Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
| संत गाडगे बाबा अमरावती विद्यापीठ | |
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| Motto | Education for Salvation of Soul |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1983 |
| Students | 90,000 |
| Location | Amravati, Maharashtra, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website |
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Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, named after Sant Gadge Baba, is a public state university located at Amravati in the Vidarbha region of the state of Maharashtra, India.
History
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The university was established on 1 May 1983 through partitioning of the University of Nagpur.
The university campus is spread over an area of 225 hectares, and the university is home to 20 post-graduate departments offering 25 courses in different disciplines.
It has jurisdiction over five districts of Maharashtra: Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Yavatmal, and Washim.
Affiliations
Amravati University is recognized under Section 12(B) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. The University received NAAC accreditation in 2002. 127 colleges are affiliated with Amravati University, with an enrollment of over 90,000 students for the undergraduate and graduate courses, together, in different faculties.
Amravati University is an associate member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London.[1]
Faculties
The university offers courses in ten disciplines:
- Arts
- Commerce
The university offers post-graduate and advanced education in:
- Computer Technology
- Chemical Technology
- Biotechnology
- Business Management
The university also has research centres at several affiliated colleges and institutes that are authorized to guide PhD students in the disciplines of physics, chemistry, botany, biology, microbiology and various branches of engineering, medicine and pharmacy.
University research centres in both science and engineering fields exist in Amravati, Akola, Pusad, Chikhli, Badnera and Shegaon.
Research centres in one or more of the sciences are available in Yavatmal, Akot, Khamgaon, Washim, Dhamangaon, Karanja Lad, Warud, Buldhana, Umarkhed, Mangrulpir, Ghatanji and Malkapur.
Engineering
- Sipna College of Engineering & Technology, Amravati
- Government College of Engineering, Amravati [2]
- Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology & Research, Badnera - Amravati[3]
- Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad [4]
- Shivaji Engineering College, Akola [5]
- Anuradha Engineering College, Chikhli [6]
- Prof. Ram Meghe College Of Engineering & Management, Badnera - Amravati [7]
- Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon [8]
- P.R. Pote College of Engineering [9]
- G H Raisoni College of Engineering and Management[10]
Notable alumni
- Gaurav Changole, Sr. Executive at Larsen & Toubro
- Vishal Deogade, Lead Engineer Projects Oil & Gas [Simon Engineering & Partners LLC Muscat]
- Vaibhav Dixit, Senior Technology Specialist, ANSYS Inc, Pune
- Nilesh Khandare, Sr. Embedded Software Engineer at [Tokheim India]
- Roshan Mhaski, Technical Specialist, Syntel Pune
- Sachin Farfad Patil, Entrepreneur, Founder at EduSamosa
- Chandrakant Sakhare, Assistant Manager at Larsen & Toubro
- Pratik Tayade, Principal Engineer, Cuelogic Pune
References
- ↑ https://www.acu.ac.uk/membership/acu-members/?country_id=102&items_perpage=20&pageID=6
- ↑ http://www.gcoea.ac.in
- ↑ http://www.mitra.ac.in
- ↑ http://www.bncoepusad.ac.in
- ↑ http://www.coeta.org
- ↑ http://www.aecc.ac.in
- ↑ http://www.prmceam.ac.in/
- ↑ http://www.ssgmce.org/
- ↑ "Official website P.R.Pote group of institutions".
- ↑ "Welcome to G H Raisoni College of Engineering And Management, Amravati". www.ghrcema.raisoni.net. Retrieved 2016-03-18.