Indian Lucknow University

University of Lucknow
Motto	Light and Learning
Established	1921
Type	Public
Chancellor	Mr B.L.Joshi (Governor of Uttar Pradesh)
Vice-Chancellor	Prof.M.K.Mishra
Location	Lucknow, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.lkouniv.ac.in

The University of Lucknow is a university in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is affiliated to University Grants Commission; Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU); Association of Indian Universities (AIU); Distance Education Council (DEC). Other accreditations include National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC); National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE); Bar Council of India (BCI). It was affiliated to UGC in the year 1921. Most of the courses have an 'Yearly' system, although some of the new courses, like BBA (Bachelor in Business Administration) and MBA have opted for a Semester system.

University of Lucknow(old campus)

History

The University of Lucknow grew out of the prestigious Canning College, Lucknow, founded in 1867 by Raja Dakshinaranjan Mukherjee and also grew out of King George's Medical College and Isabella Thoburn College.

Lucknow University was set up as a result of the far-reaching recommendations of the Sadler Commission which had been set up in 1917 to just investigate the "“conditions and prospects of the University of Calcutta".

The Honorable Raja Sir Muhammad Ali Mohammad Khan of Mahmudabad made a strong plea in the Pioneer for the creation of a separate University at Lucknow which was reinforced by all the Taluqdars of Awadh. Sir Harcourt Butler, the then Lt. Governor of United Provinces gave active support to the idea.

Lucknow University was established in law by the Governor General on November 25, 1920. Sir Harcourt Butler laid the foundation stone of the University on March 19, 1921, and Dr. Gyanendra Nath Chakravarti became its first vice-chancellor. On July 17, 1921 classes commenced.

Early growth

The expansion of the University began with generous support from the Taluqdars and the Government and within twenty five years, the University had established itself as a respected seat of learning in the country and was specially famous for the teaching of English Literature. The famous teachers being Prof Dhurjati Prasad Mukhopadhyay (Economics) , Radhakamal & Radhakumud Mukhopadhyay (History) Professor Nirmal Kumar Sidanth, Birbal Sahni , Laurence Brander, R. R. Sreshta and Ahmed Ali (English). Presently, it is one of the largest universities in India with over 101 affiliated colleges and over 100,000 students.

Notable alumni

Politics

• Shankar Dayal Sharma former President of India
• Surjit Singh Barnala, Governor of Tamil Nadu
• Syed Sibtey Razi, Governor of Jharkhand
• Harish Rawat, Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Labour, Government of India
• Zafar Ali Naqvi, Politician, Member of Parliament - India Govt.
• Syed Sajjad Zaheer, Politician, Poet,writer .
• K.C. Pant, former Union Minister and Dy Chairman Planning Commission
• Vijayaraje Scindia, Late Rajmata of Gwalior
• Arif Mohammad Khan, Politician, Columnist, former Union Minister
• Ammar Rizvi, Politician, former Education Minister in UP Government
• Chandra Shekhar Trivedi,Politician
• D.P.Bora, Politician
• Atul Kumar Anjan,Political leader of Leftist orientation

Education and Science

• Dr.Shaheen Parveen, Department of South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia,PA (USA)
• Dr. Noorul Hasan, Professor in Dept. of Commerce, Shia Post Graduate College, Lucknow. He is writer of more than 100 most popular & best Selling books on different subjects of Commerce.
• Professor Avtar Singh, Author of the bestselling book The law of Contracts, he is the most widely read author on the subject.
• Ahmed Ali (Professor), English novelist, Urdu short story writer, educationist, critic, translator, diplomat and scholar, co-founder Indian Progressive Writers' Movement and Association which began from Lucknow, after the publication of Angare(1932). He was also Lecturer of English at the University from 1931-32 & 1936-42. His Birth Centenary was celebrated with a three day International Conferece "Ahmed Ali: Progressive Writing and Bilingual Creativity" at the Lucknow University on February 10–12, 2011, in association with Sahitya Akademi & Indian Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies.
• Veena Talwar Oldenburg, Professor of History, Baruch College, New York
• Dr. Mohammad Akram Nadwi
• Jagdish Gandhi, educationist, founder of CMS Schools in Lucknow
• Prof R.P.Rastogi, former VC of BHU
• C.M.Naim, writer and academic
• Prof. L.K. Maheshwari, educationist, vice chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

