Sardar Patel University

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Sardar Patel University
સરદાર પટેલ યુનિવર્સીટી
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Other name
SPU
Former name
Sardar Vallabhbhai Vidyapeeth
Motto
शीलवृत्तफलं श्रुतम्
Motto in English
Character and Conduct are the Fruits of Learning
Type Public
EstablishedOctober 31, 1955 (1955-10-31)
Founder Shri Bhailalbhai Dyabhai Patel
Accreditation A (CGPA 3.25) [1]
Chancellor HE Governor of Gujarat by virtue of his office.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Niranjan Patel (Officiating)
Location, ,
388120
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22°33′18″N72°55′30″E / 22.555°N 72.925°E / 22.555; 72.925
Campusrural, 86 acres (35 ha)
Affiliations UGC; NAAC;
Website www.spuvvn.edu

Sardar Patel University (SPU) is a public state university in Vallabh Vidyanagar, a Anand City Gujarat, India. It is named after the iron man of India Vallabhbhai Patel, and was founded in October 1955 by an Act of the Legislative Assembly [2] of the then-Bombay Province and was UGC recognized under 2(f) of the UGC Act in October 1968. Originally, it had the status of a rural university but now it has diversified with the motto of "Excellence Matters".

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History

The Sardar Patel University was the dream of Shri Bhaikaka. In fact, Bhaikaka was at the peak of his career as an engineer, when he sought early retirement from Government Service in 1940 at the behest of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and joined Ahmedabad Municipality as a Chief Engineer. This was the time when his mentor, Sardar Patel, began to visualise what a soon-to-be independent India would require. Patel advised Bhaikaka to give up engineering and help Patel in transforming Charotar into the focal point of India. Serving the rural countryside would control migration of people from villages to towns in search of education, employment, and healthcare. Bhaikaka resigned from this office too in 1942 at the behest of Sardar Patel, and was appointed as Chairman of Charotar Education Society in Anand, a few years before moving on to what we now know as the township of Vallabh Vidyanagar on 3 March 1946, but not before registering Charutar Vidya Mandal as a Charitable Education Trust on 10 August 1945. What was once a wilderness at the tri-junction of Karamsad, Bakrol, and Anand thus became Vallabh Vidyanagar, and the ‘Vallabh’ was prefixed to ‘Vidyanagar’ in recognition of Sardar's advice to work for rural uplift. Containing migration required that the reasons for migration be addressed, and Bhaikaka began to work on a plan together with Shri Bhikhabhai Patel, a dedicated and farsighted educationist, who shared Bhaikaka's vision.

Location

Anand-Vidyanagar is on the Vadodara-Ahmedabad Railway line of the Western Railway in the heart of the Anand District of Gujarat. It is well connected with the rest of the country by railway network and roads. It is flanked by the two major airports of Gujarat: Sardar Patel International Airport at Ahmedabad and the Vadodara Airport, Vadodara. Vidyanagar is considered as Gujarat's education hub. Vidyanagar is also known for a student friendly environment and student diversity.

Jurisdiction

At the time of the enactment of the Sardar Patel University Act 1955 [2] the area of the jusrisdiction of the university (known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Vidyapeeth at that time) was limited to the 5 miles of Vallabh Vidyanagar. As of now till the latest amendment (Guj. 26 of 2015) the university has its jurisdiction over 2 districts.

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SP University Admin Building

Faculties and Departments under them

  1. Arts
    1. Department of Communication and Media Studies
    2. Department of English
    3. Department of Economics
    4. Department of Gujarati
    5. Department of Hindi
    6. Department of History
    7. Department of Library and Information Science
    8. Department of Political Science
    9. Department of Psychology
    10. Department of Sanskrit
    11. Department of Social Work (MSW)
    12. Department of Sociology
  2. Business Studies
    1. Department of Business Studies
  3. Education
    1. Department of Education
    2. M B Patel College of Education (B Ed) (Constituent College)
  4. Engineering and Technology
    1. Department of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences
  5. Home Science
    1. Department of Home Science
  6. Law
    1. Department of Law
  7. Management
    1. Department of Business Management
  8. Pharmaceutical Sciences
    1. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  9. Sciences
    1. Department of Biosciences
    2. Department of Computer Science and Technology
    3. Department of Chemistry
    4. Department of Electronics
    5. Department of Materials Science
    6. Department of Mathematics
    7. Department of Physics
    8. Department of Statistics
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SP University Admin Building

