Jai Narain Vyas University
state public university in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Jai Narain Vyas University (JNVU) is an educational institution in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Many of its research and development activities focus on the heritage, society, and challenges of the Thar Desert region, in which it is located. As the westernmost university of the country, research is conducted in border areas with Pakistan.
History
Jai Narain Vyas University is the second university in the state of Rajasthan. The Jodhpur University Act (Act XVII), enacted by the state legislature for the Unitary Teaching University, combined the state colleges Jaswant and Shri Maharaj Kumar College (Faculty of Commerce campus, Faculty of Law, Institute of Evening Studies, and undergraduate Faculty of Arts campus), New Campus, and Kamla Nehru Girls College (multi-faculty constituent college campus). Shah Goverdhan Lal Kabra Teachers' College, a formerly private university, has joined JNVU since. The university received University Grants Commission (UGC) recognition as a university on 14 July 1962 and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan opened the university on 24 August 1962. Jaswant and Shri Maharaj Kumar Colleges were converted into the Faculties of Arts, Commerce, Law, Science, and Social Sciences, while M.B.M. and Kamla Nehru retained their identities. In 2021, M.B.M. became an independent institution.
The name changed from Jodhpur University to Jai Narain Vyas University on 12 February 1992 to honour the late Jai Narayan Vyas.
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