Prof. (Dr.) Pramod Yeole Vice- Chancellor
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
Dear students, faculty members and Administrative community of the University and affiliated
colleges, Namaskar. I welcome you all to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, the centre of
teaching, learning for the higher education in the Western Vidarbha. The University caters to
educational needs of five districts (i.e. Amravati, Akola, Buldhana, Yavatmal and Washim) along with
the social, cultural and economic needs at large. Amravati University has been established in the
year 1983 with only few affiliated colleges. Today, it is one of the largest University in the country
with 382 affiliated colleges and about 3.50 lac students. It has 28 Post-Graduate teaching
departments offering PG programmes. It has a potential to become a premier Institution of Higher
Education and Research in India with the use of ICT.
A nation cannot become great without enriching its citizens with education and knowledge. This is to
be done so that great ideas are nurtured by them and are converted into reality which will ultimately
lead to the betterment of mankind. With this, the motto and the vision of this University have been
envisaged. It reads "To Emancipate the Youth From the Darkness of Ignorance for Elevation of the
Society by Imparting Knowledge and Fostering Wisdom at Its Plentiful". With this vision, the
University is moving ahead with a mission "To contribute to the society through the pursuit of
education, learning and research at the highest level of excellence".
As an Institution of Higher Learning and Research, this University has to shoulder a multifaceted
responsibility of extending educational facilities to the remote place in the region so that no one is
deprived of Education. The University imbibes values by way of some popular Study Centres &
Chairs like Swami Vivekanand Study Centre, Sant Gadge Baba Adhyasan Kendra, Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Study Centre etc. With huge infrastructure and highly qualified, motivated and dedicated
teaching and non-teaching staff, the university is marching ahead in producing a skilled workforce.
The research output of the Post-Graduate Departments is very good in terms of Ph.D. degrees,
research publications in good impact factor National & International journals and innovations and
Patents. In tune with the Make in India mission of the Government of India, the university has
proposed specialized colleges imparting education in Animation, Fine Arts, Performing Arts and
Bachelor of Skill Development courses. Academic tie-ups have been established with several
reputed research Institutions and organizations within India and abroad. Sant Gadge Baba Amravati
University desires to take knowledge to common people in rural areas; for uniformly developed
society.
The University is committed to encourage individuals from socially challenged sections, minorities,
women and specially abled students. The University aims at fulfillment of the very important three
commandments of the great saint Sant Gadge Baba Viz; education to poor, jobs to unemployed and
courage to disheartened people.