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Other names | Chinmaya University, CVV |
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Motto | Global Mind, Indian Heart |
Type | Private , Deemed University |
Established | 2016 |
Founder | Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda |
Academic affiliations | UGC, AICTE, NCTE, AIU |
Chancellor | Swami Swaroopananda |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Ajay Kapoor |
Registrar | Prof. T Asokan (Registrar I/c) |
Location | Adi Sankara Nilayam, Veliyanad P.O., Arakunnam Via Ernakulam Dist., Kerala 682313, India |
Campus | Rural, 100 acres |
Colors | Midnight Blue |
Website | www |
Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (CVV), commonly known as Chinmaya University or CVV, is the first private deemed university in the 'de novo' category in Kerala, recognised by the University Grants Commission. [1] Established in 2016 during the centenary year of Swami Chinmayananda. With its headquarters located at Veliyanad (near Piravom), the maternal home of Adi Shankara, in Ernakulam District, Kerala, the university has two campuses – in Ernakulam [2] [3] [4] and Kolwan, Pune.The headquarters of the university are situated at the maternal home of Adi Shankara at Veliyanad, (near Piravom) Ernakulam District, Kerala, India.
The university offers a diverse range of courses with both common streams and distinctive electives, as well as supplementary subjects. These programs include over 20 options at the undergraduate, postgraduate, integrated, and doctoral levels that are equipped with traditional and contemporary knowledge [5] and resources in the streams of engineering, commerce, management, psychology, Sanskrit, and education (English and Mathematics).
Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (CVV) is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC), [6] its engineering and management programmes are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE), [7] and education programmes by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). [8] CVV is also an active member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). [9]
The University Grants Commission (UGC) declared the institution as ‘deemed to be university’ under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 with its headquarters in Veliyanad and off-campus in Pune, Maharashtra.
The schools of Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth are:
The above-mentioned schools offer undergraduate programmes and doctoral programmes (Ph.D.).
CVV Institute of Science and Technology, launched in June 2023 [16] is a new venture of the university. It offers an MBA programme and B.Tech. programmes in Computer Science, Data Sciences, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Electronics Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The CVV-IST is located in the Onakkoor facility of the university's Ernakulam campus. [17]
Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (CVV) functions from two campuses:
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