Way to Transform Shridhar University - Unfolding of a Dream in Shekhawati Region of Rajasthan India

Online, April 8, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) for a developing nation requires that 40 out of 100 in the age group 18-24 go to higher education while for India in reality it is only about 12.

The Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in his convocation address at IIM Shillong has expressed that the government intends to increase the GER from existing 12.4 per cent to 30 per cent by 2020.

The HRD Minister Kapil Sibal in his recent CII address has stated that India needs an additional 600 universities and 35,000 colleges in the next 12 years to ensure that greater percentage of students take up higher education and for this to happen private sector participation would be an essential element.

The name Shridhar is synonymous with Lord Krishna the most globally well known avatar of Hindu God Vishnu. The Shridhar University an initiative of the Meerut based Sarvhit Trust is located in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan near Pilani enroute to Chirawa along the State Highway to Jaipur. Pilani is well known for the host of educational institutions as well as CSIR Laboratory CEERI.

The Shridhar University was established with the passing of The Shridhar University Ordinance No. 3 of 2009 by the Government of Rajasthan under Section 2f of the UGC act 1956 and is empowered to award degrees as specified by the UGC under Section 22(1) of the UGC Act, 1956. The Rajasthan Assembly passed the bill to replace the ordinance on 01 April 2010, thus marking the date a milestone in the evolution of Shridhar University.

It is to be reiterated that Shridhar University is a full-fledged Rajasthan State approved Private University and does not fall under the category of deemed universities.

Spread over 60 acres area, the Shridhar University master plan envisages a School of Engineering and Technology; School of Business Studies and International Trade; School of Basic and Applied Sciences; School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences; School of Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts and Fine Arts; School of Legal Studies and Governance; School of Education Technology; School of Medicine; School of Library Science and Information; School of Mass Communication and Media and a School of Oriental Sciences.

The Shridhar University campus will have the state of the art h-tech infrastructure to provide the best environment for the pursuit of higher education by offering Diplomas, Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral programmes in various diverse disciplines including emerging areas to prepare the enrolled students for taking up leadership in the larger task of nation building.

Admissions for the academic session 2010 - 2011 are proposed to be made using scores obtained in AIEEE / IIT JEE / RPET / UJET / ENAT apart from scores obtained in the entrance exam to be conducted by Shridhar University.

The dreamer behind Shridhar University is Mr Vijay Pal Yadav who rose from humble beginnings through 16 years of UP State Government Services to take up the infrastructure development field for the past 14 years and become a name to reckon with. He draws his inspiration from Bhagvad Gita the teachings of Lord Krishna to Arjun during the epic Kurukshetra battle of Mahabharata.

Shridhar University with Shri Vijay Pal Yadav as Chancellor, Major General S S Dhaka SM as the Vice Chancellor, Prof BR Natarajan as the Pro Vice Chancellor, Lt. Col. Pradeep Kumar as the Registrar along with a dedicated core team of faculty and staff is all set to make its mark in higher education. For more details click http://www.shridharuniversity.ac.in