Overview
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University (SGBAU), formerly known as Amravati University, is a public state university situated at Amravati in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. The university is named after the social reformer Sant Gadge Baba.
The university serves as an affiliating institution for higher education in the region, with a network of affiliated colleges spread across its jurisdiction. According to the source, it has 382 affiliated colleges and a student population of about 3.5 lakh, making it one of the larger universities in the country in terms of enrolment.
As a state university, SGBAU functions within the framework of higher education in Maharashtra, offering academic programmes through its constituent departments and the wider network of affiliated institutions in the Vidarbha region.
References
Adapted from the English Wikipedia article on Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University.