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{{short description|University in Uttarakhand, India}}
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|chancellor = [[Governor of Uttarakhand]]
|vice_chancellor = H. S. Dhami
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|affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
|website = {{URL|http://uru.ac.in/}}
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'''Uttarakhand Residential University''' ('''URU'''), also known as '''Uttarakhand Aawasiya Vishwavidyalaya''', is a [[State university (India)|state university]]<ref name=State>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/State%20University/State%20University%20as%20on%2029-06-2017.pdf|title=List of State Universities as on 29.06.2017|date=29 June 2017|access-date=1 July 2017|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]}}</ref> located at [[Almora]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]. It was established in 2016 by the [[Government of Uttarakhand]] through the ''Uttarakhand Aawasiya Vishwavidyalaya Act, 2016'' (Act No. 20 of 2016).<ref>{{cite web|title=About University|url=http://urualmora.org/about-university.html|website=urualmora.org|publisher=Uttarakhand Residential University, Almora|access-date=24 August 2017}}</ref> It is the second residential university in Uttarakhand following [[Doon University]], and modeled after [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kunwar|first1=Darshan|title=U'khand to get second residential university at Almora|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Ukhand-to-get-second-residential-university-at-Almora/articleshow/48627484.cms|access-date=24 August 2017|work=[[The Times of India]]|agency=Times News Network|date=22 August 2015}}</ref> The first [[Vice-Chancellor]] (VC) was H. S. Dhami, formerly VC of [[Kumaun University]].<ref>{{cite news|title=H S Dhami appointed VC of Uttarakhand Residential University|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/education/h-s-dhami-appointed-vc-of-uttarakhand-residential-university-3731198/|access-date=24 August 2017|work=[[The Indian Express]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=31 October 2016}}</ref>

== Repeal Act ==
In June 2020 the government of Uttarakhand [[repeal]]ed the ''Uttarakhand Aawasiya Vishwavidyalaya Act, 2016'' through (Repeal) Act No.19 of 2020. Following that, the UGC removed URU from the list of state universities, effective August 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/State%20University/Consolidated%20State%20%20University%20List.pdf|title=List of State Universities as on 14.12.2020|date=14 December 2020|access-date=30 December 2020|publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{official|http://uru.ac.in/}}
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