Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya
Motto योगः कर्मशु कौशलं
Motto in English
Excellence in Action is Knowledge
TypePublic
Established2012 (2012)
ChancellorGovernor of Chhattisgarh
Vice-ChancellorProf. A. D. N. Bajpai
Location, ,
22°04′35″N 82°09′53″E / 22.0765°N 82.1646°E / 22.0765; 82.1646
CampusRural
AffiliationsUGC, AIU
Websitewww.bilaspuruniversity.ac.in

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.

  1. ^ "Chhattisgarh: Naya Raipur to be renamed after Atal Bihari Vajpayee". The Times of India. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Chhattisgarh Govt Renames It's [sic] New Capital Naya Raipur To "Atal Nagar", Pays Tribute In Unique Way". Headlines Today. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  3. ^ "अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी यूनिवर्सिटी / छह साल में 18 शिक्षकों की भर्ती नहीं, एयू को नहीं मिल रही रिसर्च ग्रांट". Dainik Bhaskar. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.