Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya

About Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya

Bilaspur University is State University which has been established by the Gazette notification on 03.02.2012 of Chhattisgarh Act No 07, 2012, the Chhattisgarh Viswavidyalaya (Amendment) Act, 2011. Bilaspur Viswavidyalaya came in to its existence in June, 2012. The jurisdiction of Bilaspur University extends to 5 districts namely, the revenue districts of Bilaspur, Mungeli , Korba, Janjgir Champa and Raigarh. It is the second largest University in Chhattisgarh with 162 affiliated colleges to it as of 2015. These affiliated government and private colleges are located in the 5 districts of Chhattisgarh State which together constitute the jurisdiction of Bilaspur University. The colleges carry out undergraduate and postgraduate studies in different streams of Science, Arts, Commerce, Law and Education and Centres of research. The University has emerged as the first University in the state of Chhattisgarh to introduce Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) along with flexible and skill development courses. The Government of Chhattisgarh has provided 68.76 acres of land at Koni near Government Engineering College Bilaspur which would be the new campus of the University.

University Monogram

It consists of:

• Words – The Words - Gyanah Karmasu Kaushalam stand for the creation of knowledge and wisdom through karma leading to innovation skill and quality.
• The Book – It represents the source and creation of knowledge.
• Ficus Tree – It depicts the enlightenment through everlasting wisdom. The rays behind the Ficus tree are sign of spreading wisdom in the whole universe.
• Spikes of Rice - The 36 spikes of rice (18 on each side of the book) are resultant of application of knowledge and skill in enhancing the productivity. Attaining the knowledge in real sense is the first and last goal of human life but it is the difficult task to define the knowledge because it has so many approaches.

Bilaspur University aims for a vision of creativity of the skill to realize knowledge and wisdom.

Location

Bilaspur is a city in Bilaspur district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, situated 111 km (69 mi) north of state capital, Raipur.

Departments at Bilaspur University

• Commerce and Financial Studies
• Food Processing and Technology
• Computer Science and Application
• Hotel Management and Hospitality
• Microbiology and Bio-informatics