Banasthali Vidyapith
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Banasthali Vidyapith is an all woman's university located in the Tonk
district of Rajasthan
, India
, 72 km from Jaipur
. Banasthali has developed into a national centre for women's education. It is one of the five universities in India exclusively for women.
Banasthali Vidyapith is a center of learning for girls from nursery to post-graduate stage, offering them modern education together with India's cultural and traditional values
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and Pandit Heera Lal Shastri
founded Banasthali Vidyapith in memory of their daughter Shantabai as Smt shantabai shiksha kutir with 6 girls. The hostels of Vidyapith are named after her - Shri Shanta Bhavan, Shri Shanta Niwas, Shri Shanta Kuteer.
The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Science, Business, Computer Applications, and Social Sciences.
The Vidyapith, after attaining the university status in 1983, restructured its undergraduate programme. At the postgraduate level, the Vidyapith introduced courses in Computer Science, Operational Research, Electronics and Biotechnology. Teacher Education and Management have been started. New courses include M.Sc. (Bio-Informatics), M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) and M.Sc. (Applied Microbiology).
Along with professional programmes such as MBA and MCA, all postgraduate courses in the Faculty of Science have a semester system. From 2004 all Social Science, Humanities and Home Science Post-graduate programmes have been run as semester courses.
The Vidyapith has land of 850 acres (3.4 km²) on which there are 18 academic blocks housing departments, Central Library, and auditorium offices. There are 20 hostels and 220 staff quarters and one working women’s hostel with 72 seats. The campus has provision for games and sports programme. The Laxmi Bai maidan (26,690 sq. metres) is used for activities such as parade and annual fares. It also has a storage and projection room for cultural programmes and film shows.
The Vidula Maidan (41,950 sq. metres) has fields for games such as hockey, volleyball, basketball, tennis, Yoga, Martial Arts and Mass Physical Display activities, with indoor space for games such as badminton and table tennis. There is a swimming pool where students learn swimming at charges of Rs 2000 per annum.
There is a licensed air strip in the Vidyapith which is used for training students in gliding and flying. This has been one of the activities introduced as early as 1960 even before Banasthali Vidyapith got university status.
The Vidyapith has a projector and arranges film shows and cultural programmes.
The Central Library of the Vidyapith has over one and a half lakh volumes. The library is connected to the UGC INFLIBNET
programme. In addition there are department libraries linked through the Vidyapith’s campus network. The students and faculty have access to internet via a 512 kbit/s BSNL leased line, 512 kbit/s INFONET VSAT connectivity and a campus-wide network having its central server at the Apaji Institute. The network and internet access have been extended to four hostels housing postgraduate students where a computer with network is provided in each room.
An FM radio station was inaugurated as ‘Radio Banasthali’ in 2005 which broadcasts educational and entertainment programmes locally recorded by the students and staff of Banasthali Vidyapith. It operates at 90.4 MHz and serves the campus and the community within a radius of 30 km around the Vidyapith.
The Vidyapith has a hospital, “Apaji Arogya Mandir” with 60 beds, three doctors, one vaidya (an Ayurvedic physician
) and other hospital staff.
Other services on campus are Post and Telegraph Office, PCOs and a telephone exchange, banks extension counters, (United Commercial Bank and The Central Cooperative Cooperative Bank Ltd. Tonk
), SBI’s ATM Extension Counter Market including books and stationery shops and medical stores.
Tonk District
Tonk District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The city of Tonk is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is bounded on the north by Jaipur district, on the east by Sawai Madhopur district, on the southeast by Kota district, on the south by Bundi...
district of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, 72 km from Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
. Banasthali has developed into a national centre for women's education. It is one of the five universities in India exclusively for women.
Traditional values
Traditional values refer to those beliefs, moral codes, and mores that are passed down from generation to generation within a culture, subculture or community.-Summary:Since the late 1970s in the U.S., the term "traditional values" has become synonymous...
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History
On October 6, 1935 Ratan ShastriRatan Shastri
Ratan Shastri was founder of Banasthali Vidyapith and a notable champion of women education.She was a recipient of Padma Shri in 1955, Padma Bhushan in 1975, and Jamnalal Bajaj Award for outstanding contribution in the field of uplift and welfare of women and children.She died in 1998 at the age of...
and Pandit Heera Lal Shastri
Heera Lal Shastri
Pandit Hiralal Shastri was an Indian politician and the first chief minister of Rajasthan state in northern India. He was in office from March 30, 1949 to January 5, 1951.-Early life:...
founded Banasthali Vidyapith in memory of their daughter Shantabai as Smt shantabai shiksha kutir with 6 girls. The hostels of Vidyapith are named after her - Shri Shanta Bhavan, Shri Shanta Niwas, Shri Shanta Kuteer.
Courses
B.Tech. (Electronics & Communications, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering).The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Science, Business, Computer Applications, and Social Sciences.
