Kuvempu University Area

Can you provide me the Campus area of Kuvempu University? Also tell me about few things of the Campus of Kuvempu University?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Kuvempu University is a public state university established in 1987 by the act of the Karnataka state legislature through an amendment No.28/1976 dated 29 January 1989 under the Karnataka State University Act 1976.

It was recognized by the UGC in 1994 and is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

It has a Campus area of 230 acres (93 ha) (Main campus)

Campus

The campus area is free of pollution including noise pollution.

The main buildings of the university have been constructed on a small hill and blend naturally into the landscape.

Jnana Sahyadi, the main campus of Kuvempu University, is at Shankaraghatta at a distance of 28 km from Shimoga town, the district headquarters, and 18 km from Bhadravathi, the well-known industrial town.

The campus is only 2 km from the magnificent Bhadra Reservoir across the river Bhadra, one of the important lifelines of the area.

The campus sprawls over an area of 230 acres (0.93 km2).

The main campus can be reached by private bus service. Shimoga, Bhadravathi and Tarikere towns are close to the campus and are well connected by rail.

The administrative building, Kuvempu Shathamanothsava Bhavan, on the main Jnana Sahyadri campus, houses almost all the offices of the university including the office and secretariat of the vice-chancellor and the registrar, human resource management, development, academic, finance section, SC-ST and OBC cells, planning, monitory and evaluation board, etc.

The examination hall, Directorate of Distance Education is located in Parikshanga - Doora Shikshana Bhavan.

All these offices are fully equipped with computers. Students have access to Gym, Medical center for free and there are paid canteen and a Bank (SBM) and post office inside the campus.

The academic life on the campus includes seminars, symposia, special lectures and workshops.

Conventional and non-conventional course of study have updated syllabi responsive to the needs of contemporary society.

The research orientation is innovative, original and directed to societal needs.

Contact Detail:
Kuvempu University
Jnanasahyadri, Shankaraghatta,
Road leading to Kuvempu University,
Shimoga, Karnataka 577451, India
+91 82822 56301