Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University

About College

First of all, the Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University is placed at a very exotic locale and is surrounded by some stunning sceneries all around. The atmosphere is very apt and suitable for the students to concentrate on their respective studies.

• The HNBG University came into existence of the 1st of December, 1973.
• The establishment was but a long dream that came true fir the local dwellers.
• The University was set up under the stipulation of Uttar Pardesh State Universities Act (Act No. 10 of 1973) on 1st December.1973.
• The name of this University (Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University) was again kept after the famous statesman of India, the famed Shri Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna. The year was 1989.
• The University was also established as being a Central University under the condition (here provision) of the Central Universities Ordinance, 2009, No.3 of 2009 published in the gazette of India, extraordinary Part-II, Sec-I, New Delhi, dated the15th of January, 2009.
• The University boasts of being the largest (among the top ten) University of India. It has three campuses and there are above 180 affiliated colleges and also institutes (both run by the state or aided or they are self financed institutes or colleges).
• Almost 150000 are examined every year. Out of 13 Uttarakhand districts, the University is providing higher education in seven districts.
• There are ten fantastic faculties in this University.
• Lying on the Himalayan Ranges, the University provides for a very beautiful scenic surrounding. Thus, the students are finding all the good facilities from the Mother Nature also. The environment is cool and suitable for studies.

There are many brilliant faculties in this University. These departments and faculties are providing with the best of education.

Departments: Some of the departments are as follows:

• Hindi and Modern Indian Languages
• English, Modern European and other Foreign Languages
• Centre for Folk Performing Arts
• Mass Communication
• Drawing and Painting
• Library and Information Science
• Forestry
• Horticulture
• Seed Technology
• Rural Technology
• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Home Science
• Statistic studies
• Anthropology
• Economics
• Political Science

There are many schools that are there in this University. Some of them are:

• School of Commerce
• School of Education
• School of Earth Science
• School of Dental Science
• School of Management
• School of Life Sciences
• School of Medicine
• School of Sciences
• School of Arts, Communication and Languages
• School of Agriculture and Allied Science

Central Library: The Central library is providing all the information and knowledge in various disciplines like Management, Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences.

• The Library came into being in the year 1973.
• Every year new books are being added in the Library.
• The Library remains open from 10:00Hrs.-17:00Hrs (on all the days of working).
• There are 138144 books available.
• There are 1916 Volume of Journals  
• There are 100 Current Journals.
•  2098 Theses have been kept.
• 150 Maps have been kept.
• There is 3000 PG Dissertation in all the subjects that had been kept for the students.
• There are 50 Atlases kept in the Library.
• The annual budget of the Library is Rs. 30 lakhs.
•   The Library is three-storied building.
• The 1st floor is equipped with huge volumes (bound) of Dissertations and Theses. There are rare books that have been collected. There are various units like Unit for Faculty Members, Research Scholars Reading Hall, Technical Section, Information Browsing and
  Digital Library.

Infrastructure: There are many hardware and software facility that have been provided.

• Hardware / Software Facility: Many software and hardware have been updated for the students and the like. C/C++, MS Visual Studio 6.0, JAVA,MS Visual Studio, Oracle 8.x for Windows  and Oracle 8i, Net, Developer 2000 functions over the following platforms: Windows 2003 server and Windows 9x/XP/2000
• Other Operating Systems: There are many operation systems like SCO UNIX, Sun Solaris 7.0 and Red Hat Linux 9.0.

UGC – Infonet facility:  A LAN has been set up for 24 numbers of computers and server. The leased line comes with 2 MBPS and thus as access to 6500 e-journals is possible.

University Career Counseling and Placement Service: Placement is very important the students who aspire to take admission in the Universities. This University too provides for a career counseling and placement service for its students.