Former names | SSJ Campus |
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Type | State University |
Established | 2020 |
Chancellor | Governor of Uttarakhand |
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Satpal Singh Bisht |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | UGC |
Website |
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Soban Singh Jeena University (SSJ University) is a state university [1] situated at Almora, Uttarakhand, India. The university was established in 2020 under the Soban Singh Jeena University Act, 2019 (Uttrakhand Act No. 19 of 2020), [2] which was approved by the cabinet of Uttarakhand in October 2019. [3] The university started operation in August 2020 [4] when Prof. Narendra Singh Bhandari, the founder Vice-Chancellor of the university, assumed his position. [5]
The university has three campuses affiliated to it :-
Both the Pithoragarh and Bageshwar campuses were established in 2020 with the separation of SSJ University from Kumaun University.
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