Rajiv Gandhi Education City | |
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Education City | |
Coordinates: 28°56′30″N 77°07′53″E / 28.9416°N 77.1313°E | |
Country | India |
State | Haryana |
District | Sonipat district |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body | Sonipat 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 constituency | Rai Assembly Constituency |
Website | www |
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. It is planned to host at least 13 educational institutions including universities, medical colleges and engineering colleges. The park is planned to cover 2,026 acres and foundation stones were laid in June 2012.[2][3]
University | Type | Established | Specialisation |
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Ashoka University [4] | Private | 2014 | General |
Bharti Vidyapeeth, Sonipat campus[5] | Private | 2013 | General |
Fore School of Management, Sonipat campus[6] | Deemed | 2013 | Management and research |
Indian Institute of Information Technology Sonepat | Central | 2014 | Information Technology |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Sonipat campus[7] | Central | 2013 | Technical |
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Sonipat[8] | Deemed | 2013 | Technology |
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University[9] | State | 2013 | Law |
O. P. Jindal Global University[10] | Deemed | 2009(2020†) | Arts&Law |
Skyline Business School, Sonipat campus[11] | Private | 2013 | Management |
SRM University, Haryana[12] | Private | 2013 | General |
World University of Design[13] | Private | 2017 | Design |
† granted deemed university status
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.[14]