Template:Coord Template:Infobox university 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.
History
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]
Jurisdiction
The university has jurisdiction over districts of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli in eastern Maharashtra.[6]
Campus
The university has its campus in Gadchiroli city.
Faculties and Departments
The university has faculties of Arts, Science, Law, Social Science, Commerce, Home Science, Education and Medicine.
Departments
- Department of Computer
- Department of Management
- Department of Traditional
- Department of Science
- Department of Engineering
- Department of Paramedical
- Department of Vocational
- Department of Education
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Research[7]
Affiliations
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.
Vice chancellors
- Vijay Ainchwar (2011-2013)
- Shri. Ranjit Kumar IAS Collector and Vice-Chancellor (Acting)
- Prof. Kirtiwardhan Dixit (Acting)
- Dr. Murlidhar Chandekar (Acting)
- Dr. Namdeo Venkatrao Kalyankar (2015-2020)
- Dr. Srinivas Varkhedi (2020 - 9th Dec 2021)
- Dr. Prashant S Bokare (10th Dec 2021 to till date)
References
- ↑ Gondwana University. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ↑ Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994. Government of Maharashtra(21 July 1994).
- ↑ Maha Legislature passes bill to set up Gondwana University.
- ↑ Finally, GU to become an official varsity on Aug 26(Aug 25, 2012).
- ↑ Finally, GU to become an official varsity on Aug 26. The Times of India(25 August 2012).
- ↑ Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016. Government of Maharashtra(11 January 2017).Template:Dead link
- ↑ Courses and Syllabus for Gondwana University. gondwanauniversity.org(26 November 2022). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ↑ Govt sanctions 38 new colleges in Gadchiroli(Jul 14, 2012).