Jai Prakash University
One of the biggest, most renowned and popular, and roaring state public universities of Bihar, is the Jai Prakash University of Chhapra. Respectfully named after the great freedom fighter Shri Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan, and inaugurated in 1992, this Jai Prakash Vishwavidyalaya (University) was set up to meet the educational requirements of students in the entire Saran Commissionary Division, which consists of the districts of Chhapra (or Chapra), Siwan, and Gopalganj. This highly ambitious teaching-cum-affiliating university is duly recognized by the UGC of India, and is a vibrant member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). The semi-urban campus of this Jai prakash university of Chhapra is located at Rahul Sankrityayan Nagar, and is just about two Km away from the main town of Chhapra on the Chhapra-Patna road. At present, there are 21 constituent colleges, 11 affiliated colleges, and 23 proposed colleges, including 10 professional colleges, under the extensive gamut of this big university, which are located in the above-mentioned districts. Under the auspices of UGC, this one of the prestigious and top universities of bihar, has also started several professional/vocational and highly job-oriented courses, from the academic year 1999-2000. Special care is taken by this responsible university of Bihar for promoting quality higher education among the students belonging to the SC, ST categories, and other weaker sections of the society.
At present, the following are the main and magnificent academic faculty divisions of this Jai prakash university of Bihar:
- Faculty of Social Sciences --- Departments of Economics; History; Political Science; Psychology; Geography
- Faculty of Science --- Departments of Botany; Zoology; Chemistry; Physics; Mathematics
- Faculty of Commerce --- Department of Commerce
- Faculty of Humanities --- Departments of Hindi; English; Sanskrit; Urdu; and Department of Philosophy
The most popular courses of this Jai prakash university chhapra, are the postgraduate courses in all above-mentioned subjects. Its constituent colleges and affiliated colleges and institutions offer courses at the levels of intermediate and undergraduate, and postgraduate in a wide range of subjects/disciplines. Some distance education programs are also efficiently extended by this Jai prakash university bihar, which are both graduate and postgraduate courses. In addition to these all courses of Jai prakash university india, some vocational and professional courses are also provided in a long array of highly employment-oriented fields and subjects. Detailed information about any desired course of this highly reputed university of Bihar, at the concerned academic level, can readily be acquired through visiting its website www.jpv.bih.nic.in/-.