuvanars (leaders of Bharatanatyam concerts), and two teachers.[8] Others followed: Nattuvanar Appaswamy and his dancer wife Kantimati, who had studied with Kannusamy and Vadively, two members of the Tanjore Quartet. After Appaswamy's death in 1939, Kantimati and their son, Kubernath, left to teach in Lucknow and worked in film in South India until Maharaja Pratap Singhrao Gaekwad called the Tanjorkars family back to Baroda in 1949, to teach in the music department in the Palace Kalavan which was later absorbed into MSU.[9]

Faculty of Arts

Main article: University of Baroda Faculty of Fine Arts
Indo-Saracenic style, modelled on Gol Gumbaz[10]

The Faculty of Arts building is known for its Gumbaz (The Dome) which has been modelled on the 'Gol Gumbaz' of Bijapur and has often been rated as the finest dome for Educational Institutions in India.[11][12]

Departments

  • Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of Arabic
  • Department of Canadian Studies
  • Department of Defence and National Security Studies
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of English (The oldest in Gujarat)
  • Department of French
  • Department of Geography
  • Department of German
  • Department of Gujarati
  • Department of Hindi
  • Department of History
  • Department of International Relation
  • Department of Journalism & Communication
  • Department of Library & Information Science
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Department of Marathi
  • Department of Persian
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Pali
  • Department of Prakrit
  • Department of Russian
  • Department of Sanskrit
  • Department of Sindhi
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Traditional Sanskrit Studies
  • Department of Urdu
  • Department of Management Studies
  • Department of Education and Psychology

Faculty of Management Studies

Popularly known as FMS Baroda, was established in 1984 in the city of Vadodara.[13] The courses are approved by All India Council for Technical Education.[14] The institute offers the specialization in

MBA, and in 1997 introduced a 3-Year MBA Evening Programme.[15][16]

Faculty of Medicine

The Baroda Medical College serves as the Faculty of Medicine. Attached with the Sir Sayajirao General (SSG) Hospital, Faculty of Medicine is considered amongst the top Medical Colleges of Gujarat. Started in 1949,today it has a batch of 250 MBBS Students per year and more than 400+ Post graduate students in various MD & MS Residency programmes. GMERS Medical College & Hospital, Gotri has also been given affiliation of Faculty of Medicine, MSUB

Faculty of Pharmacy

The Faculty of Pharmacy was established in 2015. Prior to that, it was a department under the Faculty of Technology and Engineering.[17] The faculty was ranked 14 in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) pharmacy ranking in 2020.[18] Prof M R Yadav is the founder dean of Faculty of Pharmacy.

Library

The Hansa Mehta Library was established in 1950.

Oriental Institute

The institute was established in Baroda on 1 September 1927. It operated from the Central Library before it was shifted to a separate building near the palace.[19] It is known for the seven volumes of the critical edition of Ramayana that it published between 1951 and 1975, a part of a 25-year project sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The text was later the reference source for Ramayan, the popular TV series by Ramanand Sagar that originally ran in 1987–88.

One of the oldest manuscripts preserved at the institute is Ayodhya Mahatmya, written by Harishankar in 1656 AD, part of the collection of over 10,000 manuscripts of

Chamaraja Wodeyar. Chamaraja Road starts from Eastern gate of Lakshmi Vilas Palace and has the prominent landmarks like Kirti Stambh, Khanderao Market and others before terminating near Bhagat Singh Chowk.[21][22][23]

The Oriental Institute organizes seminars and conferences for research in Oriental studies.

Rankings

QS (Asia) (2023)[24]
701–750
Times (Asia) (2022)[25]501+
Times (Emerging) (2022)[26]501+
General – India
NIRF (Universities) (2023)[27]101-150
Engineering – India
NIRF (2023)[28]151-200
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2023)[29]30

Internationally, the university was ranked 701–750 in Asia on the QS World University Rankings of 2023.[24] It was ranked 501+ in Asia by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2022[25] and in the same band among emerging economies.[26] The

NIRF ranked the university 30th in its 2023 pharmacy rankings[29].It also ranked 101-150 band in the university[27] rankings and 151-200 band in the engineering rankings[28]

Student life

The university offers NCC and NSS on campus.

Sayaji FM

Sayaji FM is the online radio station of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.[30]

Notable people

Main article: List of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda people

Notable alumni

Faculty

References

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  2. ^ "FACULTY OF SCIENCE | MSU Baroda". Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Physics Department".
  4. ^ "Venkatraman Ramakrishnan – Biographical". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  5. ^ "FACULTY OF SCIENCE | Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology | MSU Baroda". Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. ^ "FACULTY OF SCIENCE | Department of Computer Applications | MSU Baroda". msubaroda.ac.in. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  7. ^ "FACULTY OF SCIENCE | Department of Bio-Chemistry | MSU Baroda". Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  8. ^ Khandwani 2002
  9. ^ Gastonn 1996: 158–160.
  10. ^ "Vishal Sikka, the son of a railway employee, has BE in Computer Science from Maharaja Sayajirao University". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  11. ^ "138-year-old landmark: Baroda dome beats Gol Gumbaz in aesthetics". The Times of India. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Termites hit century-old Arts, Technology faculty buildings in MSU, Baroda". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  13. ^ "FMS-Baroda website". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  14. ^ "AICTE approved MBA colleges of Gujarat".[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ a b "M.S. Patel Institute of Management Studies, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara". indianmba.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  16. ^ "FMS-Baroda B-School profile". Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Faculty of Pharmacy". msubaroda.ac.in. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  18. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rankings_NIRF_P_2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  19. ^ "A bit of Baroda in Mysore: Road in Sayajirao's name main market". The Times of India. 28 December 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
  20. ^ "Oriental Institute's journey to glory". The Times of India. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012.
  21. ^ "Rajmahal Road to be renamed Chamaraja Road | Vadodara News". The Times of India. TNN. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  22. ^ Prashant Rupera (28 December 2009). "A bit of Baroda in Mysore: Road in Sayajirao's name main market | Vadodara News". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  23. ^ Sachin Sharma (13 May 2015). "Memory of Sayajis friend erased from citys face | Vadodara News". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  24. ^ a b "QS Asia University Rankings 2023". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 8 November 2022.
  25. ^ a b "Asia University Rankings 2022". Times Higher Education. 2022.
  26. ^ a b "Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022". Times Higher Education. 2022.
  27. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
  28. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
  29. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2023 (Pharmacy)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 5 June 2023.
  30. ^ "Vadodara: With space on campus and dedicated interns, MSU's official Sayaji FM targets more audience". The Indian Express. 8 June 2016.
  31. ^ "Nandita Kumar". Galerie Felix Frachon (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  32. ^ "Renowned ceramic artist Jyotsna Bhatt passed away". The Indian Express. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

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