North Maharashtra University (NMU) Jalgaon

The North Maharashtra University is one of the upcoming universities in India, the university was established on 15th August, 1990 under the Maharashtra University Act No. XXIX of 1989 as a teaching and affiliating University. It actually started its academic and administrative activities under the leadership of Prof. Dr. N. K. Thakare, the first Vice Chancellor of the university, from academic year 1991-92. The jurisdiction of North Maharashtra University is spread over three districts of North Maharashtra i.e. Jalgaon, Dhule and Nandurbar.

The university was shifted to its own campus in 1995.The university is situated on the banks of river "Girna" and the campus of the university is spread over a hilly terrain of 650 acres of land. Each building of the campus is well connected through tar roads constructed by the University itself. The University is also well connected to Jalgaon City by Asian Highway No. 46. The transport modes like City Bus Service, Auto Rickshaws are available for employees, students, visitors.

The campus beautification is maintained through lawns and planting various trees on the campus. More than two lac trees have been planted to conserve the natural beauty and environment of the campus, for which the university was selected for the "Vanashree Award " 2000 by Government of Maharashtra and "Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra (IPVM) Award-2002" by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

The Maharashtra State Electricity Board has installed a separate sub-station to cater to the needs of electricity on the campus. As an alternative source of electricity supply, three 125 KVs Diesel Generators are installed on the campus. The university is approximately 10Kms away from the Jalgaon city. The pollution free hilly terrain provides natural ambience which creates a perfect environment for study. All Departments are equipped with all modern facilities, required by students/visitors.

The university is imparting education to students, through various courses at under graduate, post graduate, doctoral and post doctoral level, under 09 faculties, which includes Science, Engg. & Technology , Education , Medicine & Pharmacy , Ayurvedic Medicine , Arts & fine arts, Commerce and Management, Mental, Moral & Social Sciences, Law faculty .
Right now, there are 6 schools and 11 academic departments on the campus. Soon we will be strarting new academic departments. There are more than 200 colleges and 37 institutes and 17 recognized R & D centres affiliated to the university and this number is growing every year. The syllabi of different courses are designed to give profound and latest knowledge about the subjects to the students. The element of computer education is also being added to B.A., B.Sc. & B.Com. courses. The syllabi of the courses are revised from time to time as per the requirement.
The University has developed a model Examination System and is one of the few Universities in the State for conducting examinations regularly and declaring the results well in time as per the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994. The action plan of the University in this regard is serving as a prototype to other Universities in the State.
To improve the efficiency of work most of the functioning of Administrative Departments/sections is computerized. The modern management techniques are used for easy and user friendly administration.
Prof. Dr. S. F. Patil took over as the second Vice Chancellor of this University on 14th Aug. 1996. During his tenure two new academic departments viz. Department of Comparative Languages & Literature and Department of Information Technology were started on the campus.

Inspite of the fact that we have small number of faculty members in our Academic Schools/Departments, our faculty on the campus has till date successfully completed many Research Projects funded by various funding agencies. We have developed and transferred four technologies through University-Industry linkage and made some more ready for transfer.
In a very short period of time the university has gained name and fame on National and International levels. This university has also acquired the prestigious 2(f) & 12(b) recognition from the UGC. The university has been re-accredited with 'B' (CGPA 2.88) grade duly honoured by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Banglore.

Even though we have small number of faculty in the teaching Schools/Departments, still they could bag many awards/fellowships for their research work.

Sr.No	Name of Faculty	Fellowships / Award	Institute	Year
1.	Dr. Manik Desai	BOYSCAST	Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA	1994
2.	Dr. H. D.Shukla	BOYSCAST	Univ. of Massachusettes, Boston, USA	1995
3.	Dr. S.B.Chincholkar	UNESCO	University Louis Pasteur, Lab of Microbiology & Genetics, Institute of Botony, 28, rue Geothe, 67083, Strasburg, France	1997
4.	Dr. V.L. Maheshwari	BOYSCAST	Department of Biology , University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903(USA)	1998
5.	Dr. B.L.Chaudhary	DAAD	Dept. of Biochemistry, Universitat des Saarlandes, Postfach 151150, D-66041, Saarbrucken , Germany	1998
6.	Shri. Rajiv Wankar	DADD	Institute of Informatics FREI University, Berlin, Germany	1998-2000
7.	Dr. V. Swaminathan	Jan Tinbergen International Young Statistician Award	International Statisticol Institute, 52 Session of ISI Conference, Finlandia Hall , Heilsinki, Finland, Netherlands	1999
8.	Prof. Dr. S. F. Patil	Joulio Curie Memorial Lecture Award	Society of Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry, Mumbai	2000
9.	Prof. P. P. Patil	Fellow of Maharashtra Accademy of Sciences	Maharashtra Accademy of Sciences, Mumbai	2001
10.	Prof. S. B. Chincholkar	Best Teacher Award	Govt. of Maharashtra	2002
11.	Dr. S. L. Patil	Best Teacher Award	Govt. of Maharashtra	2004
12.	Prof. P. P. Patil	Best Teacher Award	Govt. of Maharashtra	2008-09
13.	Prof. V. L. Maheshwari	Best Teacher Award	Govt. of Maharashtra	2009-10

Affiliated Colleges

There are more than 200 affiliated colleges and 37 institutes and 17 recognized R & D centres. Some of the affiliated colleges have undergone the NAAC evaluation and others are in the process of getting NAAC accreditation.

The academic departments on the campus regularly organize programs to develop and promote Scientific/Environmental awareness for the local community. So far they have arranged programs like Vidnyan Jattha, Vidnyan Gatha, Krishi Vidnyan Yatra, IT Dindi, SoftEx, Poster Presentation, Open House, etc. The Department of Adult and Continuing Education and Extension Services focusses on literacy issues. Different Blood Donation Camps also have been organized by the University.

To cultivate the virtues of social service amongst the youngsters, the Student's Welfare and N.S.S. Section of our University has taken a good initiative in addressing different social problems by organizing many awareness programs like Schedule Tribes Camp, Youth Festival, Elocution Competition, Water Harvesting Movement, AIDS Awareness Rally, N.S.S. camps at rural places of our University jurisdiction. The popularise the Science and Technology, university had purchased a mobile van under the project of "Science Park".