Gondwana University is a university established in 2011 in the city of

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Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

state in central

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. It is named after

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region in central India.

History

On July 23, 2010,

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passed a unanimous resolution to constitute the Gondwana University, for the area comprising districts of

Chandrapur Chandrapur (earlier known as ''Chanda'', the official name until 1964) is a city and a municipal corporation in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra state, India. It is the district headquarters of Chandrapur district. Chandrapur is a fort city ...

and

. The resolution was moved by then Higher and Technical Education Minister

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. The new university was constituted by issuing notification under sub-section (2) of section 3 of the ''Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994''. On 27 September 2011, Gondwana University was carved out of RTMNU,

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. The official inauguration date was delayed until August 2012.

Jurisdiction

The university has jurisdiction over districts of

and

in eastern Maharashtra.

Campus

The university has its campus in Gadchiroli city.

Faculties and Departments

The university has faculties of Arts, Science, Law, Social Science, Commerce, Home Science, Education and Medicine. Departments # Department of Computer # Department of Management # Department of Traditional # Department of Science # Department of Engineering # Department of Paramedical # Department of Vocational # Department of Education # Department of Commerce # Department of Research

Affiliations

Its jurisdiction extends over 2 districts- Chandrapur, Gadricholi. There are a total of 236 colleges affiliated to the university. The prominent colleges affiliated to the university are #

Government College of Engineering, Chandrapur The Government College of Engineering, Chandrapur (GCOEC) was established in 1996 in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to Gondwana University. It is the only government institute under Gondwana University, Gadchiroli. It is com ...

, # Sardar Patel Mahavidyalaya, Chandrapur and # Janata Mahavidyalaya, Chandrapur.

Vice chancellors

#Vijay Ainchwar (2011-2013) #Shri. Ranjit Kumar IAS Collector and Vice-Chancellor (Acting) #Prof. Kirtiwardhan Dixit (Acting) #Dr. Murlidhar Chandekar (Acting) #Dr. Namdeo Venkatrao Kalyankar (2015-2020) #Dr. Srinivas Varkhedi (2020 - 9th Dec 2021) #Dr. Prashant S Bokare (10th Dec 2021 to till date)

References

External links

* {{Universities in Maharashtra Universities in Maharashtra Gadchiroli district Universities and colleges established in 2011 2011 establishments in Maharashtra