Other name | GMU, GM UNIVERSITY |
|---|---|
Former names | Sambalpur College, Gangadhar Meher College |
| Motto | Knowledge Imparts Immortality |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1944; 81 years ago (1944) (as college) 2015; 10 years ago (2015) (as university) |
| Accreditation | UGC |
| Chancellor | Governor of Odisha |
| Vice-Chancellor | N. Nagaraju[1] |
| Location | , India 21°28′58″N83°58′47″E / 21.4828°N 83.9798°E /21.4828; 83.9798 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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Gangadhar Meher University, Amruta Vihar, formerlySambalpur College andGangadhar Meher College, is astate university situated inSambalpur, Odisha, India. It is named after theOdia poet,Gangadhar Meher. N. Nagaraju is the current vice-chancellor, while Jugaleswari Dash is the registrar and Uma Charan Pati the deputy registrar.[2][3]
The university was established in 1944 as Sambalpur College with 192 students. The name of the institution was changed to Gangadhar Meher College in 1949. It was upgraded to a university in 2015, and has been renamed as Gangadhar Meher University.[4]