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The University
The Haryana
Agricultural
University
was
established
on
February
2, 1970, as a
result
of
bifurcation of the
erstwhile
Punjab
Agricultural
University, through
a
Presidential
Ordinance,
ratified
later
by the
Haryana
and
Punjab
Agricultural Universities
Act, 1970(Act
No
16
of
1970)
passed
by the Lok Sabha
on 29th March,
1970. From
31st October, 1991, it
has
been renamed
as “Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana
Agricultural University”.
The University Campus
The
main
campus
of
the
University is situated
at
Hisar at
a
distance
of162
KM
North-West
of
Delhi on
National
Highway
No.10
and
is 2
½
KM
from the
railway station and
3
KM from
the
Bus
Stand.
University is spread
over
an area
of 7219 Acres at
Hisar and
1426
Acres
at
outstations. Area
at
Hisar under farms
is
6483
Acres
and under
buildings
and
roads
is
736
Acres.
During its existence
so
far
it
has
made
rapid
progress
in
building an
excellent
infrastructure.
It has
one
of
the
best
developed
campuses
in
India
to
meet
academic
and extra-curricular
needs of
the students.
CONSTITUENT COLLEGES
The University
has
the
following
constituent
colleges.
1. College of Agricultural
Engineering and Technology,
Hisar
2.
College of Agriculture, Hisar
3.
College of Agriculture, Kaul
This
college is
situated
on
the Karnal
Pehowa
road
170 km
from
Delhi and 150 km
from
Hisar.
4.
College of Animal Sciences, Hisar
5.
College of Basic Sciences & Humanities,
Hisar
6. Indira
Chakravarty
College of Home Science
7.
College of Veterinary Sciences
Library and Information
Services
Nehru Library,
the
hub
of
academic
and
research
activities
of
the
university, is housed
in
a
centrally
located
elegant
building.
It
provides
information support
to its
more
than
5300
patrons
- teachers,
scientists, extension specialists, students
and
other
members
drawn
from
non-
teaching staff and
general
public
- from its
collection
of
about
3.12
laks
volumes of books
and
other
reading
material,
and
693
current
Indian
and
foreign
journals. The
library
opens
for
15-16 hours
daily
throughout
the year.
It
has
6 Reading
Halls
with
cozy
reading
environment
where
650 readers
can
sit
and
study
at
a
time.
Night Reading Hall,
with
modern
facilities - exquisite
furniture, air-conditioned environment
and
uninterrupted power
supply-
opens
immediately
after
the closure
of
Library and keeps
open
up
to
midnight
on
all the
days
of week.
Around
80 readers
can
sit in the
Hall. Book
Bank
is
a very
popular
service
with
the students
who are entitled
to
borrow 4
textbooks
each
from
its
collection
at nominal
charges.
Bookshop
is
a service
unique
to
this
library as
no other library
supports
this
activity.
The
students
and
teachers
can
buy
books
from the Bookshop
at
discounts
ranging
from
10
to 35%
against
a
market
discount structure
of
10-15%.Photocopying
service
is
provided
at very cheaper
rates – 40
paise
and
50
paise per
exposure
on
ordinary
and sunlit
bond papers,
respectively.
The library catalogue,
journals’
holdings,
circulation operations
journals’
subscription, purchase
of books, and
other
library
activities
are
fully computerized.
Online Catalogue, Circulation Database,
Journals’
Holdings
etc. can be accessed
through
all
the
PCs
linked
to
the Campus
Network
as well as
through
PCs having
Internet
facility.
More than
150 CDs
of
Biological Abstracts,
CABI,
AGRICOLA,
AGRIS,
National
Sample
Survey,
Indian
Science
Abstracts, and
Encyclopedia
Britannica
form
the
back bone
of
CD-ROM
database -
based
information
services.
In
addition, there are
more than 2000
CDs of books and
dissertations.
Videoconferencing
facility,
Multimedia
library,
Internet
Lab,
more
than
2072 e-journals
are
the other
feathers
in
the
cap of
library
services.
There
is a
modern
health-friendly
canteen in
the
library
premises
where
the
library
user can get light
refreshing eatables
and drinks.
Directorate
of Students’ Welfare
The Directorate is
responsible for the
welfare
of students
and
helps in
their counselling and placement,
cultural and sports activities.
(a)
Hostel Facilities
Accommodation
is
provided
in
14
hostels
of
the
University
out
of which
12 hostels (8
for
Male 3
for
Female
and
1 for
married
PG
students)
are situated at Hisar and two hostels, one each for male/female
at Kaul campus.
All the modern
facilities
such as
gas
connection,
furniture, TV
with
cable
connection,
leading News
Papers
and
Magazine
and
solar water
heating
system are
provided. All the
hostels
have EPABX
phone
facilities
as
well
as
in- coming
calls
facilities.
Two hostel wardens
look
after
the
management
of
each hostel. Each
hostel
has been
provided
water
cooler
with
aqua
guard
for
safe
drinking water. The
messes of
hostels
are running on cooperative basis.
(b) Giri Centre for Sports Activities
The Giri Centre
for
students
sports
activities
is
an
outstanding feature of this
University.
It has two
indoor
badminton
courts
with
a
seating
capacity
for
600 spectators,
two indoor
squash
courts,
hobby
rooms,
two
multipurpose
indoor gymnasium with
a
reasonable
seating
capacity.
A synthetic track
of
international standard has also been
provided in the athletic stadium.
(c) Co-curricular Activities
The
Directorate
of
Students’
Welfare
is
also
responsible
for
promotion
of all
co-curricular
activities
such as
Sports,
NCC,
NSS,
Mountaineering,
Graphic
Arts, Literary, Music,
Dance,
Drama,
NIS,
etc. For
promotion
of
these activities,
various trainings
are arranged from
time
to time.
(d) Students Counselling
and
Placement
Cell
The Counselling
& Placement
Cell
of
the
Directorate
in association with the
Department
of
Employment,
Haryana,
has
set
up
a
University
Employment
Information
and
Guidance Bureau
which
provides
information
to the students on job opportunities, competitive
examinations, scholarships/fellowship etc. It
also
conducts
trainings/coaching
classes
for
the entrance examinations,
and
explores
the
job
opportunities
in
the
public
and
private sectors and arranges the campus interviews.
Besides, the
centre
brings
out
‘Career
Bulletin’
–a
fortnightly
magazine for
students
of
the University
to
keep them
abreast
of
information
on job opportunities, admissions,
scholarships, fellowships etc. in India & abroad.
Medical Services
There is a
well-equipped
50
bed
Hospital
on the
main
campus
at
Hisar and 3
Dispensaries
at out-station
i.e. College
of
Agriculture,
Kaul
(Kaithal),
Regional
Research
Stations, Karnal
and
Bawal.
The
Hospital
at
main
campus has 5 Doctors
and
a
Dentist. Round
the
clock
medical
aid
is
provided
to the
students, staff and other trainees.
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