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{{Infobox university<br />
| name = '''Gangadhar Meher University'''<br />
| image = Gangadhar Meher University logo.png<br />
| motto = Knowledge Imparts Immortality<br />
| established = 1944 (as college), 2015 (as university)<br />
| type = Public<br />
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| chancellor = [[Ganeshi Lal]] [[Governor of Odisha]]<br />
| vice_chancellor = [[N Nagaraju]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 November 2020|title=Six state-run varsities get new VCs in Odisha, Utkal University gets first woman VC|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.edexlive.com/|access-date=1 Dec 2020}}</ref><br />
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| city = [[Sambalpur]]<br />
| state = [[Odisha]]<br />
| country = India<br />
|coordinates = {{coord |21.482783|83.979832|display=inline}}<br />
| campus = Urban<br />
| former_names = Sambalpur College, Gangadhar Meher College<br />
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| nickname = GMU, GM UNIVERSITY<br />
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| website = {{url|http://www.gmuniversity.ac.in/}}<br />
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| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<br />
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'''Gangadhar Meher University, Amruta Vihar''', formerly '''Sambalpur College''' and '''Gangadhar Meher College''', is a [[state university]] situated in [[Sambalpur]], [[Odisha]], India. It is named after the Odia poet, [[Gangadhar Meher]]. [[N Nagaraju]] is the current Vice-Chancellor, while Smt. Jugaleswari Dash is the Registrar and Uma Charan Pati is the Deputy Registrar.[https://www.gmuniversity.ac.in/vc-s-message.php] [https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/covid19-tenure-of-6-vice-chancellors-extended-in-odisha/1862284]<br />
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==History==<br />
The University was established as college in 1944 as Sambalpur College with 192 students. The name of the institution was changed to Gangadhar Meher College in 1949. It was upgraded to a university in 2015, and has been renamed as Gangadhar Meher University.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.gmuniversity.ac.in/page.php?pid=history|publisher=Gangadhar Meher University|access-date=20 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701211945/http://www.gmuniversity.ac.in/page.php?pid=history|archive-date=1 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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