Jawaharlal Nehru University is a foremost university located in the capital of India. It was named after the first Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
It ranks among the other top universities. In 1969, this university was established and the main objective was to promote high level academic work and international policy making.
Educational Streams
Jawaharlal Nehru University is involved in postgraduate programs and facilitates Indian and western traditions in literary, linguistics, cultural theory, metrics, polity, philosophy, and more. It has over eighty institutions in nearly twenty nine countries.
This university features Sanskrit studies, besides regular courses and this is featured to preserve the heritage texts of the Sanskrit tradition. This institute promotes research in key areas of scientific applications and life sciences.
Facilities
Jawaharlal Nehru University offers well-furnished hostels comprising of ten hostels for girls and boys and for married students. They also provide hygienic food, indoor games, PCOs, health club, etc.
This university offers comprehensive health care such as curative, preventive and offers various other services.
The sports complex is also well-equipped with a yoga hall, sports stadium, power and weight lifting hall and place especially to play games such as football, cricket, athletics, tennis and volleyball.
This university also facilitates disabled individuals facilities to study involving hearing, mobility, vision, and other areas.
Departments
The departments available are Biotechnology, Information Technology, Physical sciences, Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences, International Studies, Arts and Aesthetics, Molecular Medicine, Law and Governance.
Library
This university library is an immense building with nine storey and is the tallest in the entire campus. The added advantage is that it has enormous books collection, newspapers, printed journals and archives as primary sources.
The reading rooms, few other stacks, scholarly journals, journal and newspaper section are located on the ground floor of this library. Each floor is devoted to individual subject such that it facilitates the reader.
The other institutions affiliated are College of Military Engineering, Pune, Naval College of Engineering, Lonavla, C.V.Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, National Defense Academy, Pune, and many more. |
