Panjab University, Chandigarh

Panjab University one of the oldest Universities in India. It was established in 1882 making it one of the oldest universities in India. The Panjab University, with its 78 teaching and research departments on the main campus at Chandigarh, has 194 affiliated and 6 constituent colleges spread over Punjab and Chandigarh besides Regional Centres at Muktsar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur and Kauni. In addition, there is the Vishveshawaranand Vishva Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies (VVBIS&IS) at Hoshiarpur. The seventy-eight Departments on the campus and the four Regional Centres are grouped under the Faculties of Arts, Science, Languages, Law, Education and Fine Arts, Business Management and Commerce, Engineering and Technology, Medical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Dairying, Animal Husbandry and Agriculture. Most of the departments have their own specialized libraries, and the working period runs for at least 180 days in a year.