Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University

State University in Karnataka

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Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University

Type	Public
Established	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Chancellor	Governor of Karnataka
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Saheb Ali^[1]
Location	Ballari, Karnataka , India
Campus	Rural
Affiliations	UGC, NAAC
Website	vskub.ac.in

Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ballari, (VSKU)^[2]^[3] is a public university established in 2010 by the Government of Karnataka in Ballari district of Karnataka, India through the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000. It has been named after Krishnadevaraya, former emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire. VSKU previously was a post graduate center of Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi and later become independent university in the year 2010. Recently VSKU has celebrated its Decennial ceremony on 27 July 2020.

VSKU has jurisdiction of three districts: Ballari, Koppal and Vijayanagara district. It has three post graduate centers, the main campus Jnana Sagara is at Vinayaka Nagar, Ballari which is spread at about 95.37 acres, houses all the key administrative departments of the university as well as 19 post graduate departments with 21 post graduate programmes.^[4] Among three post graduate centers one of the center is located at Nandihalli in Sandur tehsil of Ballari district which currently offers 10 post graduate programs. Another two campuses were started at Koppal (Established in 2016) and Yelburga (Established in 2017) tehsil, both in Koppal district, offering 10 and 7 post graduate programs respectively.^[5]

History

Departments of Pure Sciences and Technology

Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biotechnology
Department of Botany
Department of Chemistry
Department of Industrial Chemistry
Department of Computer Science
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Department of Zoology

Departments of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department of History and Archeology
Department of Political science
Department of Sociology
Department of Journalism and Mass communication
Department of MSW

Departments of Language Studies

Department of English

Post graduate centers

Post Graduate Center Koppal(PGCK)
Post Graduate Center Nandihalli (PGCN) Sandur
Post Graduate Center Yelburga (PGCY)

Library

The Library was established in University campus in 2010.^[6]

References

^ https://vskub.ac.in/vice-chancellor-2/
^ "Untitled Page" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
^ http://dpal.kar.nic.in/ao2010%5C30of2010(E).pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ "Departments-footer". VSKUB. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
^ "Degree & PG Centre | Koppal District, Government of Karnataka | India". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University Library