Dr. Harisingh Gour University (University of Sagar), Sagar

Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya Sagar (A Central University), formerly University of Saugor, was established on 18th July 1946 by Dr. Sir Hari Singh Gour (Nov. 26, 1870 – Dec. 25, 1949). by his lifetime saving. This 18th University of India and the oldest and the biggest University of Madhya Pradesh has perhaps the singular distinction of being founded by the munificence of a single person's hard earned money of about two crore of rupees. Apart from being a great jurist and legal luminary par excellence, he was a great Patriot, Philanthropist, Educationist and Social Reformer. Dr. Hari Singh Gour was the first Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University (1922 to 1926) and first Dean (1924) of The Faculty of Law in Delhi University. Dr. Hari Singh Gour also held the Vice-Chancellor of the Nagpur University, (two times in 1928 and 1936). To attain peaks of excellence in the dissemination of knowledge and learning with a view to develop global competencies and contribute to national development by generating trained manpower. The University will achieve overall educational social , economical and cultural upliftment of under-privileged people of rural and background area. It will promote value based and job oriented education together with highest quality of learning and research in a technologically enabled environment with regional, national and global perspectives.