Chaudhary Charan Singh university - Wikipedia Chaudhary Charan Singh university This article is about the general university. For the agricultural university, see Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University. Chaudhary Charan Singh University Former names Meerut University Motto in English Where that supreme treasure of Truth resides Type State university Established 1965 Chancellor Governor of Uttar Pradesh Vice-Chancellor Narendra Kumar Taneja Registrar Deep Chand ( IAS officer ) Location Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India Campus Urban Affiliations UGC Website www.ccsuniversity.ac.in Chaudhary Charan Singh University ( CCS University ), formerly Meerut University, is a public state university located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university was established in 1965. It was later renamed to its current name after Chaudhary Charan Singh, former Prime minister of India. The university celebrated its silver jubilee in 1991. Narendra Kumar Taneja is the current vice-chancellor of the university. Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 Libraries 4 Affiliated colleges 5 Notable alumni 6 References 7 External links History The university started as Meerut University later named after Chaudhary Charan singh ( Former Prime minister of India ). the university having various schools of studies viz. sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Engineering. M. Phil and Ph. D. programmes were started in 1969. In 1973, Post Graduate level courses were also introduced with the modernized syllabi. Academics There are five Faculties with 22 UGC sponsored and 35 self - financed / job oriented. University has Engineering Collge located in Campus Sir Chhoturam Institute Of Engg. & Technology, It is the most leading and only government engineering college in Western UP. 7 courses being run in the campus. A distinct feature of the academic program is the semester system. Libraries Library was established in 1968 to serve the academic community of the university in particular and this region of the state in general. In 1969, the library was temporarily moved in L.L.R.M Medical College Campus. A few buildings were built in 1970 at the university campus and the library was housed in room No. 106 on the ground floor of the Institute of Advanced Studies. Construction of the library was started in 1970 and it was formally declared open by the first Chancellor, Dr Gopal Reddy on 11 January 1972. The shoebox type library building is designed on modular pattern. It provides 2655.38 sq. meters of floor area spread over four floors. The Library is now known as Raja Mahendra Pratap Library. Affiliated colleges The University has many degree colleges affiliated to it. They fall in two divisions : Meerut and Saharanpur with nine districts including Bagpat, Bulandshahr, Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur and Shamli. Notable alumni This article 's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia 's verifiability or notability policies. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they are notable AND alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. ( December 2017 ) Mayawati, Indian politician Arvind Kumar Jain, Former Director of Punjab & Sind Bank K.C. Tyagi, Indian politician Kamal Davar, Indian Army officer, first Director General of the Defence Intelligence Agency Arun Govil, film actor Deepti Bhatnagar, actress and model Yuvika Chaudhary, actress Jai Verma, Nottingham - based poet and Hindi language / culture advocate References ^ Jump up to : `` Chaudhary Charan Singh University - About Us ''. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011. Jump up ^ `` UPTU, Chaudhary Charan Singh University get new VCs ''. Retrieved 2015 - 10 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Ms. Mayawati, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh, Life History : At A Glance ( Official Profile of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh ) ''. upgov.nic.in. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 16 July 2009. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` K.C. Tyagi Indian Parliament Profile ''. National Portal of India. Retrieved 26 December 2017. External links Official website hide Universities in Uttar Pradesh Central Aligarh Muslim University Banaras Hindu University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University INIs Indian Institute of Management Lucknow Indian Institute of Technology ( BHU ) Varanasi Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University University of Allahabad State Allahabad State University Banda University of Agriculture and Technology Bundelkhand University Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Chaudhary Charan Singh University Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University Dr. A.P.J. 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Question: what is the previous name of ccsu meerut
Answer: Meerut University