DEVI AHILYA COMPUTER

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV), formerly the University of Indore, is a state university located in Indore, India, established in 1964 by an Act of the Legislature of Madhya Pradesh and inaugurated by Dr. Zakir Hussain, then Vice President of India. In 1982, it was renamed after Ahilya Bai Holkar, the 18th century Queen of Indore. Initially limited to Indore district, its jurisdiction was later expanded to seven tribal-dominated districts of Indore division: Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Khargone, Khandwa, Burhanpur, and Barwani. The university has administrative offices and a primary school campus on Rabindranath Tagore Marg, plus the Takshashila Campus on Khandwa Road. It spans 760 acres total, including Takshila parisar (510 acres), Avanti parisar (154 acres), and Nalanda parisar (100 acres) for administration. The university has more than 300 affiliated colleges, about 9,000 students on campus, and over 300,000 students across affiliated colleges. It offers conventional courses in sciences, self-supporting courses since 1991, engineering courses through IET since 1996, medical and dental colleges, and has received UGC Special Assistance Programmes for several schools. Its library, established in 1964, holds over 200,000 books.