Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya
Motto योगः कर्मशु कौशलं
Motto in English
Excellence in Action is Knowledge
Type Public
Established2012 (2012)
Chancellor Governor of Chhattisgarh
Vice-Chancellor Prof. A. D. N. Bajpai
Location, ,
22°04′35″N82°09′53″E / 22.0765°N 82.1646°E / 22.0765; 82.1646
Campus Rural
Affiliations UGC, AIU
Website www.bilaspuruniversity.ac.in
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya [1] [2] renamed from Bilaspur University, is a public state university located in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is established by the Gazette notification on 03.02.2012 of Chhattisgarh Act No 07, 2012, the Chhattisgarh Vishwavidyalaya (Amendment) Act, 2011 and came in to its existence in June, 2012. The University is situated on in front of Koni Police Thana ,Bilaspur- Ratanpur Road, Koni ,Bilaspur (C.G) 495009.

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Founded in 2012, it is a teaching-cum-affiliating university which affiliates colleges and has 6 departments. After the act, it was initially located at Old High Court in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh and presently the campus is in Koni, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. University has more than 110 affiliated colleges which includes UG, PG and Ph.D. programs.

In a report by Dainik Bhaskar, the newspaper states that positions for professors in the University were not filled due to State Government disapproval. [3]

Academics

Atal Bihari Vajpayee University offers Bachelor and Masters as well as various Diplomas and certificate programs in many disciplines.

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Affiliated colleges

Its jurisdiction extends over 4 districts- Bilaspur, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, Korba, Mungeli .

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References

  1. "Chhattisgarh: Naya Raipur to be renamed after Atal Bihari Vajpayee". The Times of India . 21 August 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Chhattisgarh Govt Renames It's[sic] New Capital Naya Raipur To "Atal Nagar", Pays Tribute In Unique Way". Headlines Today. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. "अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी यूनिवर्सिटी / छह साल में 18 शिक्षकों की भर्ती नहीं, एयू को नहीं मिल रही रिसर्च ग्रांट". Dainik Bhaskar. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. "State Universities in Chhattisgarh". University Grants University. Retrieved 20 October 2014.