University of Mumbai

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The University of Mumbai (abbreviated UoM or MU; Marathi: मुंबई विद्यापीठ, Hindi: मुंबई विश्वविद्यालय ) is a public university based in Mumbai. The university is spread over various locations in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg. Academic degrees are awarded annually to approximately 1,100 students. At the University also feature world-renowned research institutes such as the Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and the Tata Memorial Hospital. The University is one of the oldest in India. Through its affiliated colleges, the university has over 500,000 students. The Governor of the State Maharahstra is formally the President of the University ( Chancellor ). The management of the University rests with the Vice - Chancellor, Rajan M. Welukar. At the University of Aakash has been developed.

History

The University was founded in 1857 as University of Bombay in what was then British India on the model of British universities. She is one of the three oldest universities in India. 1858 the Jesuit College St. Xavier 's College was affiliated to the University. It was given its present name by a Government Decision of 4 September 1996.

Locations

The university is spread over many locations. The two most important are:

  • Fort Campus ( the founding location in Mumbai)
  • Kalina campus ( in Mumbai): here, especially social sciences and humanities, mathematics, and biotechnology are taught. The Jawaharlal Nehru Library, the largest library in Mumbai, is located on this campus.

Famous graduates

  • Lal Krishna Advani (* 1927), politician
  • Shabana Azmi ( born 1950 ), actress
  • Jagdish Bhagwati ( born 1934 ), professor of economics at Columbia University
  • Lara Dutta (born 1978 ), Miss Universe in 2000
  • Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement
  • Brij Narayan ( born 1952 ), classical musician
  • Smita Patil (1955-1986), actress
  • Aishwarya Rai (born 1973 ), Miss World in 1994 and Actress
  • PV Narasimha Rao (1921-2004), former Indian Prime Minister
  • Manil Suri ( born 1959 ), mathematician and physicist
  • Rafiq Zakaria (1920-2005), politician and Islamic scholar
  • Syed Pirzada Sharifuddin ( b. 1923 ), Pakistani politicians
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