Guru Kashi College

Guru Kashi College is a constituent college of the Punjabi University in Talwandi Sabo, India. Established in 1964, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious college for arts and sciences in Malwa area of Punjab. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in sciences, humanities, social sciences, computer science and commerce.

Guru Kashi College
ਗੁਰੂ ਕਾਸ਼ੀ ਕਾਲਜ
TypePublic
Established1964 (1964)
PrincipalDr.Anand Bansal
Academic staff
17
Students1500
Location
Talwandi Sabo
,
Punjab
,
India
Campusrural
AffiliationsPunjabi University
Websiteucdamdama.punjabiuniversity.ac.in

History

The college was founded by Sant Fateh Singh in year 1964[1] and has been named as Guru Kashi, as this land was blessed by 10th Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh as Hamari Kanshi,[2] a centre of higher learning in those times.[3]

Punjabi University has taken over management control of this college on 20 December, 1995[4] and later it was declared as a constituent college of university in 2001.[5][6][7] A new teaching block has been constructed by Bathinda Development Authority and handed over to college on November, 2016.[8]

Academics

The college offers following courses[9] listed under various departments of college.

Main academic block
New teaching block constructed by BDA

Computer Science
  • BCA
  • PGDCA
  • M.Sc. IT

Punjabi
  • M.A. (Punjabi)

Science
  • B.Sc.(Medical)
  • B.Sc.(Non-medical)
  • B.Sc. (Agriculture)

Commerce
  • B.Com.

Social Sciences
  • M.A. English
  • M.A. History
  • M.A. Political Science

See also

References
  1. "ucdamdama.punjabiuniversity.ac.in". ucdamdama.punjabiuniversity.ac.in.
  2. "Admissions" (PDF). handbook.pupadmissions.ac.in. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. Narayanan, Renuka (30 May 2015). "Kashi: In step with history" – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99oct17/punjab.htm#8
  5. https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020905/punjab1.htm#26
  6. "EDUCATION AND CULTURE" (PDF). supp_bathinda. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  7. https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/puta-elections-today-hc-withholds-results/story-UP4KWbjIqbia48ndgxxvFK.html
  8. "BDA assigned task of renovating Punjabi University Campus". The Tribune. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  9. http://punjabiuniversity.ac.in/Pages/Images/Forms/courses_regional.pdf

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