Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (MGCGV), formerly Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay and Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, is a first

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located at Chitrakoot,

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

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. It was established in 1991.

History

The university was established in 1991 by

Nanaji Deshmukh Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh, better known as Nanaji Deshmukh (11 October 1916 – 27 February 2010), was a social reformer and politician from India. He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance. He was posthumously aw ...

as Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay under ''The Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay Adhiniyam, 1991''. The name was changed to Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya in 1995 through ''The Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 1995'', naming the university after

Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...

. Finally, it received its current name in 1997 under ''The Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 1997'' which restored the name Chitrakoot to the title of the university.

Faculties and departments

The university is divided into five faculties and 16 departments: * Faculty of Agriculture **Department of Crop Sciences ** Department of Natural Resource Management **Department of Technology Transfer * Faculty of Arts ** Department of People's Education and Mass Communication ** Department of Professional Arts ** Department of Humanities Social Sciences ** Department of Sanskrit * Faculty of Rural Development and Business Management **Department of Rural Development ** Department of Business Management * Faculty of Science and Environment **Department of Physical Science **Department of Biological Science ** Department of Energy and Environment * Faculty of Engineering and Technology **Department of Food Technology **Department of Agriculture Engineering **Department of Information Technology ** Department of Civil Engineering

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* {{Authority control Universities and colleges in Madhya Pradesh 1991 establishments in Madhya Pradesh Educational institutions established in 1991