Rajiv Gandhi Education City

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Rajiv Gandhi Education City
Education City
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Rajiv Gandhi Education City
Location in Haryana, India
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Rajiv Gandhi Education City
Rajiv Gandhi Education City (India)
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Rajiv Gandhi Education City
Rajiv Gandhi Education City (Asia)
Coordinates: 28°56′30″N77°07′53″E / 28.9416°N 77.1313°E / 28.9416; 77.1313
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State Haryana
District Sonipat district
Government
  Type Municipal Corporation
  BodySonipat Municipal Corporation
Elevation
224.15 m (735.40 ft)
Languages
  Official English, Punjabi
  Regional Haryanvi [1]
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration HR
Lok Sabha constituency Sonipat
Vidhan Sabha constituencyRai Assembly Constituency
Website www.sonipat.nic.in

Rajiv Gandhi Education City is a planned education city in Sonipat in the Indian state of Haryana. The city comes under the National Capital Region, Delhi and also under the Municipal Corporation and Urban Agglomeration of Sonipat City. As of 2025, it host 4 universities and extension campuse of IIT Delhi. The park is planned to cover 2,026 acres and foundation stones were laid in June 2012. [2] [3]

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Institutes

UniversityTypeEstablishedSpecialisation
Ashoka University [4] Private 2014General
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Sonipat campus [5] INI's Extension campuse2013 Technical
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University [6] State 2013Law
SRM University, Haryana [7] Private2013General
World University of Design [8] Private2017Design

Technopark

On 4 April 2018, the newly built Technopark costing INR175 crore was unveiled by the Chief Minister of Haryana at the Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat. It is aimed at boosting the technical skills, dissemination and expansion of technical skills in the state. [9]

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References

  1. "Haryanvi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. "IIT campus to come up in Rajiv Gandhi education city in Haryana". Times of India. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  3. "Manav Rachna University launched at Rajiv Gandhi Education City". Business Standard India. Business Standard Private Ltd. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. "Ashoka University". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  5. "Home Page : IIT Delhi". home.iitd.ac.in.
  6. "National Law University | Rajiv Gandhi Education City | Sonipat News | sonipatproperty.com". www.sonipatproperty.com.
  7. "SRM University Delhi-NCR, Sonepat : Explore the Best Private University in Delhi NCR, Sonepat Haryana". www.srmuniversity.ac.in.
  8. "World University Of Design (WUD)". worlduniversityofdesign.ac.in.
  9. Khattar unveils IIT-D campus at Sonepat, India Time, April 2018.