Soban Singh Jeena University

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Soban Singh Jeena University Almora
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Former names
SSJ Campus
TypeState University
Established2020;4 years ago (2020)
Chancellor Governor of Uttarakhand
Vice-Chancellor Satpal Singh Bisht
Location, ,
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC
Website ssju.ac.in

Soban Singh Jeena University (SSJ University) is a state university [1] situated at Almora, Uttarakhand, India. The university was established in 2020 under the Soban Singh Jeena University Act, 2019 (Uttrakhand Act No. 19 of 2020), [2] which was approved by the cabinet of Uttarakhand in October 2019. [3] The university started operation in August 2020 [4] when Prof. Narendra Singh Bhandari, the founder Vice-Chancellor of the university, assumed his position. [5]

The university has three campuses affiliated to it :-

  1. Soban Singh Jeena Campus, Almora
  2. Laxman Singh Mahar Campus, Pithoragarh
  3. Pt. Badri Dutt Pandey Campus, Bageshwar [6]

Both the Pithoragarh and Bageshwar campuses were established in 2020 with the separation of SSJ University from Kumaun University.

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