GONDWANA UNIVERSITY, GADCHIROLI

Gondwana University is a university established in 2011 in the city of Gadchiroli in Maharashtra state, central India, named after the Gondwana region. On July 23, 2010, the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly passed a resolution to constitute the university for the districts of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli, moved by Higher and Technical Education Minister Rajesh Tope. It was formally constituted on 27 September 2011, carved out of RTMNU, Nagpur, with official inauguration delayed until August 2012. The university's campus is located in Gadchiroli city, and its jurisdiction covers Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts in eastern Maharashtra. It has faculties of Arts, Science, Law, Social Science, Commerce, Home Science, Education, and Medicine, along with departments including Computer, Management, Traditional, Science, Engineering, Paramedical, Vocational, Education, Commerce, and Research. A total of 236 colleges are affiliated with the university, including Government College of Engineering, Chandrapur, Sardar Patel Mahavidyalaya, and Janata Mahavidyalaya. Vice chancellors have included Vijay Ainchwar, Dr. Namdeo Venkatrao Kalyankar, Dr. Srinivas Varkhedi, and Dr. Prashant S Bokare, who currently holds the position.