Sikkim University Explained
Sikkim University is a central university established under an Act of Parliament of India.[3] It is in Gangtok. The campus is expected to be built at Yangang in Namchi district, about from Gangtok.[4] Its first chancellor was M. S. Swaminathan; Mahendra P. Lama was the first vice chancellor.
In 2008 the university started from four departments — Social System and Anthropology; Peace and Conflict Studies and Management; International Relations/Politics; and Microbiology. The university offers traditional courses in humanities, physical and life sciences, and forestry along with non-traditional courses that are unique and related to the state including subjects like ethnic history, mountain studies, border studies, and hill music and culture.[5]
All the colleges in the state of Sikkim are affiliated to this university.
Affiliated Colleges
- Damber Singh College 6th Mile Samdur, Tadong, East Sikkim
- Government College Rhenock East Sikkim
- Government Vocational College, Dentam, West Sikkim
- Namchi Government College South Sikkim
- Government Arts College, Mangsila, North Sikkim
- Nar Bahadur Bhandari Government College, Tadong, East Sikkim
- Sikkim Government Law College Burtuk, East Sikkim
- Sikkim Government College Burtuk, East Sikkim
- Sikkim Government College, Gyalshing, West Sikkim
- Sikkim Govt. Science College Chakung, West Sikkim
- Harkamaya College of Education
- Loyola College of Education
- Sikkim Government B.Ed College
- Government Pharmacy College
- Himalayan Pharmacy Institute, Majhitar, East Sikkim
- Sikkim Government College of Nursing
- Namgyal Institute of Tibetology
- Sikkim Institute of Science and Technology
Schools
The university has the following schools, departments and centres of studies:[6]
- School of Social Sciences
- Department of Economics
- Department of History
- Department of Law
- Department of International Relations
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Management
- School of Life Sciences
- Department of Botany
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Zoology
- School of Physical Sciences
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Applications
- Department of Geology
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Physics
- School of Languages and Literature
- Department of Bhutia
- Department of Chinese
- Department of English
- Department of Hindi
- Department of Lepcha
- Department of Limbu
- Department of Nepali
- School of Human Sciences
- Department of Anthropology
- Department of Geography
- Department of Psychology
- School of Professional Studies
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Education
- Department of Management
- Department of Music
- Department of Mass Communication
- Department of Tourism
- Department of Library and Information Science
Notes and References
- Web site: From the Vice-Chancellor's Desk. www.cus.ac.in. 9 March 2018. en-gb.
- Web site: NIRF 2021 . Sikkim University.
- The Sikkim University Act, 2006, No. 10 of 2007.
- Web site: Sikkim VC swipe at government on land. https://archive.today/20130203151500/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111229/jsp/siliguri/story_14938141.jsp%23.UMvhQm-UQ6M. dead. 3 February 2013. The Telegraph. 29 December 2011. 15 December 2012.
- Web site: Prof Tanka Bahadur Subba, New VC of Sikkim University. Northeast Today. 26 September 2012. 15 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121103025627/http://www.northeasttoday.in/our-states/sikkim/prof-tanka-bahadur-subba-new-vc-of-sikkim-university/. 3 November 2012.
- Web site: Schools of study. cus.ac.in. 12 August 2018.
