Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (informally
Indraprastha University or simply
IP) is a
publicA public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...
,
professional universityA vocational university is an institution of higher education and sometimes research, which provides both tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants academic degrees at all levels in a variety of subjects...
located in
DelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
,
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. Founded in 1998 it is a teaching-cum-
affiliating universityAn affiliating university is one that sets courses of study, conducts examinations, and awards educational credentials, but leaves the chore of undergraduate instruction to an array of colleges; the affiliation, then, is between university and college....
which affiliates more than 120 colleges in
Delhi-NCRThe National Capital Region in India is a name for the conurbation or metropolitan area which encompasses the entire National Capital Territory of Delhi as well as urban areas ringing it in neighbouring states of Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan...
and has 15 schools and centres on its campus with one constitutional college — Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (under the direct administration of the university). The university has been graded 'A' by NAAC Accredited University.
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University has received the Platinum Technology Award for quality and excellence in the field of education, in
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, presented by Otherways Management and Consulting (OMAC), a
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-based international organisation.
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is a member of the
Association of Commonwealth UniversitiesThe Association of Commonwealth Universities represents over 480 universities from Commonwealth countries.- History :In 1912, the University of London took the initiative to assemble 53 representatives of universities in London to hold a Congress of Universities of the Empire...
,
Association of Indian UniversitiesAssociation of Indian Universities is an organisation based in Delhi India to evaluate the courses, syllabi, standard and credits of foreign Universities and to equate them in relation to various courses offered by Indian Universities....
,
Medical Council of IndiaThe Medical Council of India was the statutory body for maintenance of uniform and high standards of medical education in India. The Council grants recognition of medical qualifications, gives accreditation to medical colleges, grants registration to medical practitioners, and monitors medical...
and
Distance Education CouncilDistance Education Council is an organisation based in New Delhi, India responsible for the promotion and coordination of the open university and distance education system and for determination of its standards in India. The Council was constituted under the Indira Gandhi National Open University...
.
History
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was established as Indraprastha University (IPU) on 28 March 1998 and eminent
I.T.Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
expert and
professorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
K. K. AggarwalK. K. Aggarwal is a engineer, professor and eminent I.T. expert. He was the founder vice chancellor of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University...
was appointed as vice-chancellor of the university. The university was named after the ancient mythological city of
Indraprastha, which features prominently in the
MahabharataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
epic. In 2001, the university was officially re-christened as Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) after the tenth guru of Sikhs
Guru Gobind SinghGuru Gobind Singh is the tenth and last Sikh guru in a sacred lineage of ten Sikh gurus. Born in Patna, Bihar in India, he was also a warrior, poet and philosopher. He succeeded his father Guru Tegh Bahadur as the leader of Sikhs at a young age of nine...
. The university is completely secular and doesn't have any religious affiliations.
In 1997 Delhi had four universities — Delhi University,
Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityJawaharlal Nehru University, also known as JNU, is located in New Delhi, the capital of India. It is mainly a research oriented postgraduate University with approximately 5,500 students and a faculty strength of around 550.-History:...
, Jamia Millia Islamia University and
Indira Gandhi National Open UniversityThe Indira Gandhi National Open University , known as IGNOU is a national university with its headquarters in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 2000 crore, when the Parliament of India passed...
. All of them are Central Universities. Delhi University (DU), the only affiliating university, had reached the point of saturation and was unable to either open a college on its own or affiliate
colleges opened by either the
Government of DelhiThe Government of Delhi is the supreme governing authority of the Indian national capital territory of Delhi and its 9 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, a judiciary and a legislative...
or by a private organization. Therefore, the Delhi government decided to open a new
state universityA public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...
to reduce the burden on DU. The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University was formed by passing a bill in legislative assembly. GGSIPU was established with a focus towards professional courses, unlike Delhi University which is more oriented for general courses.
Eighty five percent of the total seats intake in programs of university were made for Delhi students only, which applies for all the schools, centres and colleges located in Delhi. This special mass reservation provides much needed opportunities to the students of Delhi, as the students were no longer required to go to far-flung states like
KarnatakaThe state of Karnataka in India has to its credit some of the premier institutions like the Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Management, the National Institute of Technology Karnataka and the National Law School of India University. An Indian Institute of Technology Muddenahalli has...
,
Andhra PradeshThe state has more than 20 institutes of higher education. The state has recently made strides in setting up several institutes of higher education.-About Andhra Pradesh Education System:...
, Maharashtra and
Tamil NaduTamil Nadu is one of the most literate states in India. The state's literacy rate is 80.33% in 2011, which is above the national average. A survey conducted by the Industry body Assocham ranks Tamil Nadu top among Indian states with about 100% Gross Enrollment Ratio in primary and upper primary...
for seeking admission under professional programmes. A total intake capacity of about 5000 seats in was created; now it has crossed over 50,000.
Administration and organization
The
University Grants CommissionThe University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised...
has recognized the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and has declared it eligible for receiving
CentralThe Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
assistance in terms of Rules under Section 12-B of the U.G.C. Act, 1956. Earlier the University had already been included in the list of Universities maintained by the Commission under Section 2(f) of the U.G.C. Act. The Government of Delhi continued to provide full grant to meet the recurring as well as non-recurring expenditure for the first five years that is up to 2004-2005, in addition to the matching grant required to be provided for Development Corpus Fund, every year.
Since 2005-2006 onwards, that is after five years of establishment of university, the Government of Delhi meets the demand of non-recurring expenditures only, which includes, building maintenance, purchase of laboratory equipments, books, office furniture and other technical and non-technical equipments.
Governing bodies
GGSIPU is governed by a board of management. The Vice-Chancellor of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is the day-to-day administrator of university and is appointed by Delhi government and responsible to the board of management.
University has following departments which hold responsibility for administrative works related to university:
- Personnel Branch
- Planning Branch
- Store and Purchase Section
- Accounts Section
- Public Relation Office
- Academic Affairs
- Affiliation Branch
- Office of International Affairs
Schools and centres
Indraprastha University has 13 schools and 2 centres. These are the faculties of the university. All are present at either main campus (Dwarka) or Kashmere Gate campus; they are among the pioneer institutions of the university. Curriculum for these schools and centers is usually different from other affiliated institutions.
- University School of Information Technology
University School of Information Technology is a premier constituent institute of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.The school offers a full-time B.Tech, M.Tech, as well as MCA programs. The School has established itself in the league of the most sought-after technology schools in India...
- University School of Chemical Technology
University School of Chemical Technology is one of the constituent school of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. It is the only institution dedicated to Chemical Technology except IIT Delhi in Delhi-NCR region...
- University School of Biotechnology
University School of Biotechnology is a one of the premier constituent institutes of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.The school offers a full-time B.Tech, M.Tech, as well as Ph.D programs. The School has established itself in the league of the most prominent biotechnology institutions...
- University School of Management Studies
University School of Management Studies is a graduate business school in New Delhi, India. The school offers a full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, as well as many . It is currently the only on campus Business School under Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University...
- University School of Environment Management
- University School of Basic & Applied Sciences
- University School of Humanities & Social Sciences
- University School of Law and Legal Studies
- University School of Engineering & Technology
- University School of Education
- University School of Architecture & Planning
- University School of Medicine and Para-Medical Health Sciences
- University School of Mass Communication
University Centres
- University Centre for IT Services & Infrastructure Management
- University Centre for Disaster Management Studies
| Board of Management |
| Name | Note |
| Prof. D. K. Bandyopadhyay Dilip K. Bandyopadhyay is a professor, PhD and scientific management researcher. He is the current and second vice-chancellor of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. His term of office started on December 18, 2008...
|
Vice Chancellor of University |
| D. M. Spolia |
Principal Secretary (Finance), Government of NCT of Delhi |
| Rajendra Kumar |
Secretary (Higher Education & Technical Education), Govt. of NCT of Delhi |
| Lt. General S. S. Mehta |
Member |
| Analjit Singh |
Chairman, MAX New York Life Insurance Co. Ltd |
| P. V. Indiresan |
Ex-Director, IIT Chennai |
| P. Rajendran |
COO, NIIT Ltd |
| Prof. V. S. Ramamurthy |
Chairman, IIT Delhi |
| Chandra Mohan |
Chairman, Board of Governors, Punjab Engineering College |
| N.K. Ganguly |
Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research |
| Prof. A.K. Aggarwal |
Dean, Maulana Azad Medical College |
| N.M.D. Jain |
Engineer-in-chief, PWD |
| Suman Gupta |
Dean, University School of Law and Legal Studies |
| Anu Singh Lather |
Dean, University School of Management Studies |
| B.P. Joshi |
Registrar of University |
Campus
The university has two campuses: one in
Kashmere GateThe Kashmiri Gate is a gate located in Delhi, it is the northern gate to the historic walled city of Delhi...
and other in
DwarkaDwarka is a sub city, located in the South West Delhi district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It is named after the legendary Dwaraka Kingdom. It is a short distance away from Gurgaon which is a major hub for large corporations in the country and about 10 Kms away from Indira Gandhi...
. Kashmere Gate was the original campus where university was established, and Dwarka campus is the new campus of university. At present time university is now functioning from its Dwarka campus spread over an area of 60 acres where a still considerable portion is under construction. Almost all of its departments have shifted from Kashmere Gate, except University School of Management Studies, University School of Education and University School of Architecture & Planning which will shift in July, 2011; the University School of Information Technology is running from both campuses. On Dwarka campus, the university is running 10 schools and imparting professional education to more than 3000 graduate and post-graduate students.
In future Kashmere Gate campus will solely acquired by Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology and
Ambedkar UniversityBharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, or in short Ambedkar University Delhi was established by the Government of the NCT of Delhi through an Act of the Delhi Legislature. The University began functioning in August 2008...
. With an aim to provide "
Research and DevelopmentThe phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
" facilities of international standards, the university has decided to set up an Institute of Information Technology in Surajmal Vihar,
East DelhiEast Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. It is bounded by the Yamuna River on the west, North East Delhi to the north, Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh state to the east, and Gautam Buddha Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh to the south...
. For this purpose it has acquired 19 acres (76,890.3 m²) of land on which the construction is likely to start very soon.
On-campus cultural festivals
- Anugoonj Annual cultural festival.
- InfoXpression Annual cultural festival of the University School of Information Technology.
- Neurotrix Annual technical festival of IEEE branch of University School of Information Technology.
- Impulse Cultural-cum-technical festival of the IGIT.
- Exuberance Cultural festival of the University School of Management Studies.
- Sanslation Annual technical festival of the University School of Chemical Technology.
University Information Resource Center (Library)
The library, re-christened as University Information Resource Centre (UIRC), was established in September 1999 with the prime responsibility to supplement the education and knowledge needs of the students, researchers and its faculty members. As like other departments of university, UIRC has shifted to the Dwarka campus, but the Information Technology and Business sections are still in Kashmere Gate. The services offered by UIRC are fully computerized. It has Web OPAC system with university’s website which helps its members and international academic community to assess the information on the library holdings on-line. The centre at present serves about 4000 members.
Academic programs and affiliated institutes
GGSIPU was established as an affiliating and teaching university to promote studies in the emerging areas of higher education. The university runs almost 50 courses of study as diverse as
engineeringEngineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, technology, business management,
medicineMedical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a doctor or additional training thereafter ....
,
pharmacyPharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
,
nursingNursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
, education, and
lawLegal education is the education of individuals who intend to become legal professionals or those who simply intend to use their law degree to some end, either related to law or business...
. There are more than 120 colleges affiliated to it which are run according to the rules and regulation set by the university.
Admission
Admission to courses of the university are strictly done by Common Entrance Tests (CETs). The university holds 26 CETs for admissions to all of its programs.
International students and education
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University enrolls foreign students in its affiliated schools and colleges. It has been qualified to be a certified and education partner with Educational Testing Services (ETS),
Princeton, New JerseyPrinceton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
, USA. The university is a certified test administrative site for internet based examination for
TOEFL iBTThe Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL , evaluates the ability of an individual to use and understand English in an academic setting....
and other ETS tests (
GREThe Graduate Record Examinations is a standardized test that is an admissions requirement for many graduate schools in the United States, in other English-speaking countries and for English-taught graduate and business programs world-wide...
, GMAT,
SATThe SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
). The university has been recognized globally with this significant achievement and by this it promotes international education. The university hosted 30 students from
LaosLaos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
as part of a bilateral cooperation programme on Information and Communication Technology.
Reputation
According to Webometrics Indraprastha University is ranked 57th among the top universities of India, just behind the
Indian Institute of Management LucknowThe Indian Institute of Management Lucknow is a business school located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established in 1984 by the Government of India, and is the fourth Indian Institute of Management to be established.-History:...
; it ranks at 5097th spot in the list of world's top universities.
Amity Law SchoolAmity Law School, New Delhi is a law school owned by the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation India.- History :Amity Law School, Delhi was founded in 1999, and is the first law school in the National Capital Region to start the five year integrated Bachelor of Laws course.- Ranking :Amity Law...
, one of the affiliated institutes of the university ranked at 10th in the list of prominent Law Institutes of India. Faculty of
BiotechnologyBiotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
of university-
University School of BiotechnologyUniversity School of Biotechnology is a one of the premier constituent institutes of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.The school offers a full-time B.Tech, M.Tech, as well as Ph.D programs. The School has established itself in the league of the most prominent biotechnology institutions...
is ranked sixth in the list of Premier Public Biotechnology Institutes of India.
Ranking
Comparison of Webometrics India Rankings
| University | 2010 |
| Indian Institute of Management Lucknow |
56 |
| Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University |
57 |
| University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad |
58 |
|
University banks
The
Punjab and Sind BankPunjab & Sind Bank is a major Public Sector bank in Northern India. Of its almost 1000 branches and offices spread throughout India, almost 400 are in Punjab state, though the bank's corporate headquarters is in New Delhi.-History:...
at the Kashmere Gate campus of university served as the official banker of university until the shifting of university to its Dwarka campus. Now
Indian BankIndian Bank is a major Indian Commercial Bank headquartered in Chennai , India. It has 22,000 employees, 1923 branches and is one of the big public sector banks of India. It has overseas branches in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and 229 correspondent banks in 69 countries...
provides money management facility to university students and staff as official banker of university. It is the official and only vendor of university's CETs' forms.
Alumni Associations
There is no common Alumni Association of the University but the schools and centres have their own separate ones. Although Indraprastha University has 13 schools and 2 centres, only few of these have their own established alumni associations.
University Schools
- University School of Information Technology
- University School of Law and Legal Studies
- University School of Biotechnology
- University School of Environment Management
- University School of Management Studies
University Centres
- Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology
See also
- Education in Delhi
Education in Delhi is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. The city's public school system, the Delhi Directorate of Education, is one of the largest in Indian cities, and Delhi is home to some of the most important libraries, universities, and research centers in the South...
- University Grants Commission (India)
The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised...
- List of courses and colleges affiliated with GGSIPU
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