Jump to content

Chanakya University

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Chanakya University is an Indian private not-for-profit, for-purpose collective philanthropy university located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The university provides liberal arts STEAM (sciences, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) based education aligned to the NEP 2020 established under the Chanakya University Act 2021[1][2].The university is named after Chanakya, the ancient Indian political strategist and philosopher.

Chanakya University

Former chairman of ISRO Dr S. Somanath is the chancellor of the university[3].

Its contributors include Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Dr Sitaram Jindal, Sajjan Jindal, Kris Gopalkrishnan, and CK Birla[4].

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Correspondent, Special (2021-09-21). "Chanakya varsity Bill adopted". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-07-11. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Correspondent, Special (2021-09-22). "Chanakya University Bill passed amidst protests over land allotment". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2025-07-11. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Somanath is Chanakya University chancellor". The Times of India. 2025-06-11. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
  4. ^ Eva, Donna (2022-11-19). "Chanakya University to focus on Indian knowledge systems as part of NEP". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2025-07-11.