Aerial view of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Campus Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a

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collegiate university located in

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh.

Administration

The administration is the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and the members of the executive council, the court and the academic council of the university. The Kulpati (Vice-Chancellor) is a whole-time salaried officer of the university and is appointed by the chancellor from amongst the names submitted to him by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions above U.P. Universities Act 1973.

Ranking

In 2024,

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ranked Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University among top 101-125 Pharmacy colleges/universities in

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Colleges

The university is affiliating university all non engineering, non medical (including pharmacy), non MBA degree, non MCA degree offering colleges of

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Etawah district Etawah district is one of the Districts of Uttar Pradesh, districts in the western portion of Uttar Pradesh States and territories of India, state of India. Etawah town is the district headquarters. The district covers an area of 2311 km. ...

Farrukhabad district Farrukhabad district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state of India. The town of Fatehgarh is the district headquarters. The district is part of Kanpur division. Farrukhabad is situated between Lat. 26° 46' N & 27° 43' N and Long. 79° ...

Kannauj district Kannauj district is an administrative district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, along the river Ganges. The historic town of Kannauj, northwest of Kanpur, is the administrative center. The district was carved out of Farrukhabad district ...

Kanpur Dehat district Kanpur Dehat district is a districts of Uttar Pradesh, district in Uttar Pradesh States and union territories of India, state in northern India. The administrative headquarters of the district are at Mati-Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat, Akbarpur. This d ...

Kanpur Nagar district Kanpur Nagar district, meaning Urban Kanpur District is one of the districts of the Uttar Pradesh state of India. It is a part of Kanpur division and its district headquarters is Kanpur. Ka of npur was formerly spelled Cawnpore. Notable peo ...

and

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from the year of 2020. Notable affiliated colleges include DAV College, Kanpur,

Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College (VSSD college), formerly Sanatan Dharma College, is situated on the right bank of the Ganges river at Nawabganj in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established in 1921. Affiliations At first, the co ...

, Christ Church College, Kanpur,

Pandit Prithi Nath College Pandit Prithi Nath College (PPN College) is an educational institution in Kanpur, in Uttar Pradesh state in India. It is affiliated with Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJM University), Kanpur. Location It is located on Mall Road ( ...

, Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, Juhari Devi Girls' P.G. College, etc.

Formerly affiliated institutions

The list of formerly affiliated notable college who now have university status or now affiliated with another university- * Harcourt Butler Technical University (1968 to 2000) * Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology (1968 to 1975) * Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (2006 to 2016) * Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College (1968 to 2021)

Departments

The university has several departments, including:

University Institute of Engineering and Technology

The University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) is now a department of the university. It was founded in 1996 (earlier known as Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur)The University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), School of Engineering and Technology, and is an engineering and technology institute in Kanpur.

Notable alumni

Government and politics

Ram Nath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind ( ; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as the president. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Pa ...

, 14th President of India * Harsh Vardhan, ex- Minister of Science and Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Change and

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, attended Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery * Gopal Khanna, 5th director of the

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Shivpal Singh Yadav Shivpal Singh Yadav (born 16 February 1955) is a politician and educationist from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born in Saifai village, Etawah district, and is a younger brother of Samajwadi Party leader late Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle of t ...

, MLA and former Cabinet Minister in

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Anupriya Patel Anupriya Singh Patel (born 28 April 1981) is an Indian politician, teacher and social worker from the state of Uttar Pradesh who is the president of Apna Dal (Soneylal) party since 2016 and the minister of State for Commerce and Industry of I ...

, MP & former State Minister in

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Ram Gopal Yadav Ram Gopal Yadav (born 29 June 1946) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha, since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal fro ...

, MP *

Naresh Uttam Patel Naresh Uttam Patel (born 10 January 1956) is an Indian politician, leader of the Samajwadi Party and a former member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. He first became an MLA as a Janata Dal candidate in 1989 and is one of the founding membe ...

, MLC and state president of

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(

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) * Lalji Verma, MLA * Nafees Ahmad, MLA * Harvindar Kumar Sahani, MLA *

Sarita Bhadauria Sarita Bhadauria (born 4 January 1963) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. She is also a member of 18th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. She hails from the Etawah constituency in Uttar Pradesh which is considered to be the ...

, MLA * Adesh Kumar Gupta, state president of

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(

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) * Sone Lal Patel, founder of Apna Dal * Subhashini Ali, former MP and Polit Beuro member of

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* Annu Tandon, former MP * Premdas Katheria, former MP *

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, former MP * Ashok Kumar Doharey, former MP * Arvind Pratap, former MLC

Academics

* Renu Khator, chancellor of the

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and president of the

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* Sarvagya Singh Katiyar, former vice chancellor of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University,

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and

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. *

Onkar Singh Onkar Singh (born 8 October 1968) is an Indian Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Vice Chancellor of Uttarakhand Technical University, Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun and Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarak ...

, vice-chancellor of Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University and founder vice chancellor of

Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology (MMMUT) is a state university in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established in 2013 by upgrading Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College (MMMEC), which was established in 1962, into a un ...

* Raj Kumar, director of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences and former vice chancellor of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences * Rakesh Bhatnagar, former vice chancellor of

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* Ghanshyam Swarup, Molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate *

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, Economist

Others

Mohammad Kaif Mohammad Kaif (, born 1 December 1980) is a former Indian cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He made it to the national team on the strength of his performances at the Under-19 level, where he captained the India national under-19 cricket ...

, cricketer (dropout) * Anny Divya, pilot, attended Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Aviation *

Veena Sahasrabuddhe Veena Sahasrabuddhe (14 September 1948 – 29 June 2016) was an Indian vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music from Kanpur. Her singing style had its roots in Gwalior gharana, but it also borrowed from Jaipur and Kirana gharanas. ...

, vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music * Rahul Mishra, won the International Woolmark Prize in 2014 at Milan Fashion Week

References

External links

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University Institute of Engineering and Technology, School of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur
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