Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, formerly Agra University, is an Autonomous University located in

Agra Agra ( ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the ...

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, India. The university, formerly named as Agra University, was later named after Bhimrao Ambedkar.

Affiliated colleges

The University's jurisdiction extends over the four districts of the Agra Division, namely

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,and

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Institute of Engineering and Technology

The Institute of Engineering and Technology Khandari, Agra (I.E.T. Khandari, Agra), situated at the Khandari campus in the city of Agra, was established in 1998 and is the engineering institute of the university.

Institute of Social Sciences

The Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), Agra is situated at Paliwal campus in university premises.

Notable alumni

* Charan Singh, former

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, former

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, former

* Santosh Gangwar, 12th

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, television and film actor * Aziz Qureshi, former governor * Shafiqur Rahman Barq, MP (Uttar pradesh) * Awadhesh Prasad, MP, former Cabinet minister of Uttar pradesh * Ramakant Yadav, ex-VC of Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences * Dev Swarup, ex-VC of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University *

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, MP (Rajya Sabha) * Dhatri Saran Mathur, I.C.S and Chief Justice of

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* Devendra Singh Yadav, former MP *

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, Current National Security Advisor to the

, with the precedence of a Cabinet Minister *

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, Indian film actor and politician * Ibn-e-Safi, Urdu-language novelist, author of Jasoosi Duniya series. * Narinder Singh Kapany, Physicist known as 'Father of Fibre Optics', and

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awardee * Rekha Dikshit, former judge of

* Ashok Jain, Professor at Albany State University * Shyam Sundar Shyam- former member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly * Tabish Mehdi, Indian poet and writer * Tejpal Singh - former MLA * Desh Pal S. Verma - biologist

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