Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) University (PRSU), formerly Allahabad State University, is a

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located in

Prayagraj Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

, India. Established in 2016, it has jurisdiction over the four districts of the

Prayagraj division Prayagraj division, formerly known as Allahabad division, is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with the city of Prayagraj being the administrative divisional headqu ...

History

Allahabad State University was established through the ''Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2013'', which saw to establish a

in Prayagraj since the

University of Allahabad The University of Allahabad is a Central university (India), Central University located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 23 September 1887 by an act of Parliament and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance (INI). ...

was given the status of central university, leaving the district with no state university. The act gave the university jurisdiction over the colleges in the four districts of

, Kaushambi, Fatehpur and Pratapgarh, previously affiliated to

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Aerial view of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Campus Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state collegiate university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered un ...

and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University. However, due to difficulties in transferring the land, the construction of the university was delayed until 2016, when it was announced on the 2016 budget that funds were assigned and the land was identified for the university, leading to the official date of establishment on 17 June 2016. In 2018, following the renaming of Allahabad to Prayagraj, proposals were made to rename the university as well. In 2019 the university was renamed after

Rajendra Singh Rajendra Singh (born 6 August 1959) is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as "waterman of India", he won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015. He ...

through an ordinance, which was later that year replaced by the ''Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2019''. The first

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VC of the university was Rajendra Prasad, who was originally appointed Officer on Special Duty (OSD) for the establishment of the university. Prasad was replaced by Sangeeta Srivastava in June 2019. Srivastava resided until November 2020, when she was appointed VC of

Allahabad University The University of Allahabad is a Central University located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 23 September 1887 by an act of Parliament and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance (INI). It is the 4th oldest mode ...

and replaced with K.N. Singh, which took the position as an additional charge. In March 2021 Akhilesh Kumar Singh took charge as VC.

References

External links

Official website
{{Universities in Uttar Pradesh

Universities in Uttar Pradesh Universities and colleges established in 2016 2016 establishments in Uttar Pradesh