1. Punjab Technical University

2. Makhan Lal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism

Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar was established in January 1997 for advancement of technical education & development. The University has under its affiliation 40 Engineering colleges,56 Management, 17 Pharmacy colleges ,6 Architecture 2 Hotel Management and 13 colleges imparting courses in Medical Lab Technolgy& IT disciplines. The University has an intake of more than 12700 and total strength of more than 60,000 approx. University has established 12 Regional Centres for M-Tech courses and has established school of Enterprennership 2 TQM as Mohali.

 Affilated Colleges: 1) Engineering Colleges , 2) Management Colleges  3) Pharmacy Colleges.

Directarate of Distance Education was established in the year 2001 for promoting IT and Non- IT courses through distance mode . Presently, various courses are being offered in more than 350 learing centres LC across the country. Regional Learining (RLFC) Facilition centres in private partnerships have been estalished to provide support services to the Learing centres.

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Makhan Lal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism : MCRPV is a statutory university; the UGC has issued an office memorandum (No. 9-4/92 CRP-1, date 27/11/1992) in that respect. The Vice President of India is the ex-officio visitor (kuladhayaksha).

The university is a member of Association of commonwealth University, London (ACU).

The general council is the supreme authority with the state chief minister as its ex-officio chairman. The council has amongst its member, the chairman of the Pres Council of India, nominees of the parliament, editors of Indian news papers, eminent journalists, commnicators, leaders of opposition in the MP vidhansabha, minister of public relations, minister of higher studies, minister of finance & the secretary.

Named after the renowned poet, freedom fighter & journalist Pt. Makhan Lal Chaturvedi, the university has collaboration with well known newspapers & media organizations for conducting its programmes, which are practical & job oriented. Over the past few years, the alumni of the university have found placements in various regional & national newspapers & also in English dailies, TV channels, libraries, central & state government department / organizations, corporate sectors, NGOs & web organizations.

The university now has a nation wide network of over 500 institutes through which 40,000 students are persuing studies for the university degree or diploma programmes.

The university is poised to launch an educational programme through a TV channel for the benefit of students registered in the study institute. This is a unique programme to be started by an Indian university for the first time where the programmes are conducted in an interactive mode.

The university continues to make innovations in its curriculum, methods of teaching & evaluation in pursuit of excellence & keeping the market requirements in view. The university believes that as a center of excellence it has to interact with the industry & the market, which means both influencing & being influenced by them critically & creatively.