Kk&foK u foe qDr u k ; UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI-110 002 Information Submitted by AKAL UNIVERSITY, TALWANDI SABO (PUNJAB) For Ascertaining its Norms and Standards Kk&foK u foe qDr s u k ; UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI-110 002 Information by State Private Universities for ascertaining their norms and standards A. Legal Status 1.1 Name and Address of the University Akal University, Talwandi Sabo, District: Bathinda (Punjab) 1.2 Headquarters of the University Talwandi Sabo, District: Bathinda (Punjab) 1.3 Information about University a. Website ________________ www.auts.ac.in b. E-mail ________________ [email protected] c. Phone Nos. ________________ Phone Nos. 07087775533-44-66-88 d. Fax Nos. ________________ Information about Authorities of the University a. Ph. (including mobile), Fax Nos. and S. Iqbal Singh e-mail of Chancellor Chancellor Tel – 9816400501 Email- [email protected] b. Ph. (including mobile), Fax Nos. and Prof. Gurmail Singh e-mail of Vice-Chancellor Vice-Chancellor Tel – 9872290129 [email protected] Dr.Sawarn Singh c. Ph. (including mobile), Fax Nos. and Email- [email protected] e-mail of Registrar Tel-9316163073 (M) Sh. N.K.Ghai d. Ph. (including mobile), Fax Nos. and Email- [email protected] e-mail of Finance Officer Tel- 9988345184 (M) 1.4 Date of Establishment 4th June, 2015 1.5 Name of the Society/Trust promoting the The Kalgidhar Society, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh. University Registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860(XXI of (Information may be provided in the following 1860). format) (Copy of the registered MoA/Trust Deed to be Copy of MOA/Trust Deed enclosed- Annexure 1.5 (page 71) enclosed) 1.6 Composition of the Society/Trust Details are provided in Appendix-I (page 27) 1.7 Whether the members of the Society/Trust are Details are provided in Appendix-II (page 28) members in other Societies/Trusts or in the Board of Governors in companies? If yes, please provide details in the following format:- 1.8 Whether the promoting Society/Trust is involved Yes, the Society running following educational institutions; in promoting/ running any other University/ 129 Academies (schools) in 6 states of North India. Educational Institution? If yes, please give details Eternal University, Baru Sahib (Himachal Pradesh) in the following format:- Akal Global University, USA (Registered), 2015. School of Spiritual Science for Girls, Baru Sahib. Elementary Teachers Training Academy, Baru Sahib. Details are provided in Appendix-III (page 29) 1.9 Whether the promoting society/trust is involved in Yes promoting/running activities other than educational? If yes, please give details in the following format Details are provided in Appendix-IV (page 30) 1.10 Act and Notification under which established Akal University Act, 2015 (Punjab Act No. 25 of 2015) (copy of the Act & Notification to be enclosed) Notification No. 26-Leg/2015 of 4th June, 2015 Copy of the Act & Notification enclosed-Annexure-1.11. (Page 87) 1.11 Whether the University has been established by a Yes- Akal University Act, 2015 separate State Act? (Punjab Act No. 25 of 2015) B. Organization Description 2.1 Whether Unitary in nature (as per the UGC Yes – Akal University is a Unitary in nature. Regulation) 2.2 Territorial Jurisdiction of the University as per As per Akal University Act Section 6, “(i) The University shall the Act exercise its jurisdiction within in its campus, and (ii) The University shall affiliate to it those educational or professional institutions, established, run, or managed by the Society within the Campus with regard to which a specific decision is taken by the Society.” 2.3 Details of the constituent units of the University, The Akal university has not established its constituent units so if any, as mentioned in the Act far. 2.4 Whether any off-campus centre(s) established? No If yes, please give details of the approval granted by the State Government and UGC in the The Akal University has not established any off-campus following format:- Centre(s) so far. Place of the off-campus ________________ a. Letter No. & date of the approval of State Government b. Letter No. & date of the approval of UGC (Details to be provided in Appendix-VI ) 2.5 Whether any off-shore campus established? If No. yes, please give details of the approval granted by the Government of India and the host The Akal University has not established / set up any off-shore country in the following format:- campus Centre(s) so far. Place of the off-shore campus ___________ a. Letter No. & date of the approval of Host country b. Letter No. & date of the approval of Government of India 2.6 Does the University offer a distance