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The Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati
University, Ajmer is a comparatively young University of the country which
came into existence on 1st August, 1987.
Ever since its inception the University
has for the last 25 years never settled for a slow pace – it has
steadily and successfully marched on the road to development attaining
several milestones during its journey of growth and progress. There has
been an astonishing growth in the University infrastructure which includes
magnificent buildings, hi-tech science laboratories, a state-of-the-art
Computer Centre, a prestigious Library, an Administrative and Examination
Block, a Science and a Management Block and a highly impressive
Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat.
There has been a simultaneous increase
in the number of affiliated colleges and the academic scenario has reached
new horizons. There are promising job oriented courses and intensive
research oriented programmes. There are also Self financing courses in
several teaching departments. The University was accredited as B++ by the
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore in 2004.
The University is now in the process of reaccreditation by the NAAC.
The C-Net center, EDU-SAT, campus
wide-networking using OFC 6
core are all a reflection of the emphasis of the University to the
fact that gaining knowledge can no longer be restricted to the four walls
of any institution. There is always scope to explore research and discover
while sailing through the process of gaining education.
The teaching departments and centres of
learning at the university campus include Botany, Commerce, Computer
Science, Economics, Education, Environmental Science, Food Science and
Nutrition, History, Journalism, Law, Library and Information Science, Management
Studies, Microbiology, Political Science, Population Studies, Pure &
Applied Chemistry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, Sanskrit, Yogic
Sciences and Human Consciousness, Zoology and Center for Entrepreneurship
and Small Business Management (CESBM). There are 226 Government and Private
Colleges affiliated to this University, which are spread over 4 districts
of the state of Rajasthan.
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