About Shekhawati University Facts & Figures, Rankings & More
Earlier known as Shekhawati University Sikar is a public state university. The university is almost 3 decades old and is presently headed by chancellor Draupadi Murmu and VC Mukul Narayan Deo. The university is located on the urban patch of Hazaribagh. Moreover, the university has approval from UGC. The university also prides itself on a good alumni base. Therefore notable students of the university include names like Bidhu Jha, Subodha Kumar, and B.S. Shay among many others.
More about the university
Speaking more of the university it is notable the university has 22 constituent colleges and around seventy affiliated colleges imparting courses and education at the bachelors and master and Ph.D. level. Moreover, the university in its span of life has successfully awarded 400 Ph.D. the number of which will only grow in the future. Furthermore each year the university awards degrees to as many as 5000 students. Furthermore, a good score of vocational degrees is also awarded each year.
Campuses
The campus of the university is located at the urban patch of Haazari Bagh. Earlier which was a part of Bihar. The campus is spread over a decent landmass area. The campus houses facilities like academic blocks, non-academic buildings, a library, sports arenas, etc. Moreover, the campus is green hygienic, and clean. The campus is at a distance of 100+ KM from Ranchi the capital of Jharkhand. Likewise, the campus is in easy reachable distance to the city as it is in the city. The nearest functional airport is the Birsa Munda Airport at Ranchi. Moreover, the nearest railway station is Hazari Bagh Junction which is 7 KM away from the university.
Courses and Programs
The university offers courses through its own campus and also from its colleges. The courses are available at the UG and PG levels. Additionally, vocational courses are also available at the university and its colleges. The courses are available in the streams of Humanities and Social Science, Science, Accounting and Commerce, Teaching and Education, Law, Arts, Design, and Medicine and Health Science. Likewise, popular courses available at the university are M.Com, M.Sc, M.A., B.Com, B.A, B.Sc, B.tech, and other courses. It also features professional courses like MBA, MCA, and M.Ed.
Placements
The university has a decent placement cell that invites companies during the placement season. Moreover, students are also placed through off-campus placements drive. Likewise, the placement stats of the year 18-20 reveal students in engineering courses received the highest package of 3.5 Lac, wherein BBA scored 2.6 Lac and courses like M.Sc and UG diploma scored 3.3 and 3.6 Lac respectively.
