Lovely Professional University

Lovely Professional University (LPU) is a private university situated in Phagwara, Punjab, India.[2] The university was established in 2005[2] by Lovely International Trust, under The Lovely Professional University Act, 2005 (Punjab Act 25 of 2005)[3] and started operation in 2006.[4] With over 30,000 students in 2020, it had claimed to be the largest single-campus private university in India.[4][5]

Lovely Professional University
TypePrivate
Established2005 (2005)
ChancellorAshok Mittal[1]
Vice-ChancellorRamesh Kanwar[1]
Students30,000+ (2020)
Location
Phagwara
,
Punjab
,
India

31.253609°N 75.70367°E / 31.253609; 75.70367
CampusRural
NicknameLPU
AffiliationsUGC, AIU, PCI, NCTE, COA, ACBSP, ACU, ICAR, BCI, DEB
Websitewww.lpu.in

Campus

The university campus spreads over 600 acres (2.4 km2)[5] in boundary on the outskirts of Jalandhar and houses 30,000 students (as of 2020).[5]

Affiliations

In India, LPU is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC),[6] the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)[7] and the Council of Architecture (COA)[8] and approved by the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI).[9] It is also a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).[10]

LPU's School of Agriculture is accredited by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).[11] Internationally, LPU is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)[12] and a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).[13] The School of Law is temporarily approved by the Bar Council of India (BCI) until 2018–2019.[14] The distance education programmes are approved by the Distance Education Bureau (DEB).[15]

Rankings
University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2020)[16]99
NIRF (Universities) (2020)[17]78
Engineering – India
NIRF (2020)[18]87
Business/Management – India
NIRF (2020)[19]49
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2020)[20]29

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Lovely Professional University 99 overall in 2020,[16] and 78 among universities.[17] It also ranked it 49 in the management ranking[19] 29 in the pharmacy ranking[20] and 87 in the engineering ranking.[18]

Issues

In April 2011, during a football game a student was beaten by opposition team members and died a few hours later in hospital. The beaten student was from Mizoram and the three accused were Sudanese and Tanzanian.[21] The racial aspect of the crime led to near-rioting on the campus by students, destroying a number of kiosks and cars. Tension continued with the university closed for three days, and with police being pelted with stones by angry students.[22] LPU Pro-Chancellor Rashmi Mittal described the attack as, "students didn’t take the spirit of the game in a positive manner".[23] The university's management have also been criticized for ignoring earlier and later racial attacks.[24]

In January 2015, students of Lovely Professional University were caught under NDPS Act and RTI Act.[25]

In November 2017, LPU students go on a rampage as police arrested a hosteller from Jalandhar Cantonment railway station in a case of extortion.[26]

References
  1. "University leaders, university founder, Entrepreneurial university leaders". Lovely Professional University. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. "State-wise List of Private Universities as on 29.06.2017" (PDF). ugc.ac.in. University Grants Commission. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. "The Lovely Professional University Act, 2005" (PDF). Punjab Government Gazette. Government of Punjab. 26 December 2005. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. Chander Suta Dogra (23 August 2010). "A Lovely Story Indeed". Outlook India. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  5. "Why LPU is regarded Top university". The Hindu. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. "State -wise List of Private Universities as on 29.06.2017" (PDF). www.ugc.ac.in. University Grants Commission. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  7. "NRC – Search". www.nrcncte.in. National Council for Teacher Education Northern Regional Committee, Jaipur. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. "Status With Intake of Architectural Institutions in India as on August 30, 2017". Council of Architecture. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  9. "Approved Degree institutions u/s 12". www.pci.nic.in. Pharmacy Council of India. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  10. "AIU Members". www.aiu.ac.in. Association of Indian Universities. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  11. "Status of NAEAB Accredited Agriculture Universities/Colleges" (PDF). Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  12. "ACBSP Grants Accreditation to 22 Colleges and Universities in Four Countries – Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs". www.acbsp.org. Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  13. "ACU members". www.acu.ac.uk. Association of Commonwealth Universities. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  14. Bar Council of India (12 September 2016). "Temporary approval of affiliation" (PDF). Letter to Lovely Professional University. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  15. Distance Education Bureau (18 October 2018). "Commission decision" (PDF). Letter to Lovely Professional University. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  16. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  17. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  18. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  19. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Management)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  20. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Pharmacy)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  21. "Mizo student killed in Lovely Professional University during football match". Times of India. 27 April 2011.
  22. "Africans in jail custody for Mizo's death". Times of India. 30 April 2011.
  23. "African students beat Mizo youth to death at campus football game". indianexpress.com. 28 April 2011.
  24. "Mizo student's death not first act of campus violence". The Sunday Guardian. 1 May 2011.
  25. "Foreign students on top among those facing cases of drug-peddling, theft, rash driving". Tribuneindia News Service. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  26. "LPU students go on rampage as hosteller held for 'extortion'". Tribuneindia News Service. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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