Rashtriya Raksha University

Rashtriya Raksha University
Rashtriya Raksha University
Emblem of Rashtriya Raksha University
Former name
Raksha Shakti University
(2009–2020)
MottoNational Security is Supreme
TypePublic
Established
  • 2009; as Raksha Shakti University
  • 2020; as Rashtriya Raksha University
Academic affiliation
UGC, MHA, MOE, IA, IN, CAPF, NSG, BSF, IAF
Vice-ChancellorDr. Bimal N. Patel[1]
Address
Rashtriya Raksha University, Lavad
,
Dehgam, Gandhinagar district
,
Gujarat
,
382305
,
India

23°09′16″N 72°53′06″E / 23.1544554°N 72.884999°E / 23.1544554; 72.884999
CampusDehgam, Gandhinagar District
Contact Details+91 79 68126800
Websiterru.ac.in

Rashtriya Raksha University (simply RRU; lit. Hindi राष्ट्रीय रक्षा विश्वविद्यालय, formerly Rashtriya Shakti University) is an Indian central university and an Institute of National Importance located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.[2] RRU specializes in national and internal security and police.

RRU should not be confused with the Indian Defence University (IDU) which is focused on the Indian military.[3]

It was established by the Government of Gujarat, India, in 2009. In 2020, via an act of Parliament of India, the Government of India took over the university from the Government of Gujarat.[2]

The university offers under-graduate, post-graduate, research degree programmes, and professional diploma and certificate programmes.[4] The institute was inaugurated by the former chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi on 22 July 2010.[5]

The university has been upgraded as Rashtriya Raksha University, a national university, as an Institute of National Importance through the Rashtriya Raksha University Act, passed by Parliament in October 2020.[6]

  1. ^ "Professor Dr. Bimal N. Patel as a Vice-Chancellor".
  2. ^ a b "Gujarat: RSU accorded national status, is now Rashtriya Raksha University". The Indian Express. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  3. ^ India’s still waiting for a defence university that was proposed in 1967, while Pakistan has 2, The Print, 17 Oct 2020.
  4. ^ "Courses offered by Raksha Shakti University".
  5. ^ "Modi inaugurates police varsity as the news breaks". The Indian Express. 23 July 2010.
  6. ^ "The Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, 2020". 23 March 2020.