Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith

Kashi Vidyapith
Former name	Kashi Vidyapith
Motto	IAST: Vidhya'mritamaśnute
Motto in English	Knowledge imparts immortality
Type	State University (Government)
Established	10 February 1921 (103 years ago) (10 February 1921)
Accreditation	NAAC C
Chancellor	Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Vice-Chancellor	Anand Kumar Tyagi
Location	Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh , India
Nickname	Vidyapith
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.mgkvp.ac.in

Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith is a public university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Established in 10 February 1921 as Kashi Vidyapith and later renamed, it is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh. It got University status in 1974 as Deemed to be University and State University status in 2009 by The Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2008 (act no. 6 of 2009). The university has more than 400+ affiliated colleges spread over six districts. It is one of the largest state universities in Uttar Pradesh, with hundreds of thousands of students, both rural and urban. It offers a range of professional and academic courses in arts, science, commerce, agriculture science, law, computing and management.