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{{Infobox university
|name = Akal University
|native_name = ਅਕਾਲ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ
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|established = {{Start date and age|2015}}
|type = Private University
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|chancellor = Hon’ble Baba Iqbal Singh Ji
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|vice_chancellor = Dr. Gumail Singh
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|city = [[Takht Sri Damdama Sahib|Talwandi Sabo]], [[Bathinda]], Punjab
|state = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
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|campus = [[Rural area|Rural]]<br />{{convert|100|acre|ha}}
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|website= [http://akaluniversity.in/ Akal University]<small>(official)</small>
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'''Akal University''' is a private university in [[Takht Sri Damdama Sahib|Talwandi Sabo]], [[Bathinda]], India.<ref name="Welcome to UGC, New Delhi, India 2014">{{cite web |title = University|website = Welcome to UGC, New Delhi, India|date = 18 July 2014|url = http://www.ugc.ac.in/privateuniversitylist.aspx?id=28&Unitype=3|accessdate = 7 August 2015}}</ref> It is set up by Kalgidhar Society.<ref name="Service">{{cite web | last=Service | first=Tribune News | title=Will move MP court for poppy husk ban: Dy CM | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/will-move-mp-court-for-poppy-husk-ban-dy-cm/108191.html | accessdate=7 August 2015}}</ref>It was established in 2015 under The Akal University Act, 2015 (Punjab Act No. 25 of 2015).<ref>{{cite web|title=Punjab Act no. 25 of 2015|url=https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/14970/1/akal_university.pdf_new_one.pdf|accessdate=31 January 2021 }}</ref>

==History==
Akal University was approved by State Government in March 2015.<ref name="Neel KamalNeel Kamal 2015">{{cite web |last = Neel KamalNeel Kamal|first = TNN|title = Akal University gets cabinet nod|website = The Times of India|date = 15 March 2015|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Akal-University-gets-cabinet-nod/articleshow/46569687.cms|accessdate = 7 August 2015}}</ref> Inauguration of Akal University took place on 17 July 2015.<ref name="TNN 2015">{{cite web |author = TNN|title = Punjab to file PIL in MP high court for ban on poppy cultivation|website = The Times of India|date = 19 July 2015|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Punjab-to-file-PIL-in-MP-high-court-for-ban-on-poppy-cultivation/articleshow/48129557.cms|accessdate = 7 August 2015}}</ref>

==Educational Programs==
Akal University offers Bachelor with Honours in Sri [[Guru Granth Sahib]] Studies. Akal University also offers Bachelors as well as master's degrees<ref name="Kalsi 2015">{{cite web|last = Kalsi|first = Kulbir Singh|title = Guru ki Kashi - Divine Prophecy of Guru Gobind Singh Ji manifests with Akal University!|website = Punjab News Express|date = 17 July 2015|url = http://punjabnewsexpress.com/education/news/guru-ki-kashi-divine-prophecy-of-guru-gobind-singh-ji-manifests-with-akal-university-41751.aspx|accessdate = 7 August 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150720015855/http://punjabnewsexpress.com/education/news/guru-ki-kashi-divine-prophecy-of-guru-gobind-singh-ji-manifests-with-akal-university-41751.aspx|archive-date = 20 July 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> in:
* Economics
* Political Science (New faculty being set up)
* Commerce
* Mathematics
* Physics
* Chemistry
* Botany
* Zoology
* English
* Punjabi

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150427234732/http://akaluniversity.in/ Official Website Akal University]

{{Universities and colleges in Punjab, India |state=expanded}}

[[Category:Universities in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Private universities in India]]
[[Category:Education in Bathinda]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2015]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Punjab, India]]

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