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

state university A state university system in the United States is a group of public universities supported by an individual state, territory or federal district. These systems constitute the majority of public-funded universities in the country. State univer ...

located in Allahabad,

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

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

Allahabad division Allahabad division, officially known as Prayagraj division, is an administrative unit of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In 2000, when Uttar Pradesh was reorganised by forming Uttaranchal out of its northern areas, Allahabad division and the d ...

History

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

in Allahabad since the

University of Allahabad , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

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

, Allahabad, 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 university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state ...

and

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, commonly known as Avadh University or Ayodhya University, is situated on NH330 in Faizabad, Ayodhya in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1975 by the government of Uttar Pradesh. H ...

. 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

vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...

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 , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

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 Allahabad Universities in Uttar Pradesh Educational institutions established in 2016 2016 establishments in Uttar Pradesh