Rajiv Gandhi Education City | |
Settlement Type: | Education City |
Pushpin Map: | India Haryana#India#Asia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Haryana, India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 28.9416°N 77.1313°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Haryana |
Subdivision Name2: | Sonipat district |
Government Type: | Municipal Corporation |
Governing Body: | Sonipat Municipal Corporation |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 224.15 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | English, Punjabi |
Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
Demographics1 Title3: | Regional |
Demographics1 Info3: | Haryanvi[1] |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Registration Plate: | HR |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Sonipat |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Rai Assembly Constituency |
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]
University | Type | Established | Specialisation | |
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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 |
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]