Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University


Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University is an institution of higher education located in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of the largest and oldest institution of higher education in Chhattisgarh. It is a State university founded in 1964 by Government of Madhya Pradesh. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university which affiliates 129 colleges and has 29 University Teaching Departments

History

Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, was established in 1964. It is named after Pt. Ravishankar Shukla, the first chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. The university came into being on May 1 and was functional from June 1, 1964 with 46 affiliated colleges, five university teaching departments and 34,000 students. Indira Gandhi, the then minister of Information & Broadcasting, inaugurated the university postgraduate department in five subjects on July 2, 1965.
The university has grown enormously over the last 44 years in terms of number of students as well as disciplines, viz., humanities, natural science, law, education, pharmacy, management, physical education, library science and computer science, etc. in 28 schools and 261 affiliated colleges spread over 11 districts of Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh was carved out as a political entity on 1 November 2000 by the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Campus

The university has a sprawling campus in the western part of the capital of Raipur city. The campus has the following facilities:
Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University was ranked in the 101–150 band among universities in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2020 and 59 in the pharmacy ranking.