Maa Shakumbhari University

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Maa Shakumbhari University
Other name
  • Government Degree College, Punwarka
  • Saharanpur State University
Type State University
Established
  • 1999 as Government Degree College, Punwarka
  • 2022 as Maa Shakumbhari University
Chancellor Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Vice-Chancellor Hridaya Shanker Singh
Location
30°02′13″N77°37′35″E / 30.0370301°N 77.6262818°E / 30.0370301; 77.6262818
Campus Rural
Website http://www.msuniversity.ac.in/

Maa Shakumbhari University is a state university in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Construction commenced by 2021 after the university was established under The Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2019. [7] It was originally called Saharanpur State University until it was renamed in August 2021 [8] (established by Uttar Pradesh Act no. 6 of 2019 [9] and renamed by Uttar Pradesh Act no. 19 of 2021). [10]

It was established by upgrading Government Degree College, Punwarka (established in 1999) and affiliate all government and private degree colleges in the districts of Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Shamli [11] who were affiliated with Chaudhary Charan Singh University. [12] [13]

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