About Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya formerly University of Indore was established in 1964 by an Act of Legislature of Madhya Pradesh. His Excellency Dr. Zakir Hussain, then Vice President of India, inaugurated the university in 1964. The jurisdiction of the university was limited to Indore district.
In 1988, the university was renamed after the Holkar Maharani Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar of the Maratha Empire as Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya. The word vishwavidyalaya is Hindi for university, thus, the university is called Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya.
During reorganization of the universities, its jurisdiction was expanded over to Indore division, which spans over seven districts.
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya , is a State University whose jurisdiction was initially restricted to Indore city. Later on, its jurisdiction was extended to seven tribal dominated districts of Indore division namely, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Khargone, Khandwa, Burhanpur and Barwani. It is thus catering to the educational needs of the most industrially developed district of Madhya Pradesh, Indore on one hand and to the seven tribal and rural backward districts of the State on the other.