Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi

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Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi [1]
Ambedkar university logo.jpg
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
Established2008;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]
Students2,979 (2022) [3]
Undergraduates 1,509 (2022) [3]
Postgraduates 1,300 (2022) [3]
170 (2022) [3]
Location
Delhi
,
India

28°39′51″N77°13′57″E / 28.66417°N 77.23250°E / 28.66417; 77.23250
CampusUrban
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.jpg
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.

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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]

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  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "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
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