• Dr. Tripta Trivedi, educationist
• Dr. Neeraj Chaubey, astrophysicist and mathematician
• Dean Emeritus Brij Mohan, Louisiana State University
• Dr Atul Kumar, Sr. Scientist CDRI, inventor of anti-osteoporosis drug, Candidate and recipient of OPPI SCIENTIST Excellence AWARD
• Z. U. A. Warsi, Ph.D., noted author and distinguished Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at Mississippi State University, pioneer of numerical methods in computational grid generation and an expert in theoretical and computational fluid mechanics.
• S.Zafar HASAN, MS, DSW (Columbia) Dean Emeritus, University of Kentucky, USA
• Brij MOHAN, MSW, PhD (Lucknow), DLitt (Hon. Kashi Vidyapith), IABMCP Diplomate, Dean Emeritus, Louisiana State University, USA.
• Prof. Kuldeep Kumar, M.Sc. (Statistics), Ph.D. (Univ of Kent, UK), Professor, Bond University, Australia.
• Prof. Ashok Sahai, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Statistics), Professor, University of West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.

Government

• Brajendranath De, esq., ICS Magistrate and Collector of Hooghly (1905–10); also Commissioner (Offg.), Burdwan (1905)
• Isha Basant Joshi, India's first female IAS officer
• Deepak Upreti , I.A.S.
• Manjulika Gautam, I.A.S.
• Shahnawaz-ur-rahman, I.R.S. Officer
• Dr. Kalpana Dube, I.R.A.S.
• Shri Devesh Mishra, DRM, Agra
• Shri A N Ram, IFS

Literature

• Ahmed Ali, stood first class and First in the order of merit in both B.A.(Hons), 1930 and M.A. English Literature, 1931 and received the White Memorial Gold Medal & scholarship and the Jhallawar Gold Medal; author of Twilight in Delhi, Ocean of Night, Of Rats & Diplomats, The Golden Tradition, Angare, Al-Qur'an: A Contmporary Translation; see education and science above.
• Ali Jawad Zaidi, noted poet, critic, writer, freedom fighter and Padmashri awardee.
• Iftikhar Arif, Urdu poet, scholar and littérateur.
• Kavi Pradeep, noted poet and lyricist.
• Qurratulain Hyder,noted Urdu writer
• Attia Hosain, Author, Journalist first lady graduate from Taluqdar families
• Anurag Kumar,author of Recalcitrance , the first English novel by a Lucknowite on events of the Great Uprising of 1857 in Lucknow

Judiciary / Law

• Justice Haider Abbas Raza
• Jaipat Singh Jain,Attorney New York
• Saurabh Trivedi, Advocate on Record Supreme Court of India

Corporate Sector

• Nusrat Durrani, Vice President, MTV, New York
• Jayant Krishna, Principal Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services

Cinematographers

• Rajiv Jain

Others

• Swami Chinmayananda, founder of Chinmaya Mission
• Mohini Giri, Women activist
• Vinod Mehta,Journalist
• Pandit Vishwambhar Dayal Tripathi,Lawyer and Politician
• Ahmed Wasi Broadcaster and Lyricist
• Ashok Bajpai, ex Minister
• S.R. Hashim, economist
• Vijay Upadhyay, Vienna based Opera conductor
• Zafar Ali Naqvi, ex Minister
• Prof Krishna Kumar, Director IIM Kozhikode
• Ahmed Nazir Kidwai, ex Chief Secretary Assam
• Seema Mustafa, journalist
• Shyam Manohar Joshi, writer
• Manoj Joshi, journalist
•  Kumar Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Musician & Musicologist ; & Cricket-writer

 Lucknow University has Seven teaching faculties The following is the list with Deans of Faculties:

 FACULTY OF ARTS (26 Departments): Prof. C.P. Barthwal (Dean) :

Teaching Departments under Faculty of Arts with their Heads/Coordinators:
DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY : Prof. S.N. Kapoor
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY : Prof. Indu Sahai
DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC : Prof. U. Farahi
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS : Prof. A.K. Sengupta
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND MODERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES : Prof. B.N. Singh
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY : Prof. C.P. Barthwal (Dean, Arts)
DEPARTMENT OF HINDI AND PRODERM INDIAN LANGUAGES : Prof. I.P. Paracer
DEPARTMENT OF HOME SCIENCE : Prof. C.P. Barthwal (Dean, Arts)
DEPARTMENT OF JYOTIR VIGYAN : Prof. C.P. Barthwal (Dean, Arts)
DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION : Dr. R.C. Tripathi
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE : Prof. N.R. Satyanarain
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS : Prof. Usha Sinha
DEPARTMENT OF MEDIEVAL & MODERN INDIAN HISTORY : Prof. V.D. Pandey
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY SCIENCE : Prof. C.P. Barthwal (Dean, Arts)
DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL STUDIES IN ARABIC AND PERSIAN : Dr.Mohd. A.F. Ayubi
DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL STUDIES IN SANSKRIT : Prof. Binda Prashad Mishra
DEPARTMENT OF PERSIAN : Dr. S.A. Zafar
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY : Dr. Nirupama Srivastava
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE : Prof. R.N. Pandey
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION : Prof. C.P. Barthwal (Dean, Arts)
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY : Prof. Neelima Verma
DEPARTMENT OF SANSKRIT AND PRAKRIT LANGUAGE : Prof. A.K. Kalia
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY : Prof. J.M.S. Verma
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK : Prof. R.B.S. Verma
DEPARTMENT OF URDU : Prof. A.A. Abidi
DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN HISTORY : Prof. P.N. Muttoo
FACULTY OF SCIENCE (9 Departments) Prof. A. Khare (Dean) :