education No. programme? If yes, whether the courses run under distance mode are approved by the The Akal University does not offer any distance education competent authority? (Please enclose attested programme at present. copy of the course-wise approval of competent authority) 2.7 Whether the University has established study No. centre(s)? If yes, please provide details and whether these study centres are approved by The Akal University has not established any study Centre so far. the competent authority of the University and UGC? (Please enclose attested copy of the approval from the competent authority) (Details to be provided in Appendix-VII ) Academic Activities Description 3. Academic Programmes 3.1 Details of the programmes permitted to be The programmes being offered are as per The Akal University offered by Gazette Notification of the State Act, 2015 (Punjab Act No. 25 of 2015) Clause 4, Objects of the Government and its reference University and Clause 5, Powers and Functions of the University. The relevant clauses and detail of courses offered are given in Appendix-VIII (Page 33) 3.2 Current number of academic programmes/ (Details of academic programs/ courses offered by the courses offered by the University University provided in Appendix-IX (Page 34)) 3.3 Whether approvals of relevant statutory council(s) such as AICTE, BCI, DEC, DCI, INC, MCI, NCTE, PCI, The University has introduced only those courses which are etc. have been taken to: permitted by the UGC and Akal University Act, 2015. Any approval from other statutory bodies such as AICTE, BCI, DEC, (Details to be provided in Appendix-X) DCI, INC, MCI, NCTE, PCI, etc. is not required 3.4 If the University is running courses under distance Akal University is not offering any course under distance mode mode, please provide details about the students at present. enrolled in the prescribed format: 3.5 Temporal plan of academic work in the University The academic work of the University follows Semester System Semester system/ Annual system with continuous evaluation of the students. 3.6 Whether the University is running any course The University is not running any course which is not specified which is not specified under Section 22 of the UGC under Section 22 of the UGC Act. Act, 1956? If yes, please give details in the prescribed format:- (Details to be provided in Appendix-XI ) 4. Student Enrolment and Student Support 4.1 Number of students enrolled in the University for the current academic year according to regions and countries (Please give separate information for main campus and off-campus/off-shore campus) Particulars No. of students from No. of No. of NRI No. of overseas students Grand the same State where students students excluding Total the University is from other NRIs located States Foreign Person of Students Indian Origin students UG M 54 9 0 0 0 63 F 163 26 0 0 0 189 T 217 35 0 0 0 252 PG M 6 0 0 0 0 6 F 81 14 0 0 0 95 T 87 14 0 0 0 101 M.Phil M Not Applicable F T Ph.D.. M Proposed to Admit Students in February 2016 F T Diploma M Not Applicable F T PG Diploma Not Applicable Certificate M Not Applicable Any Other M Not Applicable (Pl. Specify) M-Male, F-Female, T-Total 4.2 Category-wise No. of students Category Female Male Total SC* 17 4 21 ST* 0 0 0 OBC* 30 6 36 PH General 237 59 296 Total 284 69 353 Note: *All the eligible candidates who applied for admission under these categories were admitted during the current academic session. 4.3 Details of the two batches of students admitted Particulars Batch 1 Batch 2 Year of Entry – 2015-16 Year of Entry – Not Applicable UG PG Total UG PG Total No. admitted to the programme 263 112 375 Not Applicable No. of Drop-outs Within four months of Joining 11 11 22 Not Applicable (a) Afterwards 0 0 0 No. appeared for the final 1st batch yet to appear in Final Not Applicable year examination exam No. passed in the final exam -- Not Applicable No. passed in first class - Not Applicable 4.4 Does the University provide Yes –The University offers remedial courses to the educationally bridge/remedial courses to the disadvantaged Students. During the current semester the educationally disadvantaged University offered following remedial courses to weak students: students? If yes, please give details Special classes of English writing and oral communication to those students who studied up to 10+2 level with Punjabi or Hindi medium and now shifted to English as medium of instruction and examination and were facing problem in understanding lectures delivered in English and writing examination in English. Students with non-science background but opted for B.Sc. (Honours) in Mathematics were arranged special classes for Chemistry subject, which is Generic paper in B.Sc-I program.