Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University

Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
Motto Education for Salvation of Soul
Type Public
Established 1983
Vice-Chancellor Dr. Murlidhar Govindrao Chandekar
Students 90,000
Location Amravati, Maharashtra, India
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC
Website www.sgbau.ac.in

Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, named after Sant Gadge Baba, is a public state university located at Amravati in the Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra, India.

History

Vice Chancellors
  • Dr. K. G. Deshmukh, 1983
  • G. V. Patil
  • S. T. Deshmukh
  • Sudhir N. Patil
  • Kamal Singh, 2005 - 2010
  • M.K. Khedkar, 2011 - 2015
  • M.G. Chandekar, 2016 -

The university was established on 1 May 1983 through partitioning of the University of Nagpur.

The university campus is spread over an area of 225 hectares, and the university is home to 20 post-graduate departments offering 25 courses in different disciplines.

It has jurisdiction over five districts of Maharashtra: Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Yavatmal, and Washim.

Affiliations

Amravati University is recognized under Section 12(B) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. The University received NAAC accreditation in 2002. 127 colleges are affiliated with Amravati University, with an enrollment of over 90,000 students for the undergraduate and graduate courses, together, in different faculties.

Amravati University is an associate member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London.[1]

Faculties

The university offers courses in ten disciplines:

  • Arts
  • Commerce

The university offers post-graduate and advanced education in:

  • Computer Technology
  • Chemical Technology
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Management

The university also has research centres at several affiliated colleges and institutes that are authorized to guide PhD students in the disciplines of physics, chemistry, botany, biology, microbiology and various branches of engineering, medicine and pharmacy.

University research centres in both science and engineering fields exist in Amravati, Akola, Pusad, Chikhli, Badnera and Shegaon.

Research centres in one or more of the sciences are available in Yavatmal, Akot, Khamgaon, Washim, Dhamangaon, Karanja Lad, Warud, Buldhana, Umarkhed, Mangrulpir, Ghatanji and Malkapur.

Engineering

References

  1. ↑ "ACU members". Acu.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to Government College of Engineering Amravati Maharashtra - Government College of Engineering Amravati". Gcoea.ac.in. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Administrator. "Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad". Bncoepusad.ac.in. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "P.R.Patil Group of Educational Institutes, Amravati : Engineering, M.B.A, Architechture, Polytechnic, M.C.A, B.Ed, BBA, BCA, Maharashtra". Prpatilcollege.org. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Welcome to G H Raisoni College of Engineering And Management, Amravati". Ghrcema.raisoni.net. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
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