Teaching Departments under Faculty of Science with their Heads:

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY : Prof. P.C. Mishra

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY : Prof. S.C. Srivastava

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY : Prof. A. Khare

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE :

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY : Prof. M.P. Singh

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS & ASTRONOMY : Prof. G.D. Dikshit

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS : Prof. G.P. Gupta

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS : Prof. R.K. Singh

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY : Prof. Vinod Gupta

FACULTY OF COMMERCE (3 Departments) Prof. R.K. Tripathi (Dean) :

Teaching Departments under Faculty of Commerce:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Prof. R.K. Tripathi

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED ECONOMICS : Prof. Radhey Shyam

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION : Prof. B.L. Bajpai

FACULTY OF LAW (One Department) Prof. S.N. Saxena (Dean) :

Teaching Departments under Faculty of Law:

DEPARTMENT OF LAW : Prof. S.N. Saxena

FACULTY OF EDUCATION (One Department) Prof. Saroj Anand (Dean)

Teaching Departments under Faculty of Education:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION : Prof. U.C. Vashishtha

FACULTY OF AYURVEDA (14 Departments) Dr. Bhagwan Singh (Dean)

Teaching Departments under Faculty of Ayurveda/State Ayurvedic College with their Heads:
DEPARTMENT OF SHARIR RACHNA : Dr. J.N. Mishra
DEPARTMENT OF SHARIR KRIYA : Dr. G.P. Tiwari
DEPARTMENT OF KAYA CHIKITSA : Prof. M.P. Shukla
DEPARTMENT OF ROG VIGYAN : Dr. P.S. Srivastava
DEPARTMENT OF AGAD TANTRA : Dr. Shail Bala
DEPARTMENT OF SWASTH VRITA : Dr. N.D. Mishra
DEPARTMENT OF DRAVYAGUNA : Dr. R.A. Gupta
DEPARTMENT OF SHALYA : Prof. R.C. Pant
DEPARTMENT OF RAS SHASTRA : Prof. A.K. Srivastava
DEPARTMENT OF SHALAKYA : Dr. R.R. Chaudhary
DEPARTMENT OF PRASUIT AND STRI ROG : Dr. Shail Kumari
DEPARTMENT OF BAL ROG : Dr. D.N. Mishra
DEPARTMENT OF MAULIK SIDDHANT : Dr. Shailja Srivastava
DEPARTMENT OF SAMHITA : Dr. Pramod Malviya

FACULTY OF FINE ARTS (6 Departments/Sections) Sri B.N. Shukla (Dean)

Teaching Departments/Sections under Faculty of Fine Arts:
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS
FINE ARTS
COMMERCIAL ARTS
SCULPTURE
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
CRAFTS SECTION

courses:

The University offers certificate of proficiency, diploma, bachelor's and master's degree courses in almost all faculties. The duration of the courses ranges from one year to five years. The courses are offered in both regular and self-financing categories. Certain specialisations are also offered in some departments.

Regular courses:

Faculty of Arts:Pre-degree: Diploma in Public Administration (DPA), Diploma in Urban Government and Administration (DUGA), Diploma in Office Administration (DOA), Diploma in Human Resources Development (DHRD), Certificate and diploma courses in foreign languages.
Graduation: BA
Post graduation: MA, MPA, Master of Philosophy (M Phil)

Faculty of Science:Graduation: B.Sc., B. Tech.
Post graduation: M.Sc., M. Tech., M. Phil

Faculty of Commerce:Graduation: B.Com.
Post graduation: M. Com, MBA

Faculty of Education:Graduation: B.A., B. Ed
Post graduation: M.A., M. Ed

Faculty of Law:Graduation: LL.B
Post graduation: LL.M

Faculty of Ayurveda:Graduation: BAMS
Post graduation: MD (Ayurveda Vachaspati)

Faculty of Architecture:Graduation: B.Arch
Faculty of Fine Arts:
Graduation: BFA
Post graduation: MFA
Diploma: Diploma in Home Arts and Home Crafts, Iron and Heavy Metal Work, Wood work, Furniture Design,
Certificate: Certificate in Clay Modelling, Art Master Training
Besides, doctorate programmes leading to award of degrees of PhD (Arts, science, commerce, education, medicine, etc) and LLD (in law) are also available.

