MAHARAJA SAYAJIRAO UNIVERSITY OF BARODA

The 'Maharaja Sayajirao University', named after Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the visionary ruler of Baroda, is one of the premier universities of India and the largest university in the city of Baroda in Gujarat, India. It is known throughout Asia for the Faculty of Fine Arts. The Faculty of Technology and Engineering and the Faculty of Science are the best in Gujarat. Originally known as the Baroda College of Science (established 1881), it became a university in 1949 after the independence of the country. It is both teaching and residential university in the sense that it offers all its courses under a single roof. It is the only university in Gujarat whose medium of instruction is English for all its courses.
The illustrious alumni of this university include people like Dr IG Patel, the former Governer of the Reserve Bank of India, Chimanbhai Patel, the former Chief Minister of Gujarat, the cricketers like Kiran More and so on.

Contents

Faculties

Faculty of Fine Arts

Faculty of Performing Arts

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Commerce

Faculty of Education and Psychology

Faculty of Home Science

Faculty of Social Work

Faculty of Journalism and Communication

Faculty of Technology and Engineering

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty of Science

Centers/Institutions

Department of English

Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Centre

Department of Biochemistry

The Department of Economics

Notable alumni

References

External links

Faculties

Faculty of Fine Arts

Main articles: Faculty of Fine Arts

Faculty of Performing Arts

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Commerce

Faculty of Education and Psychology

Faculty of Home Science

Faculty of Social Work

Faculty of Journalism and Communication

Faculty of Technology and Engineering

The Faculty of Technology and Engineering of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda is one of the best engineering schools in the state of Gujarat. It is housed in a Kala Bhavan, the building was supposed to be a temporary palace of the Maharaja of Baroda while his palace was being constructed. Hence is it located exactly opposite to the Laxmi Vilas Palace. The Maharaja donated the palace to open the school of engineering.
Founded by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda as the Kalabhavan Technical Institute in the year 1842 AD the Faculty of Technology and Engineering is also popularly recognised as Techo.

Faculty of Medicine

Baroda Medical College

Faculty of Science

Centers/Institutions

Department of English

Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology Centre

Department of Biochemistry

The KG Naik Department of Biochemistry was established in 1955, under the Chemistry Department, and was headed by Dr. Ramakrishnan. The Department has a glorious history of being the Center for Nutritional Studies, and a long history of international publications and scientific collaborations. The MSU Department of Biochemistry was awarded an Excellent status in 2006 by FIST a Government of India accreditation agency. The Department is well known for its teaching and now, is slowly emerging as a center of research as well. The Biochemistry Department offers courses in enzymology, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, plant biochemistry, endocrinology, clinical biochemistry among others. The Department is also conducting active research in many diverse areas like:
cellulose degradation, Bacterial cooperation, polyketide antibiotics, phosphate solubilization, nitrogen fixation, heavy metal toxicity, magnetoliposomes, protein folding, vitiligo etc.
The alumni of the department have traditionally opted for a PhD while many do go into the industry and start a professional career early.

The Department of Economics

The Department of Economics in the Arts Faculty has given birth to some of the finest economists of the country like Dr. Ravindra Dholakia, Dr. Bakul Dholakia. Upon entering the Department there is the whole list of the PhD holders and most of them are at the top positions academically.
The Geography Department is the biggest department in Gujarat. It has all the facilities and has a museum too.
The Department of Archaeology has some of the oldest historic objects and have a very big museum.

Notable alumni

★ Mukul Agarwal MD, Unisys-India

★ Sam Pitroda

★ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

★ Anant Agarwal Founder VP Sun Microsystems

★ Hiten Varia VP I2 Technology

★ Niru Mehta -Vice Chairman & MD, Avaya GlobalConnect Ltd & MD & VP, Avaya India

★ Ajay Shah, President & CEO, SMART Modular Technologies

★ Mr.Amit Shah, V.C. , Artiman Ventures

★ Mr. Chinmaya Gharekhan, United Nations Under-Secretary General

★ Mr. Nagji Patel, world-renowned sculptor.

★ Vijay P. Bhatkar, Architect of PARAM Supercomputers

★ Vandan S. Naik

References

External links

★ Baroda Information Hub

★ The MS University of Baroda

★ Baroda Medical Collage

★ Bioinformatics Centre / Dept. of Microbiology and Biotechnology Centre

★ IEEE MSU Student Branch