Motto | योगः कर्मशु कौशलं |
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Motto in English | Excellence in Action is Knowledge |
Type | Public |
Established | 2012 |
Chancellor | Governor of Chhattisgarh |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof. A. D. N. Bajpai |
Location | , , 22°04′35″N 82°09′53″E / 22.0765°N 82.1646°E |
Campus | Rural |
Affiliations | UGC, AIU |
Website | www |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya[1] [2] renamed from Bilaspur University, is a public state university located in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Founded in 2012, it is a teaching-cum-affiliating university which affiliates 122 colleges and has 5 departments. In a report by Dainik Bhaskar, the newspaper states that positions for professors in the University were not filled due to State Government disapproval.[3]
The university was established by an Act (No. 7 of 2012) - The Chhattisgarh vishwavidyalaya (Amendment) Act, 2011 of state legislature of Chhattisgarh. The university is located in Old High Court in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee University offers Bachelor and Masters as well as various Diplomas and certificate programs in many disciplines.
Its jurisdiction extends over 4 districts- Bilaspur, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, Korba, Mungeli .