haryana state higher education council हरियाणा राज्य उच्च शिक्षा परिषद

Pandit Lakhmi Chand State University of Performing & Visual Arts, Rohtak, came into existence in 2014 through Haryana Act No. 24 of 2014 by integrating four government technical institutions, namely, State Institute of Fine Arts (SIFA), State Institute of Design (SID), State Institute of Film & Television (SIFT) and State Institute of Urban Planning & Architecture (SIUPA). The campus is spread around 36 acres of land, beautifully designed by world renowned architect Raj Rewal, with a healthy, verdant campus. It is centrally located in the state of Haryana, at a distance of about 75 kms from the national capital, 90 kms from IGI Airport and about 200 kms from Chandigarh, and is well-connected with the road and railway network. With magnificent buildings and state-of-art infrastructure, it has spacious seminar halls, laboratories, workshops and studios, well-equipped with latest machinery, equipments and IT infrastructure. Central facilities like auditorium, seminar halls, central library, etc. are also available for academics and extra-curricular activities. A girls’ hostel with a capacity to accommodate 175 students is already available in the campus. Housing facility for both faculty and non-teaching staff is also available in the campus. Presently, there are four Faculties in which 14 undergraduate degree level programmes are being offered; four in the Faculty of Fine Arts, four in the Faculty of Design, five in the Faculty of Film & Television and one in the Faculty of Planning & Architecture. Besides, postgraduate programmes were started in each faculty in the academic session 2019-2020. These include Master in Fashion Design, Master in Applied Arts, Master in Mass Communication (Media Production) and Master in Planning (Urban & Regional). Also, 14 diploma and certificate programmes are also being run since the previous session (2020-21).

A Regional Centre of the university in village Aterna, distt. Sonepat, in which various programmes in humanities and social sciences, including cultural and folk media studies would be offered, is also under consideration of the state government. The plan to set up a separate faculty of humanities and social sciences is also under active consideration of the university, which would enable students to gain a robust foundation in the social life-world, where they would manifest as artists in future.