Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University is a State university in India which came into existence by the Act of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2002. The university is named after saint Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah. The university campus is located at the foothills of the great Himalayan Pir Panjal range in Rajouri, Template:Cvt from Jammu, the Winter capital & Template:Cvt from Srinagar, the Summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir union territory.[1] It focuses on undergraduate engineering courses, a diverse postgraduate courses and research in fields such as management, environment, biodiversity, bio-technology, computer sciences, information technology, and applied mathematics. Akbar Masood was appointed as Vice Chancellor on 13 February 2021.
Presently,Template:When the university is running 62 courses and in a short span, it has achieved many milestones to its credit and, amongst them, most importantly, is inculcating the culture of research in nationally and globally relevant thrust areas and cutting-edge technologies. Extensive organization and participation in the national and international seminars and workshops, series of social outreach programmes, initiation of consultancy services, acquiring substantial extramural research grants from R & D agencies including prestigious World Bank TEQIP III grant has been the hallmark of success in the recent times. Recently, NAAC accreditation, despite serious inherent limitations, has opened up new vistas for more developmental projects.
Schools of Studies
The university offers various undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the following schools of study
- School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences
- School of Material Sciences & Nanotechnology
- School of Engineering & Technology
- School of Management Studies
- School of Biosciences & Biotechnology
- School of Education
- School of Nursing & Biomedical Sciences
- School of Islamic Studies & Languages
- School of Social Sciences
References
- ↑ WELCOME || BGSB UNIVERSITY. www.bgsbu.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-01-12.