Lalit Narayan Mithila University

The Lalit Narayan Mithila University (LNMU), formerly Mithila University, is a public university in India. Beginning in 1972, the university initially functioned from the Mohanpur House at Sara Mohanpur village on the Darbhanga-Sakri route. In 1975, it was shifted to the campus belonging to Raj Darbhanga.

The university is in Darbhanga town, Mithila, an ancient cultural region of North India that lies between the lower range of the Himalayas and the Ganges river. The university imparts education in fields such as humanities, social science, life science, commerce, and medicine, with both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. More than 400 faculties are engaged in teaching and research.

The institute has a residential campus of about 230 acres with modern facilities and support services for its students and faculty. The university has the privilege of having major Student unions such as NSUI, AISF, JAAP, JDU, RJD, and ABVP Student Unions.

Colleges
Its jurisdiction extends over 4 districts -Begusarai, Darbhanga, Madhubani, and Samastipur.

Departments

 * Department of Ancient Indian History
 * Department of Bio-technology
 * Department of Botany
 * Department of Physics
 * Department of Chemistry
 * Department of Commerce & Business Administration
 * Department of Economics
 * Department of English
 * Department of Hindi
 * Department of Geography
 * Department of Home Science
 * Department of Maithili
 * Department of Political Science
 * Department of Psychology
 * Department of Sanskrit
 * Department of Sociology
 * Department of Sports & Culture
 * Department of Urdu
 * Department of Zoology
 * Department of Mathematics
 * Department of Music and Dramatics


 * Department of Sports
 * Department of Philosophy

Major Buildings

 * Nagendra Jha Stadium
 * Jubilee Hall
 * Nargauna Palace
 * Gandhi Guest House
 * Muiltipurpose Hall

Notable alumni

 * Gopal Jee Thakur, Member of Parliament From Darbhanga (Lok Sabha Constituency)
 * Ram Baran Yadav, first president of Nepal
 * Simon Britto Rodrigues, Former Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
 * Subrata Roy

Notable faculty alumni
 * Saket Kushwaha Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University. Former Vice Chancellor of Lalit Narayan Mithila University