Sikkim University
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Motto | Quest Knowledge Wisdom |
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Type | Central |
Established | 2006 |
Chancellor | D.B. Shekatkar |
Vice-Chancellor | Avinash khare[1] |
Location | , , 27°18′32″N 88°35′17″E / 27.309°N 88.588°ECoordinates: 27°18′32″N 88°35′17″E / 27.309°N 88.588°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www.cus.ac.in |
Sikkim University is a central university established under an Act of Parliament of India.[2] It is in Gangtok. The campus is expected to be built at Yangang in South Sikkim district, about 56 kilometres (35 mi) from Gangtok.[3] Its first chancellor was M. S. Swaminathan; Mahendra P. Lama was the first vice chancellor.
In 2008 the university started from four departments — Social System and Anthropology; Peace and Conflict Studies and Management; International Relations/Politics; and Microbiology. The university offers traditional courses in humanities, physical and life sciences, and forestry along with non-traditional courses that are unique and related to the state including subjects like ethnic history, mountain studies, border studies, and hill music and culture.[4]
All the colleges in the state of Sikkim are affiliated to this university.
Schools[]
The university has the following schools, departments and centres of studies:[5]
- School of Social Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of History
- Department of Law
- Department of International Relations
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Management
- School of Life Sciences
- Department of Botany
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Zoology
- School of Physical Sciences
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Applications
- Department of Geology
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- School of Languages and Literature
- Department of Bhutia
- Department of Chinese
- Department of English
- Department of Hindi
- Department of Lepcha
- Department of Limbu
- Department of Nepali
- School of Human Sciences
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Geography
- Department of Psychology
- School of Professional Studies
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Education
- Department of Management
- Department of Music
- Department of Mass Communication
- Department of Tourism
Affiliated Colleges[]
- Damber Singh College 6th Mile Samdur, Tadong, East Sikkim
- Government College Rhenock East Sikkim
- Government Vocational College, Dentam, West Sikkim
- Namchi Government College South Sikkim
- Nar Bahadur Bhandari Government College, Tadong, East Sikkim
- Sikkim Government Law College Burtuk, East Sikkim
- Sikkim Government College Burtuk, East Sikkim
- Sikkim Government College, Gyalshing, West Sikkim
- Sikkim Govt. Science College Chakung, West Sikkim
- Harkamaya College of Education
- Loyola College of Education
- Sikkim Government B.Ed College
- Government Pharmacy College
- Himalayan Pharmacy Institute, Majhitar, East Sikkim
- Sikkim Government College of Nursing
- Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
- Sikkim Institute of Science and Technology
References[]
- ^ "From the Vice-Chancellor's Desk". www.cus.ac.in. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ The Sikkim University Act, 2006, No. 10 of 2007.
- ^ "Sikkim VC swipe at government on land". The Telegraph. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Prof Tanka Bahadur Subba, New VC of Sikkim University". Northeast Today. 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Schools of study". cus.ac.in. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
External links[]
- Sikkim University
- Universities in Sikkim
- Central universities in India
- Educational institutions established in 2006
- Gangtok
- 2006 establishments in Sikkim