Maharaja Agrasen University

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Maharaja Agrasen University
Maharaja Agrasen University logo.png
Motto in English
"Spark The Change"
Type University
Established2013
Chancellor Nand Kishore Garg
Vice-Chancellor Rakesh Kumar Gupta
Location, ,
30°52′39″N76°52′36″E / 30.87750°N 76.87667°E / 30.87750; 76.87667
Affiliations UGC
Website www.mau.ac.in

Maharaja Agrasen University is a private university located at the HIMUDA Education Hub, near the village Kallujhanda, District Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. [1] It was founded by Nand Kishore Garg in the town of Barotiwala in 2013. The university established under Maharaja Agrasen (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2012 (Act. No. 15 of 2013).

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Campus

The campus spans 16 acres (0.065 km2) and has a hilly environment.

Organisation and administration

Admin Building Administrative Building of MAU.jpg
Admin Building

Maharaja Agrasen University has seven schools for undergraduates and postgraduates:

Academics

Academic programmes

Maharaja Agrasen University offers ten arts, commerce, law and sciences programs, four engineering programs, two management programs and one architecture program. [3]

MOUs with other Universities

A Memoranda of understanding (MoU) has been signed with Ghana Technology University College in Ghana. [4]

Approval

Like all universities in India, Maharaja Agrasen University is recognised by the University Grants Commission (India) (UGC), which has also sent an expert committee [5] and accepted compliance of observations and deficiencies. [6]

Student life

Residential life

Maharaja Agrasen University requires its students to live on campus for the first four years of undergraduate and two years of postgraduate life. This is part of an administration effort to help students connect more closely with one another and sustain a sense of belonging in the Maharaja Agrasen University community.

Students can choose to reside on either campus or outside campus, although the majority of students choose to live on campus. Campus provides housing for over 450 students in hostel buildings.

Activities

Maharaja Agrasen University organized a two-day National Seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in its campus. The Seminar was organised in collaboration with Himachal Pradesh Commerce and Management Association (HPCMA). Prof. A.D.N. Bajpai was the chief guest of the seminar and gave a vivid picture of social activities undertaken by the Himachal University in his tenure.

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