North-Eastern Hill University(NEHU) is aCentral Universityestablished on 19 July 1973 by an Act of theIndian Parliament.The university is in the suburb ofShillong,the state capital ofMeghalaya,India.The university has two campuses, inShillongandTura.Both campuses are inMeghalayastate. The first pro-vice chancellor was Early Rising Singha[3]
Motto | Rise Up and Build |
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Type | Publiccentral university |
Established | 1973 |
Academic affiliations | UGC;AICTE;ICAR;ICSSR;BCI |
Chancellor | Justice L. Narasimha Reddy (Retd.) |
Vice-Chancellor | Prabha Shankar Shukla[1] |
Rector | Governor of Meghalaya |
Visitor | President of India |
Academic staff | 300[2] |
Students | 4,741[2] |
Undergraduates | 1,075[2] |
Postgraduates | 2,729[2] |
937[2] | |
Location | ,, 793022 ,25°36′36″N91°54′5″E/ 25.61000°N 91.90139°E |
Campus | Suburban |
Nickname | NEHU |
Website | www |
It is theUniversity Grants Commission'sUniversity with Potential for Excellence(conferred in 2006). It was established as a regional university for the states ofnortheast India,includingMeghalaya,Nagaland,Arunachal PradeshandMizoram,and had given birth toNagaland Universityin 1994 andMizoram Universityin 2001.[4]
Campus
editNEHU has two academic campuses, one at Mawkynroh-Umshing, Shillong, and another at Chasingre, Tura. Shillong is the headquarters of academic and administrative functions. The main campus is 1225 acres in area. It accommodatesNational Council of Science Museums(NCSM),Indira Gandhi National Open University(IGNOU),Indian Council of Social Science Research(ICSSR),Sports Authority of India(SAI) andThe English and Foreign Languages University(EFLU).[5]
Organisation and administration
editGovernance
editThe head of the administration is thevice-chancellor(VC), who is appointed by thevisitorof the university, thePresident of India,for a five-year tenure. TheGovernor of Meghalayais thechief rector.Under the VC are two pro-vice-chancellors, one for each of the two campuses, Tura and Shillong, and aRegistrar.[6]As of December 2021,[update]the VC is Prabha Shankar Shukla.[7]
Initially, the academic departments and the administration of NEHU at Shillong functioned from three prime sites in the Shillong city; one from the formerMaharajaofMayurbhanj,the other from the Rani of Bijni and the third one from the Government of Meghalaya, popularly known as Horse-Shoe Building. The university now runs its central administration from its main campus inMawkynroh-Umshing.[4]
Schools
editThe university has the following schools, departments and centres of studies:[8]
- School of Economics, Management etc.
- Agri-Business Management and Food Technology (Tura)
- Commerce Department
- Economics Department
- Journalism and Mass Communication
- Library & Information Science department
- Management Department (Tura)
- Tourism and Hotel Management Department
- School of Education
- Adult and Continuing Education Department
- Centre for Distance Education
- Centre for Science Education
- Education Department
- Education Department, Tura Campus
- School of Human & Environmental Sciences
- Anthropology Department
- Environmental Studies Department
- Geography Department
- Horticulture Department
- Rural Development and Agricultural Production
- School of Humanities
- English Department
- English Department (Tura Campus)
- Garo Department (Tura Campus)
- Hindi Department
- Khasi Department
- Linguistics Department
- Philosophy Department
- School of Life Sciences
- Biochemistry Department
- Biotechnology & Bioinformatics Department
- Botany Department
- Zoology Department
- School of Physical Sciences
- Chemistry Department
- Mathematics Department
- Physics Department
- Statistics Department
- School of Social Sciences
- Cultural & Creative Studies Department
- History & Archaeology Department, Tura Campus
- History Department
- Law Department
- Political Science Department
- Sociology Department
- School of Technology(SOT)
- Architecture Department
- Basic Sciences & Social Sciences Department
- Biomedical Engineering Department
- Computer Applications Department
- Electronics and Communication
- Energy Engineering Department
- Information Technology Department
- Nanotechnology Department
Jurisdictions and affiliated colleges
editThe jurisdiction of the university extended originally to the states of Meghalaya and Nagaland and the erstwhileUnion Territoriesof Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.[9]With the establishment of the Nagaland University on 6 September 1994, the jurisdiction of NEHU ceased over Nagaland. Likewise with the establishment of the Mizoram University the jurisdiction of NEHU over Mizoram also ceased from June 2001. Arunachal Pradesh has its own university.[10]
Academics
editLibrary
editThe Central Library started in 1973 with a collection of 600 books. Its membership demographic includes university and college teachers, postgraduate and undergraduate honors students and members of the non-teaching staff. The permanent library at Shillong campus was funded by the IndianMinistry of Development of North Eastern Region(MDoNER) and inaugurated in 2006. It now has a collection of over 230,000 books, 38,000 bound periodicals and it subscribes to 316 foreign and 366 Indian journals.[11] Readers can also have access to Thesis works compiled by PhD recipients over the years. The library is technologically endowed for ease and comfort of the students. A highly qualified library staff is available to assist students with any help they need. The library has a collection of rare works by leading Indian scholars some of which are not available anywhere, but certain libraries in the country.
Rankings
editUniversity rankings | |
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General – India | |
NIRF(Overall) (2021)[12] | 90 |
NIRF(Universities) (2021)[13] | 59 |
TheNational Institutional Ranking Framework(NIRF) ranked North-Eastern Hill University 90th overall in India[12]and 59th among universities[13]in 2021.
Notable alumni
edit- Prasenjit Biswas,Philosopher[14]
- Ampareen Lyngdoh,Incumbent Cabinet Minister of Meghalaya inSecond Conrad Sangma ministry[15]
- Baryl Vanneihsangi,Incumbent Speaker ofMizoram Legislative Assembly.
- Mevar Kumar Jamatia,Ex-Cabinet Minister of Tripura inBiplab Kumar Deb ministry.
- Lalbiakzama,Ex-Speaker ofMizoram Legislative Assembly.
- Alphons Kannanthanam,Ex-Union Minister inFirst Modi ministry.
- Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma,Titular Maharaja of Tripura & President ofTipra Motha Party.
Faculty
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