Jawaharlal Nehru University - JNU Delhi was founded in 1969, by an act of parliament. It was named after India’s First- Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The college was founded by his daughter, Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi.
Jawaharlal Nehru University - JNU Delhi, also known as JNU, is situated at New Delhi, the capital of India. The university is mainly a research oriented postgraduate University with approximately 5,500 students and 550 faculty members. The
.....Continuing reading University is mainly organized in ten Schools (each of which has several Centers) as well as four independent Special Centers.
The objective of the founders of Jawaharlal Nehru University - JNU Delhi was to make it a leading institution of higher learning for students of the erstwhile ‘Third World countries’. The objective of the university has been to promote research and teaching leading to the increasing engagement of its students and teachers in higher level academic work and national and international policy making.
Jawaharlal Nehru University - JNU Delhi library is a nine storey building in the center of the academic block of the university and is the tallest building in the campus. It has a large collection of books, printed journals, newspapers and archives of primary sources in it. On the ground floor are the reading rooms, a section of the stacks, the library's collection of the rear numbers of scholarly journals, computer terminals, and the newspaper and journal section. The different floors are dedicated to different subjects.
There are 15 hostels in the University including one for married students. Out of the 14 hostels, 7 are for men and 3 are for women. 4 hostels have both women's and men's wings. A Medical Health Center has been set up in the Jawaharlal Nehru University - JNU Delhi for the students. The University offers courses like Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of technology, Master of Science in Biotechnology, Master of Science in Agricultural Bio Technology and so more.
Jawaharlal Nehru University - JNU Delhi is ranked topped among universities in India and also among Asian universities. International league tables of 2006 by the London-based The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) placed JNU among the world's top 200 universities. For life and biological sciences, JNU is ranked among the top 100 universities globally. JNU's School for Social Sciences is at the 57th rank among the world's top 100 institutes for social sciences.
The prestigious varsity of Jawaharlal Nehru University - JNU Delhi is deeply committed to building a diverse campus community to ensure that students, faculty and staff members can explore their interests, discover new academic and extracurricular pursuits, and just as importantly learn from each other.
Jawaharlal Nehru University - JNU Delhi attracts students from all over the country and overseas. JNU has come to be deemed the best University in India and is among the best known Universities of the world. JNU has approximately 400 foreign students from around 50 countries, a fair chunk of them coming from South Asia, South-East Asia, Central Asia, Africa and Europe. The Foreign Students’ Association (FSA) is an official Jawaharlal Nehru University body which was instituted in 1985. Its aim was to promote friendly relations and cultural exchange among international students and with the host students of the university. The FSA is the students’ space to communicate their ideas, discuss their problems and organize various inter-cultural activities.....Reading in short