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Former name | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University |
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Motto in English | The duty of service is most difficult |
| Established | 27 September 2001 |
| Chancellor | Jagadguru Rambhadracharya |
| Vice-Chancellor | Yogesh Chandra Dubey |
| Students | 1100[1][2] |
| Location | Chitrakoot , Uttar Pradesh , India 25°11′43.99″N 80°52′21.31″E / 25.1955528°N 80.8725861°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC, AIU, NAAC |
| Website | www |
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  Location in Uttar Pradesh  Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Divyanga University (India) | |
Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Divyanga University (JRDU), formerly Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University, is a public UP state government university in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 2001 by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya for disabled people .Jagadguru Rambhadracharya in 2022 wishes to make this University as a UP state government , he suggested UP CM Yogi Adityanath ji to takeover this University as State Public University, in June 2023 Uttar Pradesh government accorded status of State government university by passing Law in UP State assembly i.e.The Uttar Pradesh Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Divyang State University. Act, 2023 under Department of Divyangjan under which 50 percent of Divyang students and 50 percent other students can took addmission at this University .It was the only university in the world exclusively for disabled people until the establishment of Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University at Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, India).[1][3][4]
- ^ a b Von Silvia Kaiser, Marie Fredrich (13 April 2012). "Indien: Die Uni nur für Behinderte". ARTE Reportage (in German). ARTE TV. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
Diese himmelschreiende Ungerechtigkeit brachte einen blinden Guru auf die Idee, 2001 eine Universität nur für Behinderte zu gründen – einmalig in der Welt.
- ^ Durg, City Reporter (30 October 2011). "नेत्रहीन आचार्य की भागवत कथा आज से" [Bhagavata Katha by visually impaired preceptor starts today] (in Hindi). Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India: Dainik Bhaskar. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
आयोजकों ने बताया कि आचार्य श्री चित्रकूट में विकलांगों की यूनिवर्सिटी चलाते हैं। जहां करीब दो हजार विकलांग बच्चे निशुल्क उच्च शिक्षा ग्रहण कर रहे हैं।
- ^ Subhash, Tarun (3 July 2005). "A Special University for Special Students: UP does a first – it establishes the country's first exclusive university for physically and mentally disabled students". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ Dikshit, Ragini (10 July 2007). "चित्रकूट: दुनिया का प्रथम विकलांग विश्वविद्यालय" [Chitrakuta: The world's first handicapped university] (in Hindi). Jansatta Express.