Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, commonly known as Gorakhpur University, is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. It functions as a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating university and has achieved NAAC Grade A++ status, becoming the first university in the state to attain a 3.78 score, placing it among the top five state universities in India. The idea of establishing a residential university at Gorakhpur was first proposed by C. J. Rao, then Principal of St. Andrews College, and was later developed through the efforts of S. N. M. Tripathi. The proposal was accepted in principle by the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Gobind Ballabh Pant, and the university was established by an act of the U.P. Legislature in 1956. It began functioning on 1 September 1957 with faculties of Arts, Commerce, Law, and Education. The Faculty of Science was added in 1958, followed later by Engineering, Medicine, and Agriculture faculties. Mahant Digvijay Nath also contributed to its formation. The university is home to active research departments in Physics, Mathematics & Statistics, and Chemistry, with the Chemistry Department established in 1958 gaining international recognition under Professor R.P. Rastogi.