Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University

Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University
Type Public
Established 1964
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Shiv Kumar Pandey
Academic staff
>100
Students 5000
Location Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC
Website www.prsu.ac.in

Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University in Raipur, is one of the Chhattisgarh's largest and oldest institution of higher education, founded in 1964

History

Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, was established in 1964. It is named after Pt. Ravishankar Shukla, the first chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. The university came into being on May 1 and was functional from June 1, 1964 with 46 affiliated colleges, five university teaching departments (UTDs) and 34,000 students. Indira Gandhi, the then minister of Information & Broadcasting, inaugurated the university postgraduate department in five subjects on July 2, 1965.

The university has grown enormously over the last 44 years in terms of number of students (approx. 1.2 lakh) as well as disciplines, viz., humanities, natural science, law, education, pharmacy, management, physical education, library science and computer science, etc. in 28 schools and 261 affiliated colleges spread over 11 districts of Chhattisgarh.

Chhattisgarh was carved out as a political entity on 1 November 2000 by the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Campus

The university has a sprawling campus in the western part of the capital of Raipur city. The campus has the following facilities:

Departments

Courses offered

Hostels

Coordinates: 21°14′44″N 81°35′37″E / 21.2455°N 81.5935°E / 21.2455; 81.5935

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