Status of the University

ARNI University, Kangra Himachal Pardesh has been estabilished by Act (No. 23 of 2009) of state Legislature of Himachal Pardesh as a State Private University and is empowered to award degree specified by UGC under section 22 of UGCAct 1956. To view Click Here

The University vide the ruling of Hon’ble Courts order, being a University, does not require approval from AICTE, New Delhi  to start engineering/technology/ management courses.

(The relevant portion of the judgement in Bharathidasan University vs. AICTE is below. This has been extracted from the full judgement given further below. The extracted para has been marked in bold in full text for reference.)

The power to grant approval for starting new technical institutions and for introduction of new courses or programmes in consultation with the agencies concerned is covered by Section 10(k) which would not cover a `University but only a `technical institution.

The full Judgement has been taken from the Supreme Court of  India’s website. To view Click Here

Officers of the University

The Chancellor	Shri J K Jain, Businessman, Media
Vice-Chancellor	Prof R Bhardwaj, Ph. D.
Registrar	Vacant
Chief Finance Officer	Vacant

Governing Body of the University

J K Jain	The Chancellor  & Chairman of Governing Body
Prof R Bhardwaj	Vice-Chancellor, Member
Piyush Jain	Trust Nominee, Member
R K Bagril	Trust Nominee, Member
Prof B C Tripathi, JNU	Trust Nominee, Member
Prof Aditya Gupta, MKU	Trust Nominee, Member
Dr J S Khamaba, LPU	Trust Nominee, Member
Prof J S Marwah, MMU	Management Expert, Member
Vacant	Govt Nominee, Member
Vacant	Govt Nominee, Member
Vacant	Legislature Nominee, Member
Vacant	Legislature Nominee, Member

Board of Managment

Prof R Bhardwaj, V. C.	Chairman
Piyush  Jain	Member
R K Bagril	Member
Vacant	Sponsoring Body Nominee
Vacant	Faculty Nominee
Vacant	Faculty Nominee
Vacant	Faculty Nominee