Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, formerly Amravati University, named after

Sant Gadge Baba Gadge Maharaj (23 February 1876 - 20 December 1956; also known as Sant Gadge Maharaj or Sant Gadge Baba) was an Indian mendicant-saint and social reformer from the Indian state of Maharashtra. He lived in voluntary poverty and wandered to differ ...

, is a public state university located at

Amravati Amravati (pronunciation (help·info)) is the second largest city in the Vidarbha region and ninth largest city in Maharashtra, India. It is administrative headquarters of Amravati district and Amravati division which includes Akola, Buldha ...

in the

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region of the state of

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. Today, it is one of the largest universities in the country with 382 affiliated colleges and about 3.5 lakh students.

History

The university was established on 1 May 1983 through the partitioning of

Nagpur University Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), formerly Nagpur University, is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Nagpur, Maharashtra. It is one of India's oldest universities, as well as th ...

. The university campus is spread over an area of 225 hectares, and the university is home to 20 post-graduate departments offering 25 courses in different disciplines. It has jurisdiction over five districts of

Akola Akola () is a municipal corporation and the third largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati and tenth largest city in Maharashtra. is located about east of the state capital, Mumbai, and west of the second capital, Nagpur. Akola ...

Buldhana Buldhana is the district headquarters and a Municipal Council in the Buldhana District of Amravati division in the Indian State of Maharashtra. Climate Demographics As of the 2011 India census, Buldhana had a population of 67,431. Males con ...

Washim Washim (Vatsagulma) is a city and a Municipal Council in Washim district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Washim is the district headquarters of Washim district. Etymology Washim was known earlier as Vatsagulma and it was the seat of powe ...

and

Yavatmal Yavatmal ( is a city and municipal council in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Yavatmal District. Yavatmal is around 90 km away from divisional headquarters Amravati while it is away from the stat ...

Affiliations

Amravati University is recognized under Section 12(B) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Act of the

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, Government of India. The University received NAAC accreditation in 2002. 127 colleges are affiliated with Amravati University, with an enrollment of over 90,000 students for the undergraduate and graduate courses, together, in different faculties. Amravati University is an associate member of the

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Colleges

Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati
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Government College of Engineering, Amravati Government College of Engineering, Amravati (GCOEA) is an autonomous engineering college affiliated to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University in Amravati, Maharashtra, India. Established in 1964, it is one of the oldest engineering institutes i ...

* Pankaj Laddad Institute of Technology, Buldhana * Sipna College of Engineering & Technology, Amravati * Dr. Rajendra Gode Institute of Technology and Research, Amravati * Prof. Ram Meghe Institute of Technology & Research, Badnera - Amravati * Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad * Shivaji Engineering College, Akola * Anuradha Engineering College, Chikhli * Prof. Ram Meghe College Of Engineering & Management, Badnera - Amravati * P. R. Patil College of Engineering * G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering & Management * Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal's College of Engineering and Technology, Amravati * Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering, Shegaon

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* {{Authority control Universities in Maharashtra Education in Amravati Educational institutions established in 1983 1983 establishments in Maharashtra