Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University is a university that is administered by the Ramakrishna Mission. It was declared by Government of India as a Deemed University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956. It has four campuses in Belur, Coimbatore, Ranchi and Narendrapur.The university was given the status of a deemed university in July 2005. It provides courses on subjects as varied as rural and tribal development, disability management and special education, fundamental science education and Indian cultural and spiritual heritage.The university's School of Mathematical Science started its academic activities in July 2008. The classes are conducted at the main campus of the university at Belur and at Vivekananda Research Centre, the ancestral house of Swami Vivekananda in Kolkata.The university is also conducting these courses at its specialized faculty centers throughout the country. Other unconventional areas that the university is engaged in are disability management and special education at Coimbatore, integrated rural development including tribal development and management at its centers in Ranchi and Narendrapur.Notable peopleMahan Maharaj, awarded the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Mathematical sciencesSwami Samarpanananda, a teacher, a writer and a monk of Ramakrishna Mission.