Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University 5.61

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, formerly Bhavnagar University is a state university located in Bhavnagar city in the western province of Gujarat, India. The university provides teaching and research programs in Arts, Commerce, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management, Rural Studies and Law Faculties. It has 22 departments, 18 postgraduate centres and four recognized institutes and research centres.83 colleges affiliated to university belong to Arts, Science, Commerce, Law, Education, Engineering, Management, Rural and Medical disciplines. Twenty two post graduate courses are run by some of the colleges which are affiliated to Bhavnagar University.Bhavnagar was the first princely state to merge with the Union of India at the time of independence in 1947 by Maharaja Krishnakumar Sinhji Raol. Bhavnagar University came into being on 24 May 1979. Its land-estate area is 198 acres.AcademicsResearch activities are carried out in the areas of Social Sciences, History, Nano-Technology, Marine Ecology, Intellectual Property Rights and its Management and Entrepreneurship.The following Centres for Excellence and cells are engaged in research and consultancy services: Remedial Coaching Centre for S.T., S.C. and Minority Centre for Excellence in Nano-technology Gandhian Study Centre Ocean Science and Technology Cell for Western Coast ICT and ELT Entrepreneurship Development Cell Industry Linkage Cell Corporate Services Academy