Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

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Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University
Former name	Kanpur University
Motto	IAST: Aaroh Tamso Jyoti
Motto in English	"From darkness, lead us to light"
Type	State University
Established	9 February 1966; (59 years ago)
Chancellor	Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Vice-Chancellor	Vinay Kumar Pathak
Location	Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India; 26°29′54″N80°15′57″E / 26.4983°N 80.2658°E
Campus	Urban 264 acres
Affiliations	UGC
Website	csjmu.ac.in

Last updated September 21, 2025

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state collegiate university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh.^{[ citation needed ]}

Administration

The administration is the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and 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.^[1]

Ranking

In 2024, National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University among the top 101-125 pharmacy colleges/universities in India.^[3]

Colleges

The CSJMU is an affiliating university for all non-engineering, non-medical (including pharmacy), non-MBA degree, non-MCA degree offering colleges of Auraiya district, Etawah district, Farrukhabad district, Kannauj district, Kanpur Dehat district, Kanpur Nagar district and Unnao district from the year of 2020.^[4] Notable affiliated colleges include DAV College, Kanpur, Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College, Christ Church College, Kanpur, Pandit Prithi Nath College, Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, Brahmanand College Kanpur, 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, 14th President of India ^[5]
Harsh Vardhan, ex-Minister of Science and Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Earth Sciences, attended Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Gopal Khanna, 5th director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Shivpal Singh Yadav, MLA and former Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh Government
Anupriya Patel, MP & former State Minister in Government of India
Ram Gopal Yadav, MP
Naresh Uttam Patel, MLC and state president of Samajwadi Party (Uttar Pradesh)
Lalji Verma, MLA^[6]
Nafees Ahmad, MLA
Harvindar Kumar Sahani, MLA
Sarita Bhadauria, MLA
Adesh Kumar Gupta, state president of Bhartiya Janta Party (Delhi)
Sone Lal Patel, founder of Apna Dal
Subhashini Ali, former MP and Polit Beuro member of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Annu Tandon, former MP
Premdas Katheria, former MP
Sushila Saroj, former MP
Ashok Kumar Doharey, former MP
Arvind Pratap, former MLC

Academics

Renu Khator, chancellor of the University of Houston System and president of the University of Houston ^[7]
Sarvagya Singh Katiyar, former vice chancellor of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
Onkar Singh, vice-chancellor of Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University and founder vice chancellor of Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology
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 Banaras Hindu University
Ghanshyam Swarup, Molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Hargovind Bhargava, Economist

O. K. Harsh ^[8] (Dr. Om Kumar Harsh), former Pro-chancellor (addl), Vice-Chancellor of Glocal University, former Vice-Chancellor of Tantia University, and distinguished alumnus at the University of New England in 2018^[9], International Academic & Research Advisor of Brit College^[10], BCET, London.

Others

Mohammad Kaif, cricketer (dropout)^[11]
Anny Divya, pilot, attended Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Aviation
Veena Sahasrabuddhe, vocalist and composer of Hindustani classical music
Rahul Mishra, won the International Woolmark Prize in 2014 at Milan Fashion Week

References

↑ "Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur". www.kanpuruniversity.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
↑ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Pharmacy)". National Institutional Ranking Framework . Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.
↑ "MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)". www.nirfindia.org. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
↑ "कानपुर यूनिवर्सिटी से इन 400 कालेजों की संबद्धता खत्म | the association of these 400 colleges with Kanpur University ends". October 2020.
↑ "Ram Nath Kovind". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
↑ "Lal Ji Verma(BSP Expels MLA):Constituency- KATEHARI(AMBEDKAR NAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
↑ Arts, College of Liberal. "RENU KHATOR // Purdue College of Liberal Arts". Purdue College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
↑ https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=Harsh%2C+Om+Kumar
↑ https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/news-and-events/news/2018/11/distinguished-alumni-learnt-the-power-and-value-of-knowledge-at-une
↑ https://bcet.uk/teachers
↑ "इस ग्लैमरस लड़की का हसबैंड है ये क्रिकेटर, नहीं पूरा कर पाया ग्रैजुएशन". Dainik Bhaskar. 1 December 2017.

External links

Official website
- University Institute of Engineering and Technology, School of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur

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[1] "Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur". www.kanpuruniversity.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

[Rankings_NIRF_P_2024-2] "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2024 (Pharmacy)". National Institutional Ranking Framework . Ministry of Education. 12 August 2024.

[3] "MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)". www.nirfindia.org. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[4] "कानपुर यूनिवर्सिटी से इन 400 कालेजों की संबद्धता खत्म | the association of these 400 colleges with Kanpur University ends". October 2020.

[5] "Ram Nath Kovind". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[6] "Lal Ji Verma(BSP Expels MLA):Constituency- KATEHARI(AMBEDKAR NAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".

[7] Arts, College of Liberal. "RENU KHATOR // Purdue College of Liberal Arts". Purdue College of Liberal Arts. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[8] ttps://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=Harsh%2C+Om+Kumar

[9] ttps://www.une.edu.au/about-une/news-and-events/news/2018/11/distinguished-alumni-learnt-the-power-and-value-of-knowledge-at-une

[10] ttps://bcet.uk/teachers

[11] "इस ग्लैमरस लड़की का हसबैंड है ये क्रिकेटर, नहीं पूरा कर पाया ग्रैजुएशन". Dainik Bhaskar. 1 December 2017.

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