Janta Vedic College, Baraut (Baghpat), was established long time back in 1949. The entire credit goes to the then poor peasantry of the region who having deep faith in Arya Samaj, formed a society and go it registered in 1920 under Society Registration Act in the name of Jat Shiksha Sabha and started Jat Vedic High School which rose to undergraduate and postgraduate level in 1949 and 1956 respectively. It was affiliated to Chaudhary Charan Singh University (formerly Meerut University), Meerut, and was also included under section 2(f) and 12(b) of UGC Act.

Since its inception, the college developed into a multi-faculty co-educational college having more than 4,000 students, imparting quality education in the faculties of Arts, Science, Agriculture, and Education. Each department is well equipped with all the necessary modern teaching aids as well as excellent laboratories with computers (wherever needed) which are put to their optimum use by highly qualified faculty members.

Sprawling campus situated on a tributary of yamuna canal spread over more than 40 acres of land surrounded by high raised brick walls and railings, having well-developed lawns of more than 10 acres. Concrete roads parked with big rare trees connecting different roads give it a unique picture-sque and elegant look of a beautiful university.

As for infrastructure, there are 15 quarters for teachers, 10 for non-teaching staff, two well-developed boys’ hostels, one girls’ hostel and a beautiful guest house. Besides there are a grand yagnashala to perform weekly yagnas, a big 40-acre farm for research in agriculture, and a dairy farm having approximately two dozens of milk producing cattles.

The college has its own big water tank, three tubewells, a bus for academic excursions, and a central electric genset to power the entire college, a sports stadium of approximately 8 acres, a gymnasium hall with all the facilities, and a historic firing range.

The gratest challenge for any centre of higher learning is to produce the talented human resource which are the ultimate wealth of a nation. Therefore, the quality teaching and research has become the top priority of the college which has become possible through promoting the work culturte of the whole organisation not emphasizing the contribution of a few individuals due to the reason that internalization of the quality concept and the manifestations of the quality parameters are bound to the responsibility of a collective body with due representation of all the stakeholders in all participating manner.

Organisation of national, state-level and regional conferences, seminars and symposia in the various departments have become one of the foremost priorities. Academic programmes are designed to keep pace with the expanding information and therefore, such advance courses as bioinformatics and microbiology have already been started at postgraduate level. Biotechnology is yet to be started.

Some courses like journalism, tourism, office automation and web designing, tissue culture, etc. are also to be started, and for them the financial support from UGC has already been acquired. IGNOU Study Centre under the scheme of distance learning has also been started considering the need for such advance courses as computers and management. Some courses pertaining to the local needs viz. B.P.Ed. has also been started while starting M.P.Ed. is on the cards.

Improvement of library facilities with computers, office automation, orientation and retraining of the teachers, invitation to guest faculties, development of teaching and learning material, adequate furniture and classrooms are some of the concerns that are gaining importance. Thus emphasis is on strengthening the academic and physical infrastructure for achieving excellence in teaching, research and other educational programmes.

Internet and Internet connectivity (with support from UGC in the form of NRC centre) in order to improve accessibility to information for all so that the teachers and students could have access to a storehouse of information and get linked to research with leading national labs such as ISRO, CSIR, DRDO, DSI, ICAR, DAE, NPEL as well as with central and state universities having excellent track records.

Steps towards autonomous status for the college are to be seriously and sensibly considered to achive academic excellence. Therefore, the possibility of generous contribution from the alumini, as well as evolving and promoting private funding (such as donation from Cane Society, Malakpur Sugar Mill, etc) are being explored.

There is a dire need of channelising the youth energy. Therefore, programmes such as Career Guidance Cell has been started in the college. With such objective in mind, the real purpose of education as enunciated in the JAT SHIKSHA SABHA will surely be fulfilled.

Thank You

Dr. Y.S. Tomer