Self-financing Courses:
Faculty of Arts
Master of Human Resource Management & Industrial Relation
Post Graduate Diploma in Management of Social Services
Post Graduate Diploma in Naturopathic Science & Yoga
Certificate Course in Yoga (UGC Sponsored)
Master of Arts in Criminology & Criminal Justice Administration
Bachelor of Library & Information Science
Master of Library & Information Science
Diploma in Human Resources Development
Post Graduate Diploma in Information Management
Post Graduate Diploma in Management in Public Relations
Master of Fine Arts
Tourism & Travel Management
Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism & Travel Management
PG Diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication
PG Diploma in Forensic Anthropology
Master in Women's Studies

Faculty of Science
M.Sc. Tech. Pharmaceutical Chemistry
M.Sc. Life Science
M.Sc. Plant Science
M.Sc. Environment Science
M.Sc. Tech. Total Quality Management
Post Graduate Diploma in Quality Management
M.Sc. Electronics Programme
M.Sc. Physics Semester Programme
B.Sc. Electronics
B.Sc. Seed Technology
B.Sc. Sericulture
B.Sc. Computer Science
Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application
M.Sc. in Mass Communication in Science & Technology

Faculty of LawLLB Hons. V Year Programme
P G Diploma in Consumer Protection Law
LLB III Years SFC Programme
LLM SFC Programme
Master of Labour Laws & Personnel Management
Master of Business Laws & Personnel Management
Master of Business law
Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Laws & Personnel Management
Post Graduate Diploma in Environment Protection Laws
Post Graduate Diploma in Criminal Procedure & Advocacy
Post Graduate Diploma in Criminology

Faculty of Commerce:Institute of Finance Management
Master of Marketing & Economics Management
Master of International Business Management
Master of Tourism & Administration
Bachelor of Tourism & Administration
Master of Business Administration (II Year Full Time)
Master of Business Administration (III Year Full Time)
Bachelor of Business Administration

Hostels :
There are 11 hostels in the university, ten for boys and one for girls. All except the girls hostel (Kailash Hostel) and one boys' hostel (Balrampur Hostel) are located within the university campus. The hostel rooms are allotted on twin-sharing basis and the present capacity is nearly 3000 inmates. The hostels are:

• BALRAMPUR HALL
• BIRBAL SAHNI HALL
• CHANDRA SHEKHAR HALL
• GOLDEN JUBLIEE HALL
• HABIBULLAH HALL
• KAILASH HALL (For girls)
• LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI HALL
• MAHMUDABAD HALL
• N.D. HALL
• SUBHASH HALL
• TILAK HALL

Institutes / Centres :

• Center for Swami Vivekananda Studies
  
• Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE)
  
• Institute of Management Sciences (IMS)
  
• Information, Publications and Public Relations (IPPR)
  
• Institute of Tourism Studies
  
• Institute of Development Studies
  
• Lucknow University Computer Centre
  
• Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies
  
• U.G.C. Academic Staff College
  
• Institute of Women's Studies
  
• Minorities Coaching Institute
  
• Population Research Centre
  
• Institute of Mass Communication in Science and Technology

Campus :

As the end of the millennium approaches, the original campus of the university extends to an additional campus on the western outskirts of the city on Sitapur road. The original campus on the banks of the Gomti river on the trans-side (eastern bank) of the river covers an area of almost 2 acres.

      

The buildings in the university campus are in the traditional Avadh style of architecture with the typical multiple domes and arched doorways. The original halls have very high ceilings and wooden staircase, reviving the memories of a resplendent era of space and comfort.

Merging with the traditional are modern multi-storied buildings, but over the years, care has been taken to ensure that the new buildings do not clash with the traditional skyline. The campus is dotted with tall, green ashoka trees, so much so that an entire clearing in the centre of the campus is known as Ashok Vatika.

The new campus is an impressive concrete and glass structure located amidst a vast, open tract of land on the highway towards Delhi on the western outskirts of the city. Among the two original constituent colleges, the I.T. College retains its glory in its original location just at the northern end of the university campus, while the medical college is sprawled across a vast campus on the banks of the Gomti river in the old part of the city.

      

The University of Lucknow has built new hostels and laboratories, equipped the old ones more completely, acquired new land, built more residential bungalows, and appointed a very distinguished staff to supplement the staff originally taken over from the Canning College and the Medical College.

The present strength of the university is nearly 28,000 students in the University campus alone. Besides, there is an equal number in 32 associated colleges put together.