UNIVERSITIES

 THE  PUNJABI UNIVERSITY PATIALA-

Established on April 30, 1962 in the erstwhile princely state of Patiala with the main objective of furthering the cause of Punjabi language, art and literature,Punjabi University has since evolved into the largest University in the state. Spread over 600 acres of land, its 500 teachers are imparting instruction and guidance to nearly 9,000 students in a multi-faceted, multi-pronged and multi-faculty environment comprising 65 Teaching and Research Departments on its Campus, five Regional Centres, six Neighbourhood Campuses and 166 Colleges affiliated to it.

The University has scaled new heights in the direction of strengthening and spreading the religious ethos and quintessence, particularly that of Sikhism. Earlier having established a full-fledged Department of Guru Granth Studies and Guru Gobind Singh Department of Religious Studies, the University has published first of its kind, the Encyclopaedia of Sikhism in four volumes. 

Guru Gobind Singh Bhawan

Covering 84 acres of land and occupying 3.75 lakh sq. ft. of covered area, the YCoE has already over 1,600 students on its rolls for its various courses which include M.Tech, M.C.A., six-year B.Tech. integrated course and four-year B.Tech. with facilities to follow these courses up to doctorate level. After taking over the Campus, our University has already spent over Rs 25 crore for creating state-of-the art infrastructure which includes seven computer labs, mechanical engineering workshop, up-to-date electronic labs, 2 Mpbs radio-link internet connectivity, boys' and girls' hostels, teachers flats, well-stocked library and playfields  and a language lab to improve the communication skills of  the rural students.

Central Library 

University's main Library, on the other hand, stocks more than 5,00,000 volumes and subscribes to more than 600 journals. It has a 400-capacity majestic Reading Hall for readers to consult various types of source material. The other characteristics features of these libraries constitute Online Public access Catalogue, database of 2, 00,000 documents, internet facility, current awareness and documentation services, indexing services of newspapers, subject bibliographies, inter-library loan facility, computerized bibliographic and documentation and reprographic services. The University also has libraries at its satellite campuses at its Mohali, Dehradun, Malerkotla, Bathinda and Talwandi Sabo. Dr Balbir singh Sahitya Kenda, Dehradun stands out containing valuable collection of manuscripts, rare books, tracts and memoirs.

Stadium

Students are encouraged to take active part in sports. Well maintained sports grounds and facilities for games such as hockey, football, cricket, basketball, volleyball, atheletics etc. as well as various indoor games are provided. 
The Punjabi University has a large gymnasium and a hall for indoor games. It is one of the very few institutions in India to possess its own vellodrome

DEVELOPMENT STATUS OF NEW CAMPUS OF RAJIVGANDHI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, PUNJAB

New campus of RGNUL is coming up in a land measuring appx; 47.30 acres. Proposed campus is being developed as Green University, for this rain harvesting, construction of sewage treatment plant (STP), plantation of trees and installation of solar systems are being taken into account.  

Campus boundary wall: Work of campus boundary wall stands completed. Campus will be having two entry gates; one gate has also been constructed. Work of construction of main gate and finishing of front wall is being taken in hand soon.