Rajiv Gandhi Education City

Rajiv Gandhi Education City
Rajiv Gandhi Education City
Education City
	Rajiv Gandhi Education City Location in Haryana, India Rajiv Gandhi Education City Rajiv Gandhi Education City (India) Rajiv Gandhi Education City Rajiv Gandhi Education City (Asia)
	Coordinates: 28°56′30″N 77°07′53″E / 28.9416°N 77.1313°E
Country	India
State	Haryana
District	Sonipat district
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Sonipat Municipal Corporation
Elevation	224.15 m (735.40 ft)
Languages
• Official	English, Punjabi
• Regional	Haryanvi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	HR
Lok Sabha constituency	Sonipat
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Rai Assembly Constituency
Website	www.sonipat.nic.in

Rajiv Gandhi Education City is a planned education city in Sonipat in the Indian state of Haryana. The city comes under the National Capital Region, Delhi and also under the Municipal Corporation and Urban Agglomeration of Sonipat City. It is planned to host at least 13 educational institutions including universities, medical colleges and engineering colleges. The park is planned to cover 2,026 acres and foundation stones were laid in June 2012.^[2]^[3]

Institutes

University	Type	Established	Specialisation
Ashoka University ^[4]	Private	2014	General
Bharti Vidyapeeth, Sonipat campus^[5]	Private	2013	General
Fore School of Management, Sonipat campus^[6]	Deemed	2013	Management and research
Indian Institute of Information Technology Sonepat	Central	2014	Information Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Sonipat campus^[7]	Central	2013	Technical
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Sonipat^[8]	Deemed	2013	Technology
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University^[9]	State	2013	Law
O. P. Jindal Global University^[10]	Deemed	2009(2020^†)	Arts&Law
Skyline Business School, Sonipat campus^[11]	Private	2013	Management
SRM University, Haryana^[12]	Private	2013	General
World University of Design^[13]	Private	2017	Design

^† granted deemed university status

Technopark

On 4 April 2018, the newly built Technopark costing INR175 crore was unveiled by the Chief Minister of Haryana at the Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat. It is aimed at boosting the technical skills, dissemination and expansion of technical skills in the state.^[14]

References

^ "Haryanvi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "IIT campus to come up in Rajiv Gandhi education city in Haryana". Times of India. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ "Manav Rachna University launched at Rajiv Gandhi Education City". Business Standard India. Business Standard Private Ltd. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
^ http://ashokauniversity.edu.in
^ "Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Best universities in India, Pune University, Top ranking private universities, Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi, India". Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
^ http://www.fsm.ac.in/
^ http://www.iitd.ac.in/
^ ":: N I F T e M ::". Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
^ http://www.sonipatproperty.com/post.php?art=256&show=all
^ "O.P. Jindal Global University". jgu.edu.in. O. P. Jindal Global University. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
^ http://www.skylinecollege.com/
^ http://www.srmuniversity.ac.in/
^ http://worlduniversityofdesign.ac.in
^ Khattar unveils IIT-D campus at Sonepat, India Time, April 2018.

[1] "Haryanvi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 8 February 2020.

[2] "IIT campus to come up in Rajiv Gandhi education city in Haryana". Times of India. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[3] "Manav Rachna University launched at Rajiv Gandhi Education City". Business Standard India. Business Standard Private Ltd. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[4] ttps://ashokauniversity.edu.in

[5] "Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Best universities in India, Pune University, Top ranking private universities, Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi, India". Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

[6] ttps://www.fsm.ac.in/

[7] ttps://www.iitd.ac.in/

[8] ":: N I F T e M ::". Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

[9] ttps://www.sonipatproperty.com/post.php?art=256&show=all

[10] "O.P. Jindal Global University". jgu.edu.in. O. P. Jindal Global University. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

[11] ttps://www.skylinecollege.com/

[12] ttps://www.srmuniversity.ac.in/

[13] ttps://worlduniversityofdesign.ac.in

[newiit1-14] Khattar unveils IIT-D campus at Sonepat, India Time, April 2018.

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Technopark

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