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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|University at Madhya Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox university<br />
|name = Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya<br />
|image = Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya logo.png<br />
|motto = <br />
|established = 1991<br />
|founder = [[Nanaji Deshmukh]]<br />
|chancellor = [[Governor of Madhya Pradesh]] <br />
|vice_chancellor= Naresh Chandra Gautam<br />
|city = [[Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh|Chitrakoot]]<br />
|state = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|25.148|80.855|display=title,inline}}<br />
|students =<br />
|type = [[Public university|Public]]<br />
|campus = [[Rural]]<br />
|academic_affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<br />
|website = {{URL|http://gramodayachitrakoot.ac.in/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya''' ('''MGCGV'''), formerly '''Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay''' and '''Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya''', is a first [[rural]] [[state university (India)|state university]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh State Universities |url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversitylist.aspx?id=SYZtn7kEGsWB4WuypEHPLQ==&Unitype=iA7z/ds2To+MdcuCvitOpQ== |website=www.ugc.ac.in |access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> located at [[Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh|Chitrakoot]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. It was established in 1991.<br />
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==History==<br />
The university was established in 1991 by [[Nanaji Deshmukh]]<ref>{{cite web |title=About MGCGV |url=http://gramodayachitrakoot.ac.in/about-university/ |access-date=17 January 2021}}</ref> as Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay under the ''The Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay Adhiniyam, 1991''. The name was changed to Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya in 1995 through ''The Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 1995'', naming the university after [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. Finally, it received its current name in 1997 under ''The Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 1997'' which restored the name Chitrakoot to the title of the university.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakoot Adhiniyam 1991 |url=http://gramodayachitrakoot.ac.in/act-of-the-university/ |publisher=[[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] |access-date=17 January 2021 |date=1 April 1991|work = Madhya Pradesh Gazette}}</ref><br />
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==Faculties and departments==<br />
The university is divided into five faculties and 16 Departments:<br />
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* Faculty of Agriculture<br />
**Department of Crop Sciences<br />
** Department of Natural Resource Management<br />
**Department of Technology Transfer<br />
* Faculty of Arts<br />
** Department of People's Education and Mass Communication<br />
** Department of Professional Arts<br />
** Department of Humanities Social Sciences<br />
** Department of Sanskrit<br />
* Faculty of Rural Development and Business Management<br />
**Department of Rural Development<br />
** Department of Business Management<br />
* Faculty of Science and Environment<br />
**Department of Physical Science<br />
**Department of Biological Science<br />
** Department of Energy and Environment<br />
* Faculty of Engineering and Technology<br />
**Department of Food Technology<br />
**Department of Agriculture Engineering<br />
**Department of Information Technology<br />
** Department of Civil Engineering<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://gramodayachitrakoot.ac.in/}}<br />
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