University of Mysore
The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and the premiership of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The university is recognised by the University Grants Commission for offering higher studies degree courses on-campus as well as online. It was inaugurated on 27 July 1916. Its first chancellor was the maharaja himself; the first Vice-Chancellor was H. V. Nanjundaiah. This was the first university outside of British administered Indian provinces, the sixth in the Indian subcontinent as a whole, and the first in Karnataka. It is a state university of the affiliating type, and was deemed autonomous within the Republic of India on 3 March 1956, when it gained recognition from the University Grants Commission.
The Mysore University Library comprises over 800,000 books, 2,400 journal titles, and 100,000 volumes of journals. The main campus features an amphitheater, an auditorium, a swimming pool, and hostel accommodations for men and women. As of July 2013, the University of Mysore was accredited "Grade A" by National Assessment and Accreditation Council.
History
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Recent academic restructuring
The International School of Information Management, was created in 2005 through the collaboration of three US universities, as well as Dalhousie University of Canada, and IIIT, Bangalore. Faculty members from these partnering institutions teach at ISiM.The Third Sector Research Resource Centre was established in 2004. The aim of the centre is '...to undertake and promote interdisciplinary studies and research in the domain of civil society,' with a secondary aim of developing and offering Diploma and Masters programs in the management of non-profit organisations.
More recently, the Department of Law in the university was incorporated into the Mysore University School of Justice. Continuing with the university's initiative to introduce five-year integrated courses to produce professionals with in-depth knowledge, the MUSJ has introduced a program leading to a degree in law, as a bid to enhance the quality of legal education in Karnataka. University of Mysore along with Institute of Astrophysics has signed an MoU to build a planetarium in Mysore.
Crest and motto
The university's motto, "Na Hi Jñanena Sadrusham" is taken from the Bhagavad Gita.Ranking
Mysore University was ranked 54th among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2024 and 86th overall.Notable people
- Venkatraman Radhakrishnan, Physicist
- S. V. Rajendra Singh Babu, filmmaker
- T. S. Venkannayya, Kannada writer
- Sadhguru, Indian guru and founder of Isha Foundation
- A. R. Krishnashastry, writer, researcher and translator
- T. S. Krishnamurthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Kuvempu, writer
- R. K. Laxman, cartoonist
- Devanur Mahadeva, writer
- N. R. Narayana Murthy, billionaire
- Nima Poovaya-Smith, museum curator, art historian and writer
- M. Yamunacharya - Philosopher, Writer, Gandhian
- S. Srikanta Sastri, Indian historian, Indologist, and polyglot
- RAK Sharma, composer, singer and writer
- MV Seetharamaiah, writer
- G. S. Shivarudrappa, writer
- M. N. Venkatachaliah, former Chief Justice of India
- Priyadarshini, playback singer
- Mysore Manjunath, Indian Violinist
- Archna Sharma, Actress.
- Avinash, actor
- U. R. Ananthamurthy, writer
- Akhilesh Yadav, MP and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
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