Sido Kanhu Murmu University

Not to be confused with Sidho Kanho Birsha University.

Sido Kanhu Murmu University

Seal of Sido Kanhu Murmu University
Former names	Siddhu Kanhu University
Motto in English	Ability to separate milk and water
Type	Public
Established	1992(33 years ago) (1992)
Accreditation	NAAC
Chancellor	Governor of Jharkhand
Vice-Chancellor	Bimal Prasad Singh
Location	Dumka , Jharkhand , India
Campus	Urban 109 acres (44 ha)
Affiliations	UGC AIU
Website	skmu.ac.in

Sido Kanhu Murmu University (SKMU), formerly Siddhu Kanhu University, is a public university situated in the Santhal Parganas region of Jharkhand state in eastern India. It has its headquarters at Dumka, the second capital of Jharkhand. The university offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various streams and have 13 constituent colleges and 15 affiliated colleges across six districts of Jharkhand.

History

Sido Kanhu Murmu University was founded as Siddhu Kanhu University on 10 January 1992 by an Act of Bihar Legislative Assembly. ^{[1] [2]} It was carved out from Bhagalpur University, now known as Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University.

The university was renamed as Sido Kanhu Murmu University on 6 May 2003 by an amendment made in the section 3(1) of the Jharkhand State Universities Act 2000 (Amendment). ^[3] It is named after Sidhu Murmu and Kanhu Murmu, brothers who led the Santhal rebellion against the British in 1855–56.

The university was recognized by and affiliated to the Association of Indian Universities on 6 May 1993. ^[4] It was granted recognition under Section 12 (B) of the UGC Act, 1956 ^[5] in May 2006.

Colleges

The university have its jurisdiction extends over six districts – Deoghar, Dumka, Godda, Jamtara, Pakur and Sahibganj.

Affiliated colleges

This university comprises 15 affiliated colleges, which are:

J. M. College, Jasidih	Deoghar	1978	Sri Bal Krishna Dubey
A. N. College, Dumka	Dumka	1979	Rajesh Kr. Singh
M.G. college, Ranishwar	Dumka	1984	Raish khan
St. Xavier's College, Dumka	Dumka	2011	S. Stephen Raj
Shikaripar College, Shikaripara	Dumka	1982	Aftabuddin Gulam
Mahila College, Godda	Godda	1983	Kiran Chowdhary
M. A. Kalam Azad Degree college, Basantrai	Godda
S.B.S.S.P.S.J. College, Pathargama	Godda	1980	Virendra Kr. Singh
Bhagwat Jha Azad College, Kundahit	Jamtara		Dinesh Rai
Degree College, Nala	Jamtara	1988	Gunmay Das
Jamtara Sandhya Mahila College, Jamtara	Jamtara	1982	Mohan Mandal
J. J. S. College, Mihijam	Jamtara	1983	Niranjan Prasad
B.L.N.L. Bohra College, Rajmahal	Sahebganj		H. S. Singh
B S A Mahila College, Barharwa	Sahebganj	1996	A. P. Dubey
Shibu Soren Janjatiya Degree College, Borio	Sahebganj

Constituent colleges

This university comprises 13 constituent colleges, which are:

College	District	Established	Principal
A.S. College, Deoghar	Deoghar	1969	Anil Kumar Jha
Deoghar College, Deoghar	Deoghar	1951	Basant Kumar Gupta
R. D. Bajla Mahila College, Deoghar	Deoghar	1970	Neerja Dubey
Madhupur College, Jharkhand	Deoghar	1970	Ratnakar Bharti
Santal Pargana College, Dumka	Dumka	1955	Sanjay Kumar Sinha
Santal Pargana Mahila College, Dumka	Dumka	1974	Reena Nilima Lakra
Godda College, Godda	Godda	1955	Satish Chandra Pathak
Millat College, Parsa	Godda	1986	Ashfaque Ahmed
Jamtara College, Jamtara	Jamtara	1969	Ajay Raj Xalxo
K. K. M. College, Pakur	Pakur	1966	Chandrashekhar Jha
B. S. K. College, Barharwa	Sahibganj	1982	Raghunandan Ram
Sahibganj College, Sahibganj	Sahibganj	1953	Rahul Kumar Santosh
S. R. T. College, Dhamri	Sahibganj	1964	Abhay Kant Tiwary

References

1. Bihar Gazette (Ext. Ord.) dated 5 March 1992
2. Bihar Universities (Amendment) Act 1991 Bihar Act, 1992
3. Notification No. LG – 16/2002 – 15/Leg. dated 06.05.2003 published in the Jharkhand Gazette (Ext. Ordinary Edn.)
4. letter no. Meet/67 – AM/93/20588 dated 06.05.1993
5. "UGC Act-1956" (PDF). mhrd.gov.in/. Secretary, University Grants Commission. Retrieved 1 February 2016.

External links

• Official website

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