Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

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Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University

Former name	Kanpur University
Motto	IAST: Aaroh Tamso Jyoti
Motto in English	"From darkness, lead us to light"
Type	State
Established	9 February 1966 (58 years ago) (1966-02-09)
Chancellor	Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Vice-Chancellor	Vinay Kumar Pathak
Location	Kalyanpur, Kanpur , Uttar Pradesh , India 26°29′54″N 80°15′57″E / 26.4983°N 80.2658°E / 26.4983; 80.2658
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	csjmu.ac.in

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state collegiate university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh.^{[citation needed]}