Affiliated Colleges

Arts

Architecture

  • D C Patel School Of Architecture (APIED), Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Shantaben Manubhai Patel Institute of Architecture & Interior Design, New Vallabh Vidyanagar

Commerce

  • B.J. Vanijya Mahavidyalaya (BJVM), Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • AIMS College Of Management And Technology, Bakrol
  • Anand Commerce College, Anand
  • Anand Institute of Business Studies (AIBS), Anand
  • Anand Mercantile college of science, management & computer technology, (AMCOST)
  • C.P. Patel and H.F. Shah Commerce College, Anand
  • C.Z. Patel College Of Business & Management, New Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Shri D N Patel Institute of P.G. Studies Commerce, Anand
  • Shri D N Institute of Business Administration, Anand
  • Gordhandas Jamnadas Patel College of Management & Technology, Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Jivkaran Group Of Institute, Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Sant Stifan Institute of Business Management & Technology, Anand
  • Sardar Gunj Mercantile Co-operative (Anand) English Medium College Of Commerce & Management, Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Sardar Patel College of Administration & Management, Anand
  • Shri P.M. Patel Institute of Business Administration, Anand
  • Shri V.Z. Patel Commerce College, Anand
  • Takshishila College of Management & Technology, Bakrol

Education

  • Anand Education College, Anand
  • Christian College of Education, Anand
  • M.B. Patel College of Education, Anand
  • N.H. Patel College of Education, Anand
  • Waymade College Of Education, Anand
  • I J Patel B.Ed College, Mogri
  • I J Patel M.Ed Course, Mogri

Fine Arts

  • IPCowala Santram College of Fine Arts, Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Kala Kendra College of Music and Dance, Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Rama Manubhai Desai College Of Music And Dance, Anand
  • CVM College of Fine Arts, Vallabh Vidyanagar

Home Science

  • S.M. Patel College of Home Science, Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Smt. Kamlaben P. Patel College of Home Science, Anand

Law

  • Anand Law College, Anand
  • P.M. Patel College Of Law And Human Rights, Anand
  • R N Ipcowala School of Law & Justice, Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Vinayak college of law and justice

Medical and Paramedical

  • Anand Homeopathic Medical College & Research Institute, Anand
  • G.H. Patel School of Nursing, Anand
  • K. M. Patel College of Physiotherapy, Karamsad
  • Institute of Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology, Anand
  • Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad
  • Shree Dr. V.H. Dave Homeopathic Medical College, Anand
  • Shree P.M Patel College of Paramedical Science & Technology, Anand
  • Shri Babubhai G. Patel College of Physiotherapy, Anand
  • Smt. Kamlaben P. Patel Institute of Physiotherapy, Anand
  • Smt. L. P. Patel Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology, Karamsad

Science

  • Anand Mercantile College Of Science And Computer Technology (AMCOST), Anand
  • Ashok And Rita Patel Institute Of Integraterd Study & Research In Biotechnology And Allied Science (ARIBAS), New Vallabh Vidyanagar

B.N.Patel science College, Anand

  • Institute Of Science And Technology For Advance Studies & Research (ISTAR), Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • M.B. Patel Science College, Anand
  • M.B. Patel Applied Science College, Mogri
  • N.V. Patel College Of Pure And Applied Sciences (NVPAS), Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Shri A.N. Patel P.G. Institute, Anand
  • Shri P.M. Patel Institute Of Biosciences, Anand
  • Shri P.M. Patel Institute of Integrated M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Anand
  • Shri P.M. Patel Institute Of P.G. Studies And Research In Applied Sciences, Anand
  • V.P. & R.P.T.P. Science College, Vallabh Vidyanagar

Social Work

  • Institute Of Language Studies & Applied Social Sciences (ILSASS), Vallabh Vidyanagar
  • Anand Institute of Social Work, Anand
  • Shree J.M. Patel Institute of Social Work & Applied Arts, Anand
  • Shree J.M. Patel College of P.G. Studies & Research in Huminities, Anand

N.S.Patel Institute of Social Work, Anand IILYAS Institute of Social Work, Vallabh Vidyanagar Jeevkiran Institute of Social Work, Vallabh Vidyanagar

  • Center for Studies & Research on Life & Works of Sarkar Vallabhbhai Patel, Vallabh Vidyanagar

Computer Science

  • D N Institute of Computer Application, Anand
  • St. Stephen Institute of Business Management & Technology, Anand

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