Khaja Bandanawaz University (KBNU), named after

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saint

Bande Nawaz Muhammad bin Yusuf Al-Hussaini (7 August 1321 − 10 November 1422), commonly known as Banda Nawaz Gaisu Daraz, was a Hanafi Maturidi scholar and Sufi saint from India of the Chishti Order. Gaisu Daraz was a disciple and then successor of Sufi ...

, is a

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located at

Kalaburagi Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kalaburagi district and is the largest city in the region of North Karnataka (Kalyana-Karnataka). Kalaburagi is 6 ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, India. It was officially established in 2018 by the Khaja Bandanawaz Educational Society under the ''Khaja Bandanawaz University Act, 2018'', following the approval of the Bill in the

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses ar ...

in February 2018. The university hosts about twenty colleges, including colleges previously under Khaja Bandanawaz Educational Society such as Khaja Banda Nawaz College of Engineering, Khaja Banda Nawaz Institute of Medical Sciences and a newly formed

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. The founding

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is Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini, president of the Khaja Bandanawaz Educational Society, and the

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(VC) is to be Abdul Jaleel Khan M. Pathan (A. M. Pathan), formerly VC of

Central University of Karnataka The Central University of Karnataka, chiefly as, CUK, is a central university situated in the Kadaganchi village in Aland taluka of Kalaburagi district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It has been established by an Act of the Parliament of ...

Academics

Khaja Bandanawaz University offers undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programmes in the fields of engineering & technology, science, medical science, arts, commerce, management, humanities and social science. Some of the courses are BSc, BA, MA and MSc.

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* Education in Kalaburagi Universities in Karnataka Educational institutions established in 2018 2018 establishments in Karnataka Private universities in India {{Karnataka-university-stub