Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (MGCGV), formerly Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay and Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, is a first ruralstate university[1] located at Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established in 1991.
History
The university was established in 1991 by Nanaji Deshmukh[2] as Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay under The Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidhayalay Adhiniyam, 1991. The name was changed to Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya in 1995 through The Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 1995, naming the university after Mahatma Gandhi. Finally, it received its current name in 1997 under The Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 1997 which restored the name Chitrakoot to the title of the university.[3]
Faculties and departments
The university is divided into five faculties and 16 departments:
Faculty of Agriculture
Department of Crop Sciences
Department of Natural Resource Management
Department of Technology Transfer
Faculty of Arts
Department of People's Education and Mass Communication
Department of Professional Arts
Department of Humanities Social Sciences
Department of Sanskrit
Faculty of Rural Development and Business Management