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Other name | DAVV |
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| Motto | dhiyo yo naḥ prachodayāt(Sanskrit) |
Motto in English | God help us to improve our intellect, and guide it towards what is right |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1964; 61 years ago (1964) |
| Chancellor | Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
| Vice-Chancellor | Rakesh Singhai |
Academic staff | 250(2012)[1] |
| Students | 9,550(2012)[1] |
| Location | ,, |
| Campus | Urban, 764 Acres in area |
| Affiliations | UGC,AICTE,NAAC,ACU,AIU,PCI,NCTE,BCI |
| Website | www |
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Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (informally abbreviatedDAVV), formerlyUniversity of Indore,[2] is astate university located inIndore,India. It was named afterAhilya Bai Holkar, the 18th centuryQueen and ruler ofIndore, daughter in law ofMalhar Rao Holkar who was the founder ofHolkar Dynasty.
The university's jurisdiction was initially restricted toIndore city. Later on, its jurisdiction was extended to seven tribal-dominated districts of Indore division namely,Jhabua,Alirajpur,Dhar,Khargone,Khandwa,Burhanpur andBarwani. It is thus catering to the educational needs of the most industrially developed district ofMadhya Pradesh,Indore on one hand and to the seven tribal and rural backward districts of the State on the other.
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya formerly University of Indore was established in 1964 by an Act of Legislature ofMadhya Pradesh.Dr. Zakir Hussain, then Vice President of India, inaugurated the university in 1964. The jurisdiction of the university was limited toIndore district.
In 1982, the university was renamed after theHolkar Maharani 'Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar' of theMaratha Empire as 'Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya'. The wordvishwavidyalaya is Hindi for university, thus, the university is called Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya.
During reorganization of the universities, its jurisdiction was expanded over toIndore division, which spans seven districts
The university has its administrative offices and primary school campus on Rabindranath Tagore Marg in Indore. TheTakshashila Campus on 139, Khandwa Road, Indra Puri Colony, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452001 is an extension campus directly administered by the university. The university regulates all the schools within the three campuses. There are many other colleges affiliated to the university inIndore division.The university has more than 300 affiliated colleges imparting education at under-graduate and post-graduate levels in basic and professional disciplines. The university has 9000 students in its campus and total over 300,000 students in affiliated colleges.
University spreads over an area of 760 acres in which academic classes holds in Takshila parisar (campus) of university which spreads over an area of 510 acres and Avanti parisar (campus) which spreads over 154 acres. Nalanda parisar (campus) is for administrative and official works which spreads over an area of 100 acres.
Recently Section 52 of the MP State Government Universities’ Act was applied on the university and the Vice Chancellor, Narendra Dhakad was removed due to gross mismanagement and corruption charges. A new Vice Chancellor Renu Jain, has been appointed in his place.
Every college in university teaching department is autonomous.
During the initial stages of its development 1964–1984, university establishedconventional School of Studies in Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Chemistry. Itwas one of the first few universities to start B.Ed. in 1968 and MBA in 1969. It laterstarted Life Sciences, Economics, Biochemistry and Journalism.
University is one of the first in starting as early as 1991 the experiment of self-supporting courses in order to have partial support for the development ofinfrastructure. This experiment has certainly made a positive impact on the overalldevelopment of the university both in terms of employment opportunities on one sideand students needs on the other.
The Engineering and Technology (I.E.T.)Institute of Engineering and Technology, DAVV has started functioning since 1996 and now runs number of B.E. and M.E. courses. The admissions in I.E.T. is held through Madhya Pradesh Pre-Engineering Test (M.P.P.E.T.), which will be further altered in 2014 under which admissions will be held on the basis of all India ranking in Joint Entrance Exam (J.E.E.). University also runs medical and dental colleges.
UGC has granted SAPs to School of Education, School of Economics, School of LifeSciences and School of Physics in the university.
Previous work: University made another big stride during 1998-2002 by establishing campus wide fiber network and Internet facilities throughout the educational and administrative campuses of the university. It is the best I.T. Centre in the central part of the country. M.Sc. (Information Technology) and M.Tech. (Embedded Systems) were also started during this period.Recent Initiatives : University has initiated major thrust from Aug. 2006 for it is installing LCD Projectors and Internet access points in all class rooms, e-management of the university, e-submission of fees and forms by the students, Wi-Fi Campus and Hostels, e-grant of migration and eligibility certificates to students and establishment of e-record room.It is expected that this move will mitigate student hard ship in getting administrative services from University and facilitate its employees to work with latest Computers, Servers and Internet.
The university library was established in the year 1964 along with the establishment of the university. The university library caters to the information needs of the academic community. The university library started the Bachelor of Library and Information Science Program from the 1993–94 year, as a part-time course, with its goals to train the manpower to manage the libraries of the 21st century. The library has over 200,000 books.[citation needed]
The university also operates on a system ofaffiliated colleges, wherein semi independentinstitutions are associated with DAVV, adhering to its academic regulations and curriculum.
These colleges offer various undergraduate and postgraduate courses, with examinations conducted by the university and degrees awarded under its emblem. Among its prominent affiliated colleges are the Daly College of Business Management, known for business education;[5] the Indore Institute of Law, offering legal studies; the Renaissance Institute of Management Studies, specializing in management education; and the Acropolis Institute of Management Studies & Research, offering management courses.[6][7]
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya is one of the first few universities which started the MBA course as early as in 1969. Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya is also one of the first few universities which started the computer center and computer courses of MCA and M.Sc. Computer Science in the country as early as 1986. Management and computer schools of studies are known in the country for their new initiatives during last 25 years. They are also known for starting several innovative courses first time in the country.University has also taken one of the first few initiatives in the country in 1998 for setting an Information Technology Center (ITC) with fiber backbone spread all over the campuses and advanced the then fast switches and router based network. ITC has been completed with the provision of high speed Internet access and best of the computing resources for the university students, faculty, research scholars and staff round the clock.UGC have selected DAVV as Centre with Potential for Excellence in e management studies.[citation needed]
IT Centre was established in the year 2000 to create a campus-wide network by interconnecting various campuses and departments. First phase which was completed in April 2001, networked 18 departments having 524 nodes. Second phase was completed in Oct 2002, which connected ten more departments and installed 331 additional nodes.Under UGC-INFONET scheme, from Jan 2004, UGC has provided university free subscription to the various e-journals along with 2 Mbit/s bandwidth through ERNET. Internet access is provided to all departments using fibre optic backbone & 16 Mbit/s leased line.
The university auditorium was inaugurated on 30 September 2005 by Dr. Balram Jakhar, Governor, M.P.[citation needed]
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| NIRF India Rankings | |
| 2021 (University)[8] | 101-150 |
| 2022 (Overall)[9] | 151-200 |
| 2023 (University)[10] | 101-150 |
| 2024 (State Public University)[11][12] | 50 |
| 2025 (State Public University)[13][14] | 49 |
| Source:NIRF India Rankings | |
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya has consistently featured in theNational Institutional Ranking Framework rankings, reflecting its position within the Indian higher education landscape.
The university participates annually in the NIRF rankings, a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education across the country.
In 2023, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya was accredited with an "A+" grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).[15]
Apart from specialized schools of studies university also conducts several research works with assistance of UGC. For this university have a separate committee of deans which suggest ways to streamline the entire process of Ph.D. thesis evaluation mechanism.The university have established a Sodha Peeth on Devi Ahilya to motivate research on regional issues. New postgraduate degree programmes in research on their lines of IITs/Central universities are envisaged.[citation needed]
Gyanvani FM Radio was established in June 2006. It delivers educational content through radio to cross-segment of the society.[16]
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