Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat

Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), formerly Raksha Shakti University, is a public central university and autonomous institute in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. Established in 2009 by the Government of Gujarat under Chief Minister Narendra Modi via Act 14 of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, it was inaugurated on 22 July 2010. In 2020, through Act 31 of the Parliament of India, the Government of India took over the university, upgrading it to Rashtriya Raksha University and recognizing it as an Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The university specializes in national security, cyber security, digital forensics, counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, and internal security, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, research, and professional programmes across 13 schools using a TREE (Training, Research, Education, Extension) model. Its main campus in Gandhinagar spans 232 acres along the Meshwo River and has received a 5-star GRIHA Green Campus rating. In 2022, RRU opened a second campus in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The university also hosts SASTRA, India's first national security innovation center, and conducts research in forensic science and security studies.