KHAJA BANDANAWAZ UNIVERSITY

Khaja Bandanawaz University (KBNU) is a private Islamic university located in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India, named after the Sufi saint Bande Nawaz. It is a religious minority university established in 2018 by the Khaja Bandanawaz Educational Society under the Khaja Bandanawaz University Act, 2018, following approval of the bill in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in February 2018. The university hosts about twenty colleges, including institutions previously under the Khaja Bandanawaz Educational Society such as Khaja Banda Nawaz College of Engineering and Khaja Banda Nawaz Institute of Medical Sciences, as well as a newly formed law college. The founding chancellor is Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini, president of the Khaja Bandanawaz Educational Society, while the vice-chancellor is to be Abdul Jaleel Khan M. Pathan (A. M. Pathan), formerly vice-chancellor of Central University of Karnataka. Academically, Khaja Bandanawaz University offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD programmes in fields such as engineering and technology, science, medical science, arts, commerce, management, humanities, and social science, with courses including BSc, BA, MA, and MSc.