Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University

The Nagpur University was established on 4th August, 1923 with six affiliated colleges and 927 students. During 1947, the number of students increased to about 9000 accompanied by the improvement and diversification of curricula and expansion in the range of subjects. The expansion of library and sports facilities occurred during these years for the intellectual and physical well being of the students. It was in 1958 that some new Departments in Arts and Social Science faculties were opened; the major expansion, however, came in 1963 when several science and other teaching Departments were started. The Departments were shifted to spacious buildings in the main campus in 1972-73. In later years, several career oriented courses have been started viz., Business Management, Fine Arts, Mass Communication, Library Science, Physical Education, etc.

During ninety years of its existence, the University has progressed satisfactorily and doing well in the midst of constraints of different sorts. This has been possible because of futuristic vision about higher education of the personalities who adored the chair of Vice-Chancellor of this University. Their determination and dedication helped a lot in progress of this University.

Presently University comprises of Thirty-nine Postgraduate Teaching Departments (PGTD), three Constituent Colleges/Institutions (Law college, Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, and College of Education). Eight hundred forty-two colleges are affiliated The Department and conducted college/Institution buildings are spread over in 11 campuses with an overall area of 318 acres. Following programs under various faculties are run through the above-mentioned PGTD, Conducted College and Affiliated Colleges.

In addition to these, the research programs in almost all Thirty-nine Departments and three conducted Colleges are propelled through M. Phil., Ph. D. and Post-Doc. University Hobby Workshop conducts regular training programs in the areas of Photography, Painting, Clay modeling, Carpentry, Electronics, etc.

The University is named after the Great Saint of Vidarbha, Sant Tukadoji Maharaj, whom the first President of the Indian Republic Dr. Rajendra Prasad spontaneously called “Rashtrasant”, taking into consideration the teachings of the native saint of Vidarbha in the sphere of national, political & social awakening of the people during the pre and post independence days of India. The University has pledged to bring into practice the teachings of this great saint of Vidarbha.

The Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University has been awarded of late “A” grade by the NAAC and that has increased the expectations from this University by the people of this region and the University has tightened its belts to come up to their expectations by producing such graduates with high talent and skill and who would stand firmly with honour and Spartan spirit to meet the challenges of the contemporary world.

Thus University, with its glorious past, is marching ahead in the direction of the pursuit of knowledge and excellence to achieve the desired objectives of education and shall contribute to the national, social, economic and cultural well-being of the nation. Thus University has achieved success after success at each stage of its development but success after all is a journey and not a destination and the destination is the eternal and perpetual glory of the nation and this University is pledged to achieve that goal and that is it’s raisons d’etre.

Our vision is to be one of the foremost knowledge hubs with commitment to excellence, relevance, innovation and inclusion in education, research, extension and human development, generating globally competitive youth with national character and social commitment. The mission of the university is:

• To provide greater access for higher education to all and in particular to the socially and educationally unprivileged youth upholding the principle of social equity.
• To promote academic excellence and innovation through state-of-the-art Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral programmes.
• To make the education globally competitive and socio-economically relevant through competent faculty, modern infrastructure and technology support.
• To enhance the status of Departments, Conducted and Affiliated Colleges in the fields of knowledge generation and dissemination by pro-actively supporting cutting-edge research.
• To offer educational programmes catering the current and future needs of society, region and industries.
• To provide inspiring/conducive academic, social and cultural experience/atmosphere to the students, teachers and staff facilitating realization of their full potential and all-round development.
• To increase the efficiency, transparency and accountability in govenance upholding the best interest of the students and the community.
• To reform examination system for improving standard of evaluation and weeding out systemic inefficiencies.
• To ensure continued adequate funding through knowledge enterprise and efficient resource management.
• To strive for community welfare through extension services involving youth in order to cultivate the spirit of integration and sense of ownership as well as social responsibility in them.
• To acquire and nurture creative human resources and upgrade excellence and skills of existing staff.
• Extensive use of ICT for teaching, information dissemination, administrative/ financial / examination processes and transactions between students, colleges and various departments of University.
• To encourage and facilitate inter-institutional and international exchange programs and collaborations in teaching and research.