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Motto | Tamaso ma jyotirgamaya |
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Type | State university |
Established | 23 March 2017 |
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Chancellor | Governor of Jharkhand |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof. (Dr.) Ram Kumar Singh [1] |
Students | 100000 |
Location | , , 826001 , India 23°48′01″N86°26′12″E / 23.8003°N 86.4367°E |
Campus | Urban |
Website | bbmku |
Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University is a state university [2] located in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.
Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University, Dhanbad came into existence by the Jharkhand Government notification of 23 March 2017, published as Gazettes notification No. 216 (Extra Ordinary) dated 11 April 2017. The foundation stone of the university campus was laid on 13 November 2017 by the Chief Minister of Jharakhand, Raghubar Das. [3]
The university offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses with 21 postgraduate departments, which includes the department of management, education, mass communication, art & culture, law, foreign languages, life science, computer science, environmental science and disaster management.
As of 2021 [update] , the university has 10 constituent colleges, [4] 20 affiliated colleges [5] and 26 B.Ed. colleges [6] spread in Bokaro and Dhanbad districts of Jharkhand.