Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (GGV) was established in 16 June 1983 in Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh. However, the state was divided later and now its in state of Chhattisgarh. The university acquires 655 acres of land area to facilitate study and research programmes. The GGV offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes through following academic divisions:
- Anthropology & Tribal Development
- Biotechnology
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Commerce
- Computer Science & Information Technology
- Economics
- Education
- English and Foreign Language
- Forensic Science
- Forestry, Wild Life & Environment Sc.
- Hindi
- History
- Institute of Technology
- Journalism & Mass Communication
- Law
- Library & Information Science
- Management
- Pharmacy
- Physical Education
- Pure & Applied Mathematics
- Pure & Applied Physics
- Political Sc. & Public Administration
- Rural Technology
- Social Work
- Zoology
