Nalanda University
Vice-Chancellor Abhay Kumar Singh | | |
Academic staff | 45 (2022) | |
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Students | 406 (2022) | |
Location | , , 25°01′06″N 85°22′38″E / 25.01828°N 85.37715°E | |
Campus | 455 | |
Website | nalandauniv |
Nalanda University (
Bihar
Nalanda University was established to emulate the ancient university of
The architectural design was chosen on the basis of a global competition.
The university has been envisioned as an international institution of national importance
Nalanda University becomes the first plastic free campus of Bihar.[24] Water in the university is now being available in glass bottles instead of plastic bottles. Along with this, biogas will also be produced.[citation needed]
Nalanda University Act
On 28 March 2006 the eleventh President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam proposed the idea while addressing the Joint Session of the Bihar Vidhan Mandal for the revival of Nalanda University.[25] In 2007 the Bihar Legislative Assembly passed a bill for the creation of a new university.[23]
The Nalanda University Bill, 2010[26] was passed on 21 August 2010 in Rajya Sabha and 26 August 2010 in Lok Sabha.[27] The bill received Presidential assent on 21 September 2010 thereby becoming an Act.[28] The university came into existence on 25 November 2010, when the Act was implemented.
Governance
The university's
The first chancellor of the university was Amartya Sen, followed by former Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo. They left citing concerns about autonomy and political interference in academic matters.[30][31][32][33] Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar has been appointed the new chancellor on 25 January 2017 by President Pranab Mukherjee, in his capacity as Visitor to Nalanda University.[34] In 2017, Interim Vice-Chancellor Pankaj Mohan handed over charge to Professor Sunaina Singh.
Schools and centres
Nalanda is exclusively a
Nalanda University has five functional Schools at present:
- School of Historical Studies
- School of Ecology and Environmental Studies
- School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religion
- School of Languages and Literature/Humanities
- School of Management Studies
The following schools are planned to start later, in a phased manner:
- School of International Relations and Peace Studies
- School of Information Sciences and Technology
- School of Business Management (Public Policy and Development Studies)[35]
Three centres — Centre for Bay of Bengal,[36] Centre for Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, and Common Archival Resource Centre— will be operational soon.[21]
The School of Languages and Literature/Humanities commenced its operations with one year Post-Graduate Diploma Programmes in Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Korean and English in 2018. Master's and doctoral programmes commenced in 2021.[37] It is planned to gradually expand to include other programmes in Indian and foreign languages.
See also
References
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Further reading
- Buncombe, Andrew (4 August 2010). "Oldest university on earth is reborn after 800 years". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.
- Garten, Jeffrey E. (9 December 2006). "Opinion | Really Old School". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Najar, Nida (23 March 2014). "Indians Plan Rebirth for 5th-Century University". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- Sharma, Yojana (29 May 2013). "India's ancient university returns to life". BBC News.
- Sauthoff, Patricia (7 October 2017). "Nalanda threat to ex-teacher". The Telegraph. Kolkota.
- Chowdhury, Shreya Roy (29 October 2017). "'It is a closed place': Why students are quitting Nalanda University". Scroll.in.
- "Nalanda University Opens Net zero Sustainable Campus, See in Pictures". News18. 12 February 2022.