20°10′22″N 79°58′21″E / 20.172825°N 79.972427°E
Motto | Sanskrit: ज्ञानदेव तू कैवल्यम, romanized: "Through knowledge one attains liberation" |
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Type | Government |
Established | 2012 |
Chancellor | Governor of Maharashtra |
Vice-Chancellor | Prashant Bokare |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | UGC, NAAC, AIU |
Website | unigug |
Gondwana University is a university established in 2011 in the city of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra state in central India.[1] It is named after Gondwana region in central India.
On July 23, 2010, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly passed a unanimous resolution to constitute the Gondwana University, for the area comprising districts of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli . The resolution was moved by then Higher and Technical Education Minister Rajesh Tope. The new university was constituted by issuing notification under sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994.[2][3] On 27 September 2011, Gondwana University was carved out of RTMNU, Nagpur.[4] The official inauguration date was delayed until August 2012.[5]
The university has jurisdiction over districts of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli in eastern Maharashtra.[6]
The university has its campus in Gadchiroli city.
The university has faculties of Arts, Science, Law, Social Science, Commerce, Home Science, Education and Medicine.
Departments
Its jurisdiction extends over 2 districts -Chandrapur,Gadricholi .
There are a total of 236 colleges affiliated to the university.[8]
The prominent colleges affiliated to the university are Government College of Engineering, Chandrapur, Sardar Patel Mahavidyalaya, Chandrapur and Janata Mahavidyalaya, Chandrapur.