Postgraduate courses
- M.A. (Education, Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology, Sanskrit, Hindi, English, Drawing and Painting, Music (Instrumental/Vocal), Textile Design(Weaving/Printing).
- M.Sc.(Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science+, Mathematical Sciences(Pure Mathematics/Theoretical Computer Science/Operations Research/Statistics), Bio-Sciences(Animal Science/Plant Science), Biotechnology, Electronics , Bio-Informatics, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology).
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
- M.Tech. (Computer Science +/Software Engineering +/VLSI Design /Information Technology+).
- M.Ed.
- M.Sc. (Home Science) (Human Development, Foods Science and Nutrition, Clothing and Textile).
- M.Phil. (Social Sciences and English Language Teaching, Hindi, Music (Vocal/Instrumental), Mathematical Sciences).
- Ph.D. ((Sanskrit, Hindi, English, Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology, Public Administration, Music, Drawing and Painting, Computer Science, Electronics, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Bio-science, Biotechnology, Home-science (Human Development/Food Science and Nutrition/Clothing and Textile), Education, Management).
A national institution for women's education
The Vidyapith has had virtual autonomy for its school programmes since the very beginning and was affiliated to an outside agency for its university programmes in 1983. In 1983 the Government of India, on the advice of the University Grants Commission, notified the Vidyapith as an Institution deemed to be University.The Vidyapith, after attaining the university status in 1983, restructured its undergraduate programme. At the postgraduate level, the Vidyapith introduced courses in Computer Science, Operational Research, Electronics and Biotechnology. Teacher Education and Management have been started. New courses include M.Sc. (Bio-Informatics), M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) and M.Sc. (Applied Microbiology).
Along with professional programmes such as MBA and MCA, all postgraduate courses in the Faculty of Science have a semester system. From 2004 all Social Science, Humanities and Home Science Post-graduate programmes have been run as semester courses.
Jaipur campus
The institute started another campus at Jaipur in 2001, for Management (BBA, MBA) and IT (BCA, MCA, M.Tech) courses. Jaipur centre is equipped with labs, lecture rooms, library and a 512 kbit/s Internet leased line.Infrastructure and learning resources
The Vidyapith is a residential institute.The Vidyapith has land of 850 acres (3.4 km²) on which there are 18 academic blocks housing departments, Central Library, and auditorium offices. There are 20 hostels and 220 staff quarters and one working women’s hostel with 72 seats. The campus has provision for games and sports programme. The Laxmi Bai maidan (26,690 sq. metres) is used for activities such as parade and annual fares. It also has a storage and projection room for cultural programmes and film shows.
The Vidula Maidan (41,950 sq. metres) has fields for games such as hockey, volleyball, basketball, tennis, Yoga, Martial Arts and Mass Physical Display activities, with indoor space for games such as badminton and table tennis. There is a swimming pool where students learn swimming at charges of Rs 2000 per annum.
There is a licensed air strip in the Vidyapith which is used for training students in gliding and flying. This has been one of the activities introduced as early as 1960 even before Banasthali Vidyapith got university status.
The Vidyapith has a projector and arranges film shows and cultural programmes.
The Central Library of the Vidyapith has over one and a half lakh volumes. The library is connected to the UGC INFLIBNET
INFLIBNET
Information and Library Network Centre is an Autonomous Inter-University Centre of University Grants Commission , Government of India, involved in creating infrastructure for sharing of library and information resources and services among Academic and Research Institutions...
programme. In addition there are department libraries linked through the Vidyapith’s campus network. The students and faculty have access to internet via a 512 kbit/s BSNL leased line, 512 kbit/s INFONET VSAT connectivity and a campus-wide network having its central server at the Apaji Institute. The network and internet access have been extended to four hostels housing postgraduate students where a computer with network is provided in each room.
An FM radio station was inaugurated as ‘Radio Banasthali’ in 2005 which broadcasts educational and entertainment programmes locally recorded by the students and staff of Banasthali Vidyapith. It operates at 90.4 MHz and serves the campus and the community within a radius of 30 km around the Vidyapith.
The Vidyapith has a hospital, “Apaji Arogya Mandir” with 60 beds, three doctors, one vaidya (an Ayurvedic physician
Ayurveda
Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words , meaning "longevity", and , meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India,...
) and other hospital staff.
Other services on campus are Post and Telegraph Office, PCOs and a telephone exchange, banks extension counters, (United Commercial Bank and The Central Cooperative Cooperative Bank Ltd. Tonk
Tonk, India
Tonk is a town in Rajasthan state, India. The town of Tonk is situated by road south from Jaipur, near the right bank of the Banas River. It is the administrative headquarters of Tonk District. Tonk was also the capital of the eponymous princely state of British India from 1817 to...
), SBI’s ATM Extension Counter Market including books and stationery shops and medical stores.