MAHAPURUSHA SRIMANTA SANKARADEVA VISWAVIDYALAYA

Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya (MSSV) is a private university situated in Nagaon, Assam, India. It was established through The Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Viswavidyalaya Act, 2013, passed by the Assam Legislative Assembly, following a proposal submitted under the Assam Private Universities Act, 2007. The university was founded on the initiative of the Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha, a major socio-cultural and religious organization in Assam, and is named after the saint-scholar and social reformer Srimanta Sankardev. It began functioning in 2014 from its campus at Kalongpar in Nagaon district, with a permanent campus later developed near Batadrava, Sankardev's birthplace, on land provided by the Government of Assam. The Governor of Assam serves as the Visitor, with Bhabendra Nath Deka as Chancellor and Ashok Kumar Bora as Vice-Chancellor. MSSV offers undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, and doctoral programmes in fields such as humanities, social sciences, law, education, computer applications, social work, performing arts, yogic science, and Sankardeva studies. It operates departments in both its Nagaon and Guwahati campuses and is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).