Bhopal: The Executive Council of Barkatullah University in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal unanimously approved a proposal to rename the institution as ‘Vagdevi Bhojpal University’, marking the first formal step in the process of changing the university’s name.
BIG NEWS 🚨 Famous Barkatullah University in Bhopal to be renamed as Vagdevi Bhojpal University. Executive council clears proposal. pic.twitter.com/5ZP4DKdws2
— News Algebra (@NewsAlgebraIND) June 4, 2026
Speaking about the development, Registrar of the University, Samar Bahadur Singh, said the proposal to rename the institution was placed before the Executive Council meeting held on Wednesday and received unanimous approval from all members. The registrar also stressed that the proposal would now be sent to the Madhya Pradesh government, which would take the final decision on renaming the University.
“An Executive Council meeting was held yesterday in the university during which a proposal was introduced, suggesting that Barkatullah University be renamed as ‘Vagdevi Bhojpal University.’ This proposal was unanimously passed by the Executive Council. The decision has now been finalised; following this resolution, I will formally write to the government regarding the necessary subsequent actions. Once the administration grants its approval, the remaining step involves issuing an official notification; this final decision will be taken at the government level,” Registrar Singh told ANI.
“Since it is a decision of the executive council, so being a registrar of the University, I will only state that a decision has been made and we are further sending the proposal to the government. A notification will be issued from the government, and after that only the name will be changed. As of now, only a proposal has been approved and based on it, we are following the further action,” he added.
(With inputs from ANI)
