Veer Kunwar Singh University, named after Kunwar Singh, the well known national hero and distinguished freedom fighter of 1857, was established on 22 October 1992 with its headquarters at Arrah, under the Bihar University Act 1976 . It is in the list of recognized Universities under Section 2 of the U.G.C. Act. All its 17 constituent colleges and one affiliated college are receiving financial assistance from U.G.C. by virtue of being Constituent/Affiliated Colleges of erstwhile Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya, Bihar.
Academics
The university conducts teaching and learning in areas such as Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Commerce, History, Economics, Management, Law, Sociology, Geography etc. Besides these courses, it runs exchange programs in affiliation with colleges and institutes in and around the state. Keeping in view the inadequacies of the facilities for higher education and research in this region, the university has introduced new courses like B.C.A., B.Sc., B.B.A., B.Sc. and B.Sc., B.Ed., M.B.A, M.C.A., M.Sc., M.Sc., M.A. and Bachelor of Library Science and Information Science from the academic session 2006-07. Its constituent and affiliated colleges have introduced UGC-sponsored Certificate / Diploma / Advanced Diploma programmes such as D.C.A., rural management, tissue culture, fisheries, hospital waste management, fashion designing, e-commerce and computer hardware maintenance.
The freedom struggle and freedom movement led by Veer Kunvar Singhji was a true demonstration by Veer Bankure eighty-year-old man being strong, absolutely fit hell and hearty. Physical activities, sports, games and cultural events by our different associated and affiliated organizations like NCC,NSS,Scouts and Guides and Nehru Yuva Kendra have contributed significantly.5 Bihar Bn NCC commanded by Col Tarsem Singh Waraich a veteran horseman and rich experience of having served for 29 years in Indian Army serves its logo of unity and discipline through 7 Senior Division Company associated with 8 Colleges of the University. The Colleges where senior boys and girls have a privilege of joining NCC are as under:- HD Jain Collegeb Ara Lt Anuj Rajak Maharaja College Ara CTO GK Singh SB College Ara CTO Ramnarayan Mishra JJ College, Ara Lt Sahabuddin BD College,Bihiya Lt Babita Pandey Sanjay Gandhi,College Lt M Pathak MMM College Ara. CTO Smita Kumari
List of Affiliated Collegeshttps://vksu.ac.in/affiliated-college-in-v-k-s-u/
