University of Hyderabad

University of Hyderabad

The University of Hyderabad IAST: Haidarabad visvavidyalayamu) is an Indian Public Research University located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Founded in 1974, this mostly residential campus has more than 5,000 students and 400 faculty, from several disciplines.[4] The Governor of the state of Telangana is ex-officio the Chief Rector of the University, while the President of India is the Visitor to the University.

The university was established along the lines of the Six-Point Formula of 1973. The first Vice-Chancellor of the University was Banaras Hindu University organic chemist Gurbaksh Singh, from 1974 to 1979. Shri B D Jatti was the first Chancellor of the University.

The University of Hyderabad is regarded as a premier varsity in the country. The university has been consistently ranked among the top ten Indian universities, especially for research, by NIRF, NAAC and other ranking authorities. In January 2015, the University of Hyderabad received the Visitor’s Award for the Best Central University in India, awarded by the President of India.[5]

The university is located in Gachibowli, on 2300-odd acres. The campus is rich in flora and fauna, home to over 734 flower plants, ten species of mammals, fifteen species of reptiles,[6] and 159 spe

The university is known for its alumni who now occupy important political and bureaucratic positions (see Notable alumni below). In part, this is because of the prevalence of Left-Centric student politics and the existence of a written constitution for the university to which noted Communist Party of India leader Prakash Karat contributed exhaustively during his education at JNU.[12]

On 24 October 2008 the Supreme Court of India stayed the JNU elections and banned the JNUSU for not complying with the recommendations of the Lyngdoh committee.[13] After a prolonged struggle and multi-party negotiations, the ban was lifted on 8 December 2011.[14] After a gap of more than four years, interim elections were scheduled again on 1 March 2012.[15] Following the election results declared on 3 March 2012, AISA candidates won all four central panel seats and Sucheta De, the president of AISA became the president of JNUSU.[16]

Students organisations at the left and right side of the political spectrum, and related parties, have repeatedly clashed over various political issues, resulting in nationwide noticed controversies.

In April 2000, two army officers who disturbed an Indo-Pak mushaira at the JNU campus were beaten up by agitated students.[17] The officers were angered by anti-war poems recited by two Pakistani poets[17] and disrupted the mushaira.[18] They were enraged at the recited lines of a poem Tum bhi hum jaise nikle ("You are like us too") and interpreted the lines as a criticism of India.[19] One of them started to shout anti-Pakistan slogans.[18] When the audience asked for silence, one of them pulled a gun. They were overpowered by security[19] and then beaten by students, though not seriously injured.[18][20] The Indian Army denied the charges and it was reported that the two army officers were admitted in hospitals.[21] A retired judge was appointed to probe the accusation