Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi ^[1]

The University logo with a Bodhi tree motif
Other name	AUD
Former name	Bharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi, Ambedkar University Delhi
Type	Public
Established	2008;17 years ago (2008)
Academic affiliations	UGC, AIU, ACU
Chancellor	Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
Vice-Chancellor	Anu Singh Lather [2]
Academic staff	168 (2022) [3]
Students	2,979 (2022) [3]
Undergraduates	1,509 (2022) [3]
Postgraduates	1,300 (2022) [3]
Doctoral students	170 (2022) [3]
Location	Delhi , India 28°39′51″N77°13′57″E / 28.66417°N 77.23250°E / 28.66417; 77.23250
Campus	Urban Old Delhi (Kashmere Gate campus) - 16 acres West Delhi (Karampura campus) South Delhi (Lodi Road campus) - 2 acres North Delhi (Dheerpur campus - under construction) - 110 acres North-West Delhi (Rohini campus) Qutub Institutional Area (School of Heritage Research & Management)
Website	aud.delhi.gov.in

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Kashmere Gate Campus, Delhi

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi, formerly Bharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi and Ambedkar University Delhi, and simply AUD, is a state university established by the Government of the NCT of Delhi through an Act of the Delhi Legislature. ^[4] The university began functioning in August 2008. It is a Unitary non-affiliating University whose main focus is on undergraduate and postgraduate studies and on research in the Humanities and the Social Sciences. It is completely funded by the State Government of the NCT of Delhi. ^[5] The university is now declared eligible to receive Central Government Assistance. ^[6] The university has been graded 'A' by National Assessment and Accreditation Council. ^[7] It is named after the polymath B. R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution and one of the founding fathers of India.

Campuses

AUD is a multi-campus University with planned facilities across the city. AUD presently has three campuses - in Kashmere Gate, Karampura and, Lodi Road, where 40 undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes are currently on offer.

The Kashmere Gate campus is housed in the erstwhile Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University campus, along with Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women. The historical campus originally built for Delhi College of Engineering also houses the 300-year-old Dara Shikoh library.

The Directorate of Higher Education, Government of the NCT of Delhi handed over the old campus of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College of University of Delhi in the Karampura area of West Delhi to AUD. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College will move to its new campus in Dwarka. ^[8]

As of 2024 the university planned two new campuses, in Rohini and in Dheerpur. ^[9]

Schools

• School of Undergraduate Studies
• School of Development Studies
• School of Global Affairs
• School of Human Ecology
• School of Human Studies
• School of Culture and Creative Expressions
• School of Design
• School of Management
• School of Public Policy
• School of Educational Studies
• School of Law, Governance and Citizenship
• School of Liberal Studies
• School of Vocational Studies

Centres

• Centre for Community Knowledge
• Centre for Development Practice
• Centre for Social Science Research Methods
• Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development
• Centre for Psychotherapy and Clinical Research
• Centre for Urban Ecology and Sustainability
• AUD Centre for Incubation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Centre for English Language Education

See also

• List of institutions of higher education in Delhi
• Government of Delhi

References

1. http://it.delhigovt.nic.in/writereaddata/egaz20175719.11.16.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
3. "NIRF 2022" (PDF). Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi.
4. http://it.delhigovt.nic.in/writereaddata/egaz20175719.11.16.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
5. "About AUD". Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
6. "Ambedkar University, Delhi" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
7. "NAAC acrreditation Certificate" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
8. "Admission to Karampura Campus" (PDF). Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
9. https://aud.delhi.gov.in/upcoming-campuses

External links

• Agra College Agra Official Site
• College, Agra. "CUT OFF MERIT LIST FOR B.A.LL.B & LL.B ADMISSION 2023-24" (PDF). Agra College Agra Official.
• "III rd CUT OFF INDEX OF PG STUDENTS (M.A. / M.Sc.)" (PDF). Agra College Agra.