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{{Infobox university
|name = Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University
|image = Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University logo.png
|motto =
|established = {{Start date and age|2016}}
|type = [[State university (India)|State university]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|23.3839994|N|85.31755|E|region:LK_type:edu|display=inline, title}}
| campus = Urban
|affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
|chancellor = [[Governor of Jharkhand]]
|vice_chancellor = Rahul Kumar Purwar<ref>{{cite web |title=Vice-Chancellor Message |url=http://www.jrsuranchi.com/Message.aspx |website=www.jrsuranchi.com |accessdate=13 September 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126173639/http://jrsuranchi.com/Message.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|website = {{url|http://www.jrsuranchi.com}}
}}

'''Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University''' ('''JRSU''') is a [[State university (India)|state university]]<ref name=State>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/State%20University/State%20University%20as%20on%2029-06-2017.pdf|title=List of State Universities as on 29.06.2017|date=29 June 2017|accessdate=1 July 2017|format=PDF|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828162350/http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/State%20University/State%20University%20as%20on%2029-06-2017.pdf|archive-date=28 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> located at [[Ranchi]], [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]. It was established by the [[Government of Jharkhand]] through the ''Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University Act, 2016''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University Act, 2016|url=http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/hi/privacy-policy/-/asset_publisher/A0eWd6E0avlx/document/id/17070693|publisher=[[Government of Jharkhand]]|accessdate=8 July 2017|archive-date=12 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312032546/http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/hi/privacy-policy/-/asset_publisher/A0eWd6E0avlx/document/id/17070693|url-status=dead}}</ref> It offers courses in the fields of police science and security management.

==History==
The foundation stone for the university was laid by the [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]] [[Manohar Parrikar]] on 23 January 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/foundation-stone-laid-for-jharkhand-raksha-shakti-university/article8145192.ece |title=Foundation stone laid for Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University|date=23 January 2016 |website=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=8 July 2017}}</ref> The university opened on 4 October 2016 with 179 students on five courses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Defence varsity opens doors today|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1161004/jsp/jharkhand/story_111660.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004170844/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1161004/jsp/jharkhand/story_111660.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2016|accessdate=8 July 2017|date=4 October 2017|work=[[Telegraph India]]}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of state universities in India]]
*[[List of institutions of higher education in Jharkhand]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{official|http://www.jrsuranchi.com}}

{{Universities in Jharkhand}}

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[[Category:State universities in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 2016]]
[[Category:2016 establishments in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Ranchi]]

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