Sarala Birla University (SBU) is a private university [2] located in the Birla Knowledge City in the Ara, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Ranchi on the Ranchi-Purulia highway, in the Namkum block of Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. The university was established by Bharat Arogya and Gyan Mandir through the Sarla Birla University Act, 2017 [3] which was passed by the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly on 3 February 2017 [4] following a letter of intent in November 2016. [5] It is named after Sarala Birla.