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{{Infobox university<br />
| image = Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University logo.png<br />
| name = Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University<br />
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|2017}}<br />{{Start date and age|df=yes|1926}} (Ranchi College)<br />
| type = [[State university (India)|State]]<br />
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| chancellor = [[Governor of Jharkhand]]<br />
| vice_chancellor = Satya Narayan Munda<br />
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| city = [[Ranchi]]<br />
| state = [[Jharkhand]]<br />
| country = India<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|23.3883|N|85.3224|E|region:LK_type:edu|display=inline}}<br />
| campus = good campus<br />
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| website = {{url|http://www.dspmuranchi.ac.in}}<br />
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'''Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University''', formerly '''Ranchi College''', is a [[State university (India)|state university]] located in [[Ranchi]], [[Jharkhand]], India.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversitylist.aspx?id=11&Unitype=2| title=State University Jharkhand | publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)]] | access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref> It is named after the Indian politician [[Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]]. It was established as a college in 1926 and upgraded to a university in 2017.<br />
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==History==<br />
Ranchi College was established as a government [[intermediate college]] in 1926, and begun [[undergraduate]] and [[postgraduate]] courses in 1946. Following the [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence<br />
]] it operated as unit of [[Patna University]]. It became a unit of [[Ranchi University]] upon its creation in 1960 and became autonomous in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Ranchi (Jharkhand) |url=http://www.dspmuranchi.ac.in/AboutUniversity.aspx |website=www.dspmuranchi.ac.in |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref> In 2017 it was upgraded to a [[State university (India)|state university]] through the ''Jharkhand State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2017''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/5737/1/the_jharkhand_state_universities_%28amendment%29_act%2c_2017.pdf |access-date=6 August 2019|title=Jharkhand State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2017|publisher=[[Government of Jharkhand]]|work=Jharkhand Gazette}}</ref> Satya Narayan Munda was appointed as [[Vice-Chancellor]] of the university in May 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Munda, Srivastava VCs of two new universities |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/munda-srivastava-vcs-of-two-new-universities.html |access-date=6 August 2019 |work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date=19 May 2018 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Education in India]]<br />
*[[List of state universities in India]]<br />
*[[List of institutions of higher education in Jharkhand]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|http://www.dspmuranchi.ac.in}}<br />
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