Shivaji University, established in 1962, is a state university located at Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. The university, with a campus spread over , is named in honour of Chatrapati Shivaji. It was inaugurated on 18 November 1962 by Dr. Radhakrishnan, the then president of India.

Yashwantrao Chavan Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Marathi pronunciation: əʃʋənt̪ɾaːʋ t͡səʋʱaːɳ 12 March 1913 – 25 November 1984) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician who served as 8th Minister of Finance from 1970 to 1971 and 1971 to 19 ...

and Balasaheb Desai took the lead in establishing this university.

Affiliations

''Shiv-Sandesh'' monthly bulletin is published online by Shivaji University, which throws light on various activities, programs organised in the university. ''Madhyamvidya'' and ''Media Spectrum'' are private distribution newspapers published by M.A. Mass communication department students.

Barrister Balasaheb Khardekar Library

The Barr. B. Khardekar Library at Shivaji University is one of the leading university libraries in southern Maharashtra. It caters to the academic needs of students, faculty and other users from the university as well as visitors from other universities and institutes. The library has over 3.1 lakhs printed documents and it subscribes to over 298 national and international journals. The library is a member of UGC/INFONET Digital Library consortium of INFLIBNET Centre, under which it has access to over 6000+ electronic journals and few electronic databases. It has established contacts with universities, national and international organizations libraries for inter-library loans. The library was named after the late Barr. Balasaheb Khardekar on 24 October 1981.

Vice chancellors

Past and current vice chancellors

References

External links

* {{Authority control Universities in Maharashtra Education in Kolhapur Monuments and memorials to Shivaji Universities and colleges established in 1962 1962 establishments in Maharashtra