About the Bilaspur University (BU)

Bilaspur University (Vishvavidyalaya) is State University which has been established by the Chhattisgarh Act No. 07, 2012, and came in to existence in June, 2012. The jurisdiction of Bilaspur University is extended to five districts of the state which includes the districts of Bilaspur, Mungeli, Korba, Janjgir Champa and Raigarh. The University is situated on Old High Court Building, Bilaspur City. It is about 2 Km from Railway Station. There are nearly 158 government and private colleges affiliated to the Bilaspur University. The colleges carry out undergraduates and postgraduate studies in different streams of Science, Arts, Commerce, Law and Education and Centres of Research.

The University plans to develop strategy for enhancing the range of pedagogic approaches and the use of technology. As a part of this approach, the University plans to start classrooms into state of the art ones, enabling teachers to teach using wide variety of media.

Vision

• Towards an Excellence through Equity, Access and Quality Education.

Mission:

• Aspire to translate collective dream of the Community of the region in to reality.

• Create, disseminate and advance knowledge, through instructional and Inter disciplinary          and collaborative researches.

• Educate and train the Human Resource persons for the development of the State of         Chhattisgarh.

• Advancement of intellectual, academic, cultural and natural resource development for          Socio- economic development of the region.

• Appropriate measures to promote quality education in affiliated colleges.

Objective:

• To develop innovative and professional instructional programmes to cater the needs of          students of the State of Chhattisgarh.

• To create an ambience for quality teaching-learning and skill development and its         upgradation .

• To support students in developing competency in their respective fields of study to         participate in emerging global economic opportunities.

• To identify the educational, social cultural & industrial needs in the State and plan to         create relevent programmes.

• To further develop infrastruture for continued productivity, competitiveness, of human         resources of the University in creating knowledge and research programmes in time and         space.

• To up keep the Administrative and academic reforms in emerging educational and         research programmes.

• To support teaching, research and Autonomy in the colleges to emerge as potential of         excellence.