Vinoba Bhave University, Jharkhand,
came into existence as a teaching-cum-affiliating state university on
the 17th of September, 1992, after the bifurcation of Ranchi
University,
by Act 3 of 1990 passed by Bihar
Assembly.
It fell under Jharkhand after the
creation of the state on November 15, 2000. Its headquarters is at
Hazaribag, a town of sylvan surroundings and tranquillity amid verdant
forests.