 PDEU Emblem | |
Other name | PDEU (Acronym), formerly PDPU |
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Former name | Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University |
Motto in English | A Reservoir of knowledge |
| Established | 2007 |
Parent institution | Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute GSPC Group,Govt. of Gujarat |
| Accreditation | |
| Affiliation | |
| Chairman | Hasmukh Adhia |
| President | Mukesh Ambani |
| Director General | Prof. S. Sundar Manoharan |
| Address | Raysan , , , 382426 , 23°09′22″N 72°39′58″E / 23.156°N 72.666°E |
| Campus | Urban, 100 acres (0.40 km2) |
| Website | www |
  Location of PDEU, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India | |
Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), formerly Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), was established on 4th April 2007 by Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI) of the GSPC Group, Government of Gujarat. The university is located at Knowledge Corridor in Raysan municipality, adjacent to the GIFT City of Gandhinagar.
Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) has been awarded Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) recognition by Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.[1]
PDEU has been ranked as No. 1 University in Gujarat (by Gujarat State Ranking Frameworks) and has received "Centre of Excellence Status" (in Principle) by Government of Gujarat.
The university has four schools, located on the same campus. The schools include the School of Energy Technology (SoET)(formerly, School of Petroleum Technology), the School of Technology (SoT), the School of Management (SoM) (formerly, School of Petroleum Management), and the School of Liberal Studies (SLS). The President of University Board of Governors is Dr. Mukesh Ambani and the Chairman of the Standing Committee is Dr. Hasmukh Adhia.[2][3]
The university also has its own 1 megawatt solar power plant.[4] The Government of Gujarat has set up an International Automobile Centre of Excellence near PDPU with investment of Rs. 150 Crores (US$25M) in joint venture with Maruti Suzuki.[5]
- ^ "SIRO Recognition Letter" (PDF). 2014-04-29.
- ^ http://www.ugc.ac.in/inside/privateuniversities/pdpureprt.pdf UGC report on PDPU
- ^ http://www.pdpu.ac.in/downloads/The_University_Act.pdf The Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Act
- ^ "1 MW Solar Power Plant commissioned at PDPU" (PDF). Gujarat Energy Development Agency Gandhinagar. 2012-09-06.
- ^ "Maruti Suzkui and Gujarat Govt to set up Rs.150 crore International Centre of Excellence in Automobile". Desh Gujarat. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2015-03-09.