The Ranchi University is a university in Jharkhand state of India. It was established in 12th July 1960 under the tenure of Sri Vishnudeo Narayan Singh.It is headquartered in Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand. It has enshrined and dignified under the era of prominent mentor-cum-figures,epitome are Dr.George Jacob, Prof.(Dr.)D.P.Gupta, Dr.Ram Dayal Munda, Prof.(Dr.)L.C.C.N. Shahdeo.The university has a total student intake of around 90,000 students from its affiliated colleges.It has a central library with approximately 150,000 books for the academic needs of the students.There are a total of 2 male hostels and 4 female hostels in the university campus situated at Kutchery Road, Morabadi in Ranchi.The university is financially dependent on UGC funds (Rs. 38 crores annually) in addition to the fees paid by the students. The current Vice-Chancellor of Ranchi University is Prof.(Dr.) A.A Khan. Ranchi University Former Vice Chancellors There are 35 constituent colleges and 29 affiliated colleges of Ranchi University. The colleges under Ranchi University offer courses in Medical, Engineering, Management, Science, Arts and Law streams.