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Amity University, Raipur

Amity University, Raipur is a state private university located in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, India. It is part of the Amity Education Group, a network of educational institutions promoted by the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation, which operates several Amity universities and schools across India and abroad.

Key facts

Name Amity University, Raipur
Type State private university
Location Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Parent organisation Amity Education Group / Ritnand Balved Education Foundation
Country India

Background

The Amity Education Group was founded by Ashok K. Chauhan and runs a chain of private universities established under various state legislations in India. Each Amity university is set up as an autonomous state private university through an enabling Act of the respective state legislature, which permits it to confer degrees recognised under the University Grants Commission (UGC) framework.

Amity University, Raipur was established as the group's campus in Chhattisgarh, extending Amity's presence into central India alongside other campuses such as those in Noida, Gwalior, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Ranchi, Patna, Kolkata and Mohali.

Academics

In line with other Amity universities, the Raipur campus offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes across disciplines such as engineering and technology, management, commerce, law, hospitality, communication, computer applications, biotechnology, sciences, humanities, and education. Programmes are organised under faculty-level institutes, following the multi-institute structure used by the Amity group.

Significance

As one of the private universities operating in Chhattisgarh, Amity University, Raipur contributes to the expansion of higher education capacity in the state, which has historically been served primarily by public institutions such as Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University and the Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai. Private universities in the state operate under the Chhattisgarh Niji Vishwavidyalaya (Sthapana Aur Viniyaman) Adhiniyam, the legislation governing private universities in Chhattisgarh.

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