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Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra, India
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Kurukshetra University was founded in 1956, in the town of Kurukshetra, just over 150km north of Delhi. At the time, the university had a single department – Sanskrit – and owed its existence to the governor of Punjab, an avid Sanskrit scholar. Its location was chosen in recognition of Kurukshetra’s ancient Vedic history and association with the Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita. 

Gradually, the university expanded, opening different departments in a range of academic disciplines. Today, undergraduate degrees are offered in 10 areas of study: arts and languages; social sciences; life sciences; sciences; education; Indic studies; engineering and technology; law; commerce and management; and pharmaceutical science. 

Its 400-acre campus includes a gymnasium, a swimming pool and a museum dedicated to the 1857 first Indian war of independence (previously known as the Indian Mutiny). 

It offers 12 hostels for male students and 13 for female students. All hostels provide purified water, as well as newspapers, periodicals, games, music and TV. The women’s hostel complex is surrounded by a high boundary wall to keep out intruders, and offers a first-aid centre, reading room, indoor and outdoor gym and tailoring shop. 

The university holds annual talent shows, with a cash prize for the winner. Hindi Diwas, the annual day of celebration of the Hindi language, is marked with declaiming contests and poetry symposia. 

Student societies include dance club, drama club and water-sports club, as well as a Red Cross club and a campus service scheme. A number of academic-related groups and publications, such as the Kurukshetra Law Journal, invite contributions from students.